Immerse yourself in a private dining experience at a local's home, enjoy an exclusive show cooking and taste authentic Ligurian recipes treasured in family cookbooks passed down by real Italian Mammas. Feel the warmth of Italian hospitality as you connect with local people. Enjoy a 4-course menu including starter, pasta, main course with side dish, dessert with drinks included (water, selection of red and white wines from regional cellars and coffee). This experience is held by Cesarine: Italy’s oldest network of 1000+ home cooks all over the country in more than 500 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.
In demand: 56 of the next 60 departures are already sold out.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 11.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Dining experience with cooking demo and wines in Chiavari lasts about 2h 30min.
Prices start at $97 per person for this Genoa experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There are 2 booking options, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs every day, starting at 12:00 PM and 7:00 PM.
Children aged 4–8 pay from $49, adults from $97. Infants go free.
It can: 56 of the next 60 departures are already sold out, so booking ahead is a good idea.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The meeting point is This experience will be held in a local's home. For privacy reasons, you will receive the full address of your local host after you have booked. Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
The experience is available in EN, IT.
It is a private experience: only your party takes part. Up to 10 travellers can book together.
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 5.0 out of 5 across 10 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by Cesarine: Cooking Class.
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Amazing! A must do if you’re in the Repallo/Chiavari area! A truly enjoyable part of our vacation to Italy, Pina and Alessandro were perfect hosts for the traditional Ligurian home cooking at their beautiful home in Tigullio Rocks. Thank you!
By far the best experience of our trip! Food was amazing and our host, Ivan made it an amazing evening!! He demonstrated everything and then gave us time to do it ourselves wye pert instructions and it was delicious!
If you want to truly enjoy an experience with your friends or family, this is a must!! The food , love view and the love you feel will warm your heart, soul and stomach.
I cannot say enough about our experience. Fabio and Cesariana are absolutely fabulous and welcoming people. We had such a great time and didn't want to leave. Thank you so much for your hospitality and I ate the best pasta. First time ever I created it myself.
Elisa and family were the best. They treated us like family. We’re still talking about the food and how good it was. There was so much fresh food and wine. And we felt like we were just visiting with friends at their home. Loved it! It’s highly recommended!
Elisa and her family were very welcoming for this in-home experience. The homemade pasta with pesto was excellent as was the eggplant Parmesan. The starters were a big hit with the homemade focaccia, prosciutto, and cheese. Tiramisu, lemon cello, and Vino topped everything off for this private in-home experience.
We had a lovely time with Elisa and Marcelo, who really made everyone feel right at home. We truly made lifelong memories and left dinner with new friends. I could not recommend this experience enough. This was above and beyond anything we could have expected. Not to mention the food was spectacular too!
This is the best tour we ever had. We had fun, laughing, making food with our new Italian family, we here there for 3 1/2 hours we cooked drank wine ate pasta laughed. Tiramisu eggplant Parmesan There were children and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I highly recommend taking this family dinner . this had to be the highlight of our stay in Rapallo. I highly recommend making this your dinner choice for one evening.
Ivan and family were amazing! We learned how to make gnocchi and homemade pesto. The 4 courses were all very delicious. A great and unique experience in Italy. Would highly recommend!
We had THE most wonderful dinner experience at the sweet home of Patricia and Ricardo. We helped make fresh pasta, enjoyed delicious dishes and wine from their family’s vineyard. But most of all we felt so at home and now feel like we have new friends in Italy.
| Tour | Duration | Rating | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dining experience with cooking demo and wines in Chiavari | 2h 30min | 5.0 (10) | $97 | |
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