Learn to shop and cook like a true Italian with this custom home cooking class based on the ingredients you choose at the market with your local host and instructor.Stroll through La Spezia’s market and choose up ingredients that catch your eye, then head back to your host’s home kitchen for a hands-on lesson to create dishes featuring the fresh, seasonal specialties you’ve selected.

Market tour and cooking class in La Spezia

The most beautiful tour ever, in a market that dates back to the 1930s, the Mercato Orientale in Genoa, in the heart of the city: an unforgettable combination of scents and colours. If you are looking for traditional Genoese products to prepare our dishes, here you cannot go wrong, there is true excellence and the products are fresh and zero km. I will take you with me to do the shopping and then cook our dishes at my place, a few steps away from Europe's largest historical centre, with the Rolli palaces in the world-famous Via Aurea. Together we will cook and taste traditional dishes like anchovy pie and genoese soup.

Market tour of the Mercato Orientale in Genoa

Travelling in the Festival's city we are going to discover tipical Ligurian street food and their origin.Focaccia, Sardenaira, Torta Verde, Farinata and other delicious plate are waiting for you... and what about a glass of a local wine?During our tour I reveal also my personal recipes, are you read!?

Manu's personal Street Food Tour

The tour will let you see the most important and innovative Renaissance buildings in Liguria, because Savona is also called the City of the Popes, Sixtus IV and Julius II, we see Palace Della Rovere or Palace Santa Chiara, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption and the Della Rovere Polyptych, the monumental complex of Priamar, The Torre del Brandale, Porta Balnei, the old port It is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city and the characteristic streets of the historic center dating back to before the Middle Age.The street food most loved by the people of Savona is Panissa, Farinata ancient glory of popular cuisine. A variant of which Savona claims the birth is represented by the White Farinata, Genoese Focaccia and incomparable soft Amaretti biscuits

Street food Tour visit to the historic center and the market

Bought at the city market cooked and eaten, we will discover all the seasonal products of the area and we will create a menu at the moment based on what we will find once the shopping is done we will prepare everything, we will choose the wines to match directly from my cellar and bon appetit, for those who want a glass from the my trolley of spirits always well stocked

Bought at the city market cooked and eaten

The tour will let you see the most important and innovative Renaissance buildings in Liguria, because Savona is also called the City of the Popes, Sixtus IV and Julius II, we see Palace Della Rovere or Palace Santa Chiara, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption and the Della Rovere Polyptych, the monumental complex of Priamar, The Torre del Brandale, Porta Balnei, the old port It is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city and the characteristic streets of the historic center dating back to before the Middle Age. The street food most loved by the people of Savona is Panissa, Farinata ancient glory of popular cuisine. A variant of which Savona claims the birth is represented by the White Farinata, Genoese Focaccia and incomparable soft Amaretti biscuits

Italian markets are an exciting experience to tantalize all of your senses. Embark on a my market tour and learn about the ingredients that are important to our local cuisine. Then head back to my home and prepare with me a 3-course meal that is sure to excite your palette (starter, pasta and dessert). Enjoy your meal paired with local wines and finish off with a traditional Italian espresso.