Creattivando pesto class at Palazzo Imperiale is a cooking class in Centro Storico, Genoa.
Editorially verified September 29, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The entrance gate faces Via di Scurreria between two olive trees, and the class is on the second piano nobile; canestrelli close the tasting.
5 hours
Tour the vibrant local market and immerse yourself in a private cooking class in a local home with a certified home cook. Learn local recipes and taste everything you'...
4 hours
Join a Genoa cooking class to learn pesto, gnocchi, focaccia, and canestrelli, then enjoy your dishes with wine and finish with artisan gelato in the city center.
2 hours
Learn how to prepare pesto in a mortar, gnocchi, and tiramisu with Tiziana, a finalist in the world championship, in a historic palazzo in Genoa.
Address: Piazza Campetto 8A, 16123 Genova, Genoa
BioTigullio5Terre runs pesto al mortaio masterclasses in its shop on Via di Ravecca in Genoa's old town, ending with your pesto on trofie and Ligurian wine.
TipThe shop is about 100 metres from Columbus' house; each guest leaves with a small jar of pesto and a certificate, and no cooking experience is needed.
BioTigullio5Terre runs pesto al mortaio masterclasses in its shop on Via di Ravecca in Genoa's old town, ending with your pesto on trofie and Ligurian wine.
TipThe shop is about 100 metres from Columbus' house; each guest leaves with a small jar of pesto and a certificate, and no cooking experience is needed.
ZenAndCook is a Genoa cooking school whose evening courses in 2026 cover focaccia genovese, farinata, pesto al mortaio, cappon magro and pandolce.
TipThe autumn 2026 calendar has a focaccia genovese class on 2 October and cappon magro and pandolce on 10 December; courses run in Italian.
