Cooking Classes

Authentic Roman cuisine in Trastevere: come and experience it for yourself!

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Ofelia

Rome (RM)
Duration 3h
Max 12 guests
Spoken languages:  
Italian and English
Has pets

Cooking class: learn how to cook traditional & innovative Italian recipes from a local Cesarina

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    I’m Ofelia, a Cesarina from Rome, with a deep passion for traditional cuisine. Although I was born in Calabria, my family has deep roots in Italy’s cultural and culinary history, which has shaped my way of cooking—a blend of tradition, memories, and love for good food.

    I invite you to my home in Trastevere, one of Rome’s most authentic neighborhoods, for a cooking class where we’ll prepare three traditional Roman recipes, from appetizer to dessert. We’ll uncover the secrets of iconic dishes, using genuine ingredients and techniques passed down through generations.

    We’ll knead, cook, and share stories together, just like in the kitchens of the past!

    Total: €274.00

    €137.00 
    per guest

    €69.00 per child

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    5.0
    92 reviews
    Ofelia was recommended to us by our son and daughter-in-law who had taken her class on one of their trips to Italy. We are so glad we got to do this - the highlight of our trip. We learned so much and the food was delicious, but more importantly, Ofelia and her husband made us feel like family. She gave us history info as she described the recipes and her sparkling personality made it fun!! I highly recommend her.

    Mary Newsome - 

    We had an amazing time with Ofelia in her home for our cooking class. She made us feel like we were part of her family and we thank her for that. We all made homemade tiramisu and pasta that was incredible!!! I would highly recommend this experience on your visit to Rome. Thanks again Ofelia

    Hobie/Micki Schultz - 

    Ofelia & Leonardo hosted us at their home and Ofelia was amazing with her culinary art as well as her stories of cooking with her family and cooking in Rome! This was the best experience we had in Italy and we will always cherish our memories from this experience. We are excited to start cooking this recipe for our friends and family. We highly recommend Ofelia for an amazing cooking experience!

    Julie & Pete Nawrocki - 

    Ray and I had an excellent cooking class with Ofelia. She gave us a regional history of cooking as well as general knowledge of Italian history. Ofelia showed us simple recipes that we can implement at home immediately. Both of us enjoyed our time with Ofelia and the food was delicious.

    Sheila E - 

    We had such a lovely family cooking experience with Ophelia! From the moment we arrived at her beautiful home, she made us feel completely welcome. We started with a bottle of wine and great conversations about Italian food, family, history, and life in Italy. We cooked antipasti, homemade pasta, and tiramisu together, and everything was delicious! We also learned lots of little tips and details that we will definitely take home with us. What made the experience really special was Ophelia herself, she is warm, welcoming, interesting, and so much fun to spend time with. It didn’t feel like just a cooking class, but like spending a wonderful afternoon in an Italian home, cooking, eating, drinking wine, and sharing stories. One of our favorite experiences in Rome. Highly recommended!

    Yelena Kostianovsky  - 

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    Ofelia

    Cesarina from 2022Location: Rome (RM)    Languages: Italian and English
    Mine is a cuisine that starts above all from traditional family recipes. I was born in Calabria, but mine is a family branched out in cultural and consequently also culinary history. A great-grandmother of a Jewish family married to a great-grandfather an aviator American, another who abandoned dancing with the consuls for a marriage with an intellectual of peasant origins, all united with the Calabrian mountain tradition.From the branch of Jewish origins I took the great love for sweet and sour, for fermented recipes and spicy scents, from the noble branch some recipes that I discovered to be relatives of sometimes Sicilian and sometimes Neapolitan cuisine (from the Kingdom of the two Sicilies:), some that I have never happened to find in other houses. I moved to Rome almost twenty years ago to study and I stayed there, here I also assimilated some recipe books from my partner who is a Roman from Trastevere, making my own super recipes rlatives of the Roman tradition, such as the first classics or the Maritozzi, which I often personalize with fillings that bring me and my guests back to Calabria! 
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