Top Bergamo Food & Drink Classes

Food lovers won’t want to miss this hands-on, private cooking lesson at a local home in Bergamo. Sip Prosecco as you chat with your host, then learn to prepare pasta or pizza dishes, before tucking into the fruits of your labor as part of a three-course menu plus liqueur and coffee for an intimate and informative experience few travelers get to enjoy.

Make two fresh pasta dishes by hand during a small-group cooking class in Varenna, Lake Como. You’ll skip the impersonal feel of a larger cooking class, and rustle up creations in the home of a local, who is part of the Cesarine network of Italian home cooks. Prepare and eat pasta and a tiramisu as you learn about the wider Lombardy region in the best place — an Italian home kitchen.

Get an intimate view of Bergamo culture by learning to prepare regional cuisine from a local home cook. This private cooking class takes place in your instructor’s home, where you will learn to make three different local specialties, including a pasta dish, appetizer, and a dessert such as Sbrisolona cake or Tiramisu. When the cooking is done, you’ll enjoy a meal of what you made, along with a glass of local wine.

Skip going out for aperitivo in Bergamo; learn to prepare a classic Bergamo pre-dinner drink and snack yourself instead. Set in your local host’s private home, this private aperitivo experience introduces you to some local culture, with an aperitivo created with regional delicacies, local wine, and friendly Bergamo hospitality.

Visitors to Lake Como who wish to experiment with Italian home cooking will find the opportunity during this private cooking lesson and farm tour. Learn about regional products like cheese and honey fom your local “cesarina.” Then head inside a traditional house and learn to prepare your very own recipes. It’s a unique experience in a private home, conducted under the expertise of your host. Taste everything you have prepared accompanied by a selection of local red and white wines.

Get to know Bergamo beyond its sights and landmarks with this private pasta-making class with a local host. Meet your instructor and get to work preparing three different types of classic pasta dishes and sauces, all the while picking up tips and techniques to improve your skills in the kitchen. Sample the specialties you’ve prepared together over a final tasting, along with regional wines and real Italian espresso.

Go beyond being a tourist and connect with locals in their home kitchen with this pizza and tiramisù cooking class in Bergamo. Be welcomed into your host’s kitchen and get to work preparing homemade pizza and classic tiramisù, picking up tips and techniques from your instructor as you cook together. Sample your handiwork over lunch or dinner, including local wine.

Italy has a vast and varied culinary heritage, and our local hosts are proud to share its hidden secrets. Share your passion for Italian gastronomy with other lovely guests, immerse yourself in the vibrant local market and enjoy an authentic hands-on cooking class. You'll visit the local market with your Cesarina host, who will teach you all about how to select the best ingredients with the seasons. Then, you'll return to their home, warm up with an Italian Aperitivo and enjoy the class. You'll learn how to make one iconic Pasta type, typical of the city you are visiting, and the famous Tiramisu. After the class, you will enjoy everything you've prepared with local wines. This experience is the perfect choice if you want to encounter the real Italian regional gastronomy through genuine connections, food, and friendship.

Immerse yourself in a private pasta and tiramisu-making class in a welcoming home, learn the secrets of the region's most famous pasta dishes and tiramisu and taste the fruit of your labour for lunch or dinner accompanied by local wines. During this private lesson, you will learn how to prepare 2 pasta recipes and the tiramisu dessert from scratch. Your Cesarina will reveal the tricks of the trade of these iconic recipes. Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test and amaze your friends and family once home with an Italian meal! This experience is suitable for families with children of all ages. Le Cesarine is Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country in more than 120 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

Start with a panoramic walk in Bergamo, visit Piazza Pontida market for local ingredients, then enjoy a hands-on cooking session at home with tigelle, frittatine, pancetta, dessert, and wine

Experience a hands-on Italian cooking class in a lush garden! Pick fresh veggies, craft colorful ravioli, make classic tiramisu, sip Prosecco, and toast with Italian liqueur!

Discover authentic Lombardy cooking in this 3-course cooking class hosted through Cozymeal in Cernobbio hosted in a welcoming home kitchen with Prosecco and wine included. With Lake Como nearby and mountain views all around, you’ll explore cherished family recipes made with ingredients sourced from the garden and nearby alpine valleys. Menu: - First course: Prosecco wine & nibbles with local sparkling wine, olives, nibbles and Italian cured meats - Second course: Buckwheat gnocchetti al Bitto with Bitto cheese and eggs - Dessert: Berry meringue dessert with fresh berries, egg whites and sugar Learn hands-on techniques as you craft gnocchetti from scratch, pair it with creamy Alpine Bitto and finish with a light seasonal dessert.