ZenAndCook cooking school is a cooking class in Albaro, Genoa.
Editorially verified September 29, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The autumn 2026 calendar has a focaccia genovese class on 2 October and cappon magro and pandolce on 10 December; courses run in Italian.
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: Via Pontetti 16A, 16131 Genova, Genoa
Creattivando teaches pesto in a marble mortar in Palazzo Imperiale, a Rolli palace in Genoa's old town, then serves it on focaccia and trofiette with wine.
TipThe entrance gate faces Via di Scurreria between two olive trees, and the class is on the second piano nobile; canestrelli close the tasting.
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.
