Cooking Class: Italian Pasta and Risotto

Roll up your sleeves and learn how to make your own pasta in this interactive cooking class. Chef Desmond will teach you how to use traditional techniques and fresh ingredients to prepare pasta and sauces from scratch. Start with pasta filled with pesto sauce, eggplant and ricotta cheese. Next, make saffron risotto with Arborio rice. Your main entrée is pan-seared tuna agrodolce with a traditional sweet and sour sauce. For dessert, enjoy an Italian pear almond cake. 


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Filled Pasta With Pesto Sauce

With pasta, eggplant and ricotta cheese 


Saffron Risotto

With Arborio rice 


Pan-Seared Tuna Agrodolce

With traditional sweet and sour sauce 


Italian Pear Almond Cake

  • Minimum Guests 2
  • Maximum Guests 8
  • Event Duration 3 hours
  • Activity Level
    Activity Level
  • LabelsCouples, Pasta Making, Gourmet, Italian, Pescatarian

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Sierra Erickson

09 Dec 2021

Chef Desmond was always so knowledgeable about the techniques and ingredients used in lab. He was an inspiration to learn from and always provided the right environment to be creative and grow in.

$ 99 Per person

all-inclusive: 3-hour class, meal and taxes.


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Chef Desmond
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Chef Desmond loves using inventive methods to teach others about food and nutrition. He’s even created educational rap lyrics on the subject! He holds a master's degree in nutritional studies from Cambridge, has co-created several textbooks and is currently working his own cookbook. He’s also been featured in print and television, including "Best Leftovers Ever" on Netflix. Chef Desmond is excited to share his creative energy with aspiring chefs of all skill levels.

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