Pesto Making Class at Local's Home in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

2 hours (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Learn how to make the perfect Genoese pesto when you book this small-group cooking class. Learn the secrets of balancing flavors and textures, from mortar and pestle grinding to final blending as you combine fresh basil, pine nuts, Parmesan, garlic, and extra virgin olive oil into the perfect sauce. Enjoy appetizers and locally-sourced wine that are perfectly paired to enhance your creations.

Enjoy a more personalized experience with a small-group class
Includes cooking lesson with wine and coffee
Experience daily life in the home of your chef-instructor
Take home the recipes at the end of the class

Sample Menu

Main

Pesto Genovese

What's Included

Local taxes
Pesto cooking class
Glass of local wine
Beverages (water, wines and coffee)

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Genoa, Genoa, Italian Riviera, Liguria
This experience will be held in a local's home. For privacy reasons, you will receive the full address of your Cesarina host after you have booked. We will contact you after you've booked to match you up with your ideal Cesarina based on what you are looking for.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.10:00 am

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation

Please note that our Cesarine are ready and thrilled to host you in their homes! All Cesarine are always very careful and attentive of the important sanitary rules needed, even more now! The homes provide all the essential sanitary equipment for the guests (paper towels for washing hands, hand sanitizing gel and so on). Remember to always maintain 1 meter distance from each other and if not, wear masks and gloves
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.3

based on 6 reviews

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Intimate Pesto Experience!

Victoria_W, Feb 2026

It was a nice intimate experience! Daniella showed us how to make pesto the ancient way and the easier way. First time making gnocchi and it turned out amazing! Her table settings and service were amazing. I strongly suggest this experience!

Bad business person all around

Diane_G, May 2025

If I could give this place a zero I would. I was a few minutes late and even though I wrote and said I was lost and to not wait for me I would not ask that she start from the beginning I would just sit and watch or begin from where they were at. I arrived and she would not even answer her doorbell or speak through the speaker she had at the door. I take my responsibility for being late and I should have used a taxi but I started out 45 minutes early for a 20 minute drive and between the GPS and some streets in Genoa not even looking like a street I did get lost but did communicate with the instructor to please let me still come as I was willing to just sit and watch and not participate. Very very bad business and I feel since she was willing to not give me a refund she should have left me participate in any way possible.

Response from Host, May 2025

Dear Diane, We are truly sorry about your bad experience. Please note that the day of your event your host Andrea wrote twice in the Cesarine chat (a tool we have to monitor every conversation in order to be fair to both our guests and hosts) at 8:16am. He sent you his phone number in order for you to contact him for any issue, but you never responded. The class was scheduled for 10am, but you never showed up. For this reason we could not issue you a refund. We do our best to satisfy our guests, but we need to respect our hosts' time and work too. Thank you for your understanding, Cesarine Team

Highly recommend

Karen_R, Jun 2024

Amazing experience! Tomato and family were very welcoming and friendly. The pasta was wonderful and the experience just the right length. I highly recommend!

AMAZING Experience!

Benjamin_S, Aug 2023

Tomaso and Agatha were fantastic! We had such a great time learning how to make authentic pasta from them and can't wait to try making it on our own at home!