Cooking Classes

Learn the secrets of Italian Aperitif!

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Ofelia

Rome (RM)
Duration 2h
Max 10 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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  • Aperitif with local specialties

For every Italian, from north to south, from snow to sea, the aperitivo is sacred! Convivial and cheerful, aperitivo time is also a good excuse to relax with friends over a good glass of prosecco or a cool cocktail. But the most fun thing is to put your imagination to the test in preparing the many tastings to set on a self-respecting aperitif table. On this occasion we will taste together some of the classic appetizers that accompany this event so important to our culture, some of which we will prepare together, clever and impressive recipes that we can show off at the first useful aperitif!

Vegetarian

Total: €153.00

€153.00 
per guest

€77.00 per child

Reviews

5.0
86 reviews
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 - 

Excellent, all around.

Erek & Tiffany - 

We had a lovely dinner with Ofelia! She is so kind and made us feel right at home. The food was delicious! She walked us through how to make the dishes and even sent us recipes by email. It was a wonderful experience and we really enjoyed meeting her!

Tish Warren - 

Our experience with Ofelia and Leonardo was truly unforgettable. From the moment we arrived in their home, they made us feel incredibly welcome with their warmth and generosity. Learning how to make authentic carbonara and fresh pasta from scratch was such a special experience, and their passion for Italian cooking made the class both fun and memorable. After cooking together, we shared a wonderful meal and genuinely enjoyed getting to know them both. If you’re visiting Rome, I cannot recommend this experience enough — it was easily the highlight of our trip and one of the most memorable experiences we had in Italy.

Phil - 

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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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