Cooking Classes

Cook and enjoy the true Roman Carbonara

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Ofelia

Rome (RM)
Duration 2h
Max 6 guests
Spoken languages:  
Italian and English
Has pets

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

Shared Experience
Your experience
  • Aperitif with local specialties
  • Carbonara Pasta

Welcome to my Roman kitchen, in the heart of Trastevere, one of the most authentic and charming neighborhoods of Rome, for a unique and genuine experience.

I will welcome you into my home, where you will immediately feel like longtime friends. Together, we will prepare one of the most iconic dishes of Roman cuisine: Carbonara. I will guide you step by step, sharing stories and secrets to achieve the perfect creamy texture and an irresistible balance of flavors.

Once it’s ready, we will sit down to enjoy our Carbonara, accompanied by a small aperitif that I will have prepared in advance for you—a taste of Rome that will make you feel even more immersed in the city’s gastronomic tradition.

Are you ready to discover the true taste of Roman cuisine?

Total: €204.00

€102.00 
per guest

€51.00 per child

Reviews

5.0
93 reviews
Everything was just right. Ofelia and Leonardo were warm, friendly, welcoming, and knowledgeable. The pasta making was fun, easy and expertly directed by Ofelia's competent and authoritative guidance. We learned about history, culture, the geographic idiosyncrasies of Italy's cuisine in a fast-paced and engaging lesson that accompanied the fun activity. And of course the meal, wine and dessert were hearty, delicious and satisfying. I can't say enough good things about the class. My only regret is that I can only give them five stars, because they certainly deserve more. Buonissimo!!!

Rich Browner - 

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  - 

A beautiful home and a beautiful experience! Our family so enjoyed our dinner with Ofelia. It was like coming home. They could not have been more gracious and kind. Not to mention the food was absolutely amazing. I’m still dreaming of the pesto! This is a must for every trip to Rome!

Pamala - 

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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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