Cooking Classes

Potato dumplings with seasonal sauces

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Gisella

Stresa (VB)
Duration 3h
Max 6 guests
Spoken languages:  
French, Italian, English

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

Shared Experience
Your experience
  • Potato gnocchi
  • Potato gnocchi
  • Local dessert

Together we’ll make some delicious potato gnocchi. We’ll start with boiled potatoes, which we’ll then mash and mix with flour and an egg. We’ll knead the mixture into a soft ball, from which we’ll roll out long strips. Cut into small pieces and pressed through a fork, the gnocchi will be ready for a brief boil in salted water. We can serve the dish in various ways: with gorgonzola, tomato, or melted butter with Parmesan, or other options depending on the season.

During the cooking class, we will also prepare a bruschetta with seasonal produce as a starter and a local dessert to round off the experience.

Total: €153.00

€153.00 
per guest

€77.00 per child

Reviews

4.8
10 reviews
Our experience with Gisella was excellent! We started with bruschetta with gorgonzola with truffles. We thought we were only going to learn how to make gnocchi, but she surprised by starting off with a demonstration on how to make tiramisu! She explained to us how to mix the ingredients, then she showed is how assemble it. Next came making the gnocchi which was all hands on, after a brief tutorial. We had two sauce varieties, cheese and tomato based. Giselle and her husband Marco offered us wine and joined us for lunch, conversing about travels, hobbies, and family. The portions were generous and we left with satisfied appetites, and confident that we can replicate the delicious dishes at home, aided by notes we took along the way. Gisella was very gracious hosting us in her clean home using hygienic cooking practices, with an amazing view of beautiful Stresa. We highly recommend Gisella for a fantastic introduction to authenticate Italian cuisine!

San Diego Steve - May 2026

We had a very pleasant time with Gisella and her husband discovering the local gastronomy. Very warm welcome and good advice for making pasta and tiramisu successfully. Thank you again!!

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Valerie et Pascal - October 2025

Gisella was an excellent “teacher” and also very wonderful as a host in general

Lisa Faupel - September 2025

Gisella was amazing, walking us through 3 beautiful dishes and engaging everyone in our group. Her culinary talents are also matched with her photography and hospitality. This is an experience not to be missed.

Patti Chandler - July 2025

My husband and I enjoyed our private Italian cooking class with Gisella. We appreciated her warm welcome and her culinary tips. We left her home delighted and motivated to cook delicious Italian dishes and, of course, desserts like tiramisu! We recommend this wonderful expérience!

Doris Prince - May 2025

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Gisella

Cesarina from 2018Location: Stresa (VB)    Languages: French, Italian, English
Stresa is an elegant and charming town on Lake Maggiore, full of luxurious hotels, period buildings, and beautiful Art Nouveau villas. It’s very pleasant to take a walk along the lakeside promenade, among flower gardens and small restaurants. The small historic city center is very picturesque, with nineteenth-century buildings, terraces full of flowers — and my cozy home. You could say I was born in a hotel. I lived in one until I was 12 years old. In my family’s hotel, I would prepare a snack in the restaurant, eat in the dining room, and the staff would make me simple desserts. My passion for the culinary arts was nurtured in that environment — and now, I’m a Cesarina!
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