Cooking class: learn how to cook traditional & innovative Italian recipes from a local Cesarina
Shared Experience
Your experience
Tonnarelli
Sorrento-style gnocchi
Tiramisu
We are Marco and Michela, and we can't wait to welcome you into our home to help you discover the authentic flavors of Roman cuisine: from fresh homemade pasta to tiramisu. Together, we will knead fresh pasta, prepare tonnarelli and potato gnocchi, and make your choice of sauce: amatriciana, carbonara, or cacio e pepe. We will also prepare the famous tiramisu, sharing with you interesting facts and secrets about this much-loved dessert, which you can easily recreate once you return home for a dinner with your friends. Between stories about the history of Rome and useful tips on where to shop and taste Roman specialties, you will enjoy a fun, tasty, and unique experience that will make your vacation unforgettable. We look forward to seeing you!
Marco and his wife were so welcoming and helpful. The cooking class was enjoyable and fun. The food was so delicious, so happy. We got to do this cooking class in Rome. Would highly recommend anybody to take Marco's cooking classes.
Deann -
We had the BEST time with Marco and Michela! They were so welcoming and kind, and it was fun to see a different side of Rome than most tourists see. It was a blast making dinnet with them, and their easy to follow instructions and tools made us feel like master chefs, Dinner turned out fantastic (if I do say so myself!) and we have a great dinner sitting on their balcony enjoying the weather. Their place is a little off the beaten path but completely accessible by metro or taxi. In fact, on our taxi ride home, we got some cool photos of monuments we’d have never come across otherwise! This was the highlight of our trip, and we can’t recommend them enough!
Des -
This night alone made our trip to Italy everything we had hoped for! From the moment we were greeted with champagne and Italian snacks, Marco’s cooking class felt like being welcomed into an Italian home with friends. Marco’s skill made cacio e pepe feel like an art form, yet simple enough to recreate, and having his wife Ida (an expert guide) share hidden gems of Rome was the icing on the cake. We laughed, we shared stories, and even got to taste Ida’s family’s 1969 liqueur as our free flowing conversations took us later into the evening than planned. It was magical and completely unforgettable, so much so, we’re already planning our return for carbonara!! Thank you both so much for the Italian experience we always dreamed of having!
Lauren & Brendan -
I really enjoyed the experience; I appreciated their warm welcome and attention to detail. I tried authentic Roman food prepared in the traditional way, including pasta, panzerotti, and tiramisu.
Michaela gave me recommendations for tourist sites. I am very grateful to them for the experience. It was enough that their compensation for changing the appointment on their end when I booked a group class was to give me a private class. I highly recommend it.
Michaela offered me Neapolitan cheese as a treat and told me that I have friends here in Rome. I felt lucky to cook using tools that are years old and belonged to Chef Marco's mother; it was an honor for me.
I recommend their classes, five stars 💖😃⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Fatmah -
We had an amazing cooking class and dinner with Marco and his wife. We were so inspired that we even bought a pasta machine to replicate the recipes we learned. Marco also gave us a lot of amazing recommendations of places to visit and dine at.
Cesarina from 2023Location: Rome (RM) Languages: Italian and English
"I like to offer traditional Roman and Neapolitan dishes (having a Neapolitan wife is a privilege) using local DOP products: from appetizers to desserts, with an eye to first and second courses."