From Trieste to Venice, from Friuli-Venezia Giulia all the way to Bologna: with NET, we transform cooking into an authentic, private, and immersive experience that tells the story of a region through its flavors, traditions, and the people who live there.
Italian cuisine is not just about recipes. It’s about culture, identity, conviviality, and above all, the region.
That’s why our Cooking Classes are designed to be much more than just a cooking lesson: they are tailor-made gastronomic experiences that, whenever possible, are integrated into a broader itinerary.
Trieste: The Cuisine of a Border City
Let’s start with Trieste, a city unlike any other in Italy, where Italian, Central European, Slovenian, and Mediterranean influences come together—even at the table.
A cooking class can be the perfect way to round out a guided city tour, a food tasting, or a day spent enjoying the sea and sailing. And during the Barcolana, it can be the ideal social gathering after a day on a boat or along the waterfront.
Here, cuisine becomes a way to better understand Trieste’s cosmopolitan spirit: you discover the city, savor its influences, and finally sit down together at the table.
Venice: From the Market to the Bacari
In Venice, gastronomy is inseparable from the city and its lagoon.
One of our experiences can begin right at the Rialto Market, where you can choose the ingredients and the catch of the day together with the chef, and then head into the kitchen to discover the secrets of Venetian recipes.
But Venice is also best experienced on foot, wandering through its narrow streets and small squares.
Our Bacari Tour, one of NET’s true hallmarks, takes guests on a journey to discover the authentic Venetian tradition of “ombre” and “cicchetti,” pairing the tasting with stories about the city and its traditions.
And these two experiences can naturally come together: the market, cuisine, bacari, and tastings can all become part of a single private culinary journey.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia: Aquileia, Wine, and the Region
In Friuli-Venezia Giulia, cuisine becomes a journey through a region rich in local products, traditions, and cultural influences.
In Aquileia, for example, we can combine the cooking class with a tasting right in the vineyard: first, you’ll discover the wines and local specialties, then you’ll head into the kitchen to learn how to transform local ingredients into a lunch or dinner.
This experience can also be combined with an archaeological tour of Aquileia, creating a full day of history, wine, cuisine, and good company.
Bologna: The Great Tradition of Fresh Pasta
And then Bologna.
Here, NET can count on several carefully selected partners, perfect for creating food tours and cooking classes that showcase Emilia’s rich culinary tradition.
You can start with a visit to the Quadrilatero, exploring historic shops and traditional products, continue with a food tour to discover local specialties, and finally get in the kitchen to learn the secrets of making fresh pasta.
Sfoglia, tagliatelle, and other traditional specialties thus become not just something to taste, but something to prepare with your own hands.
FROM THE LOCAL AREA TO THE TABLE
That is precisely what makes our cooking classes so valuable: they are not one-off experiences.
They can be incorporated into more comprehensive programs and combined with:
- guided tours;
- markets and historic shops;
- Bacari Tour;
- tastings and vineyard tours;
- food tours;
- private boat tours of the lagoon;
- experiences related to sailing and the Barcolana;
- meetings with producers and artisans;
- private lunches and dinners.
Trieste, Venice, Aquileia, and Bologna thus become stops on a single culinary journey, in which each destination reveals its own identity through ingredients, recipes, and people.
MICE
Cooking is teamwork
For the world MICE, cooking also becomes an extraordinary tool for building relationships and fostering teamwork.
Our cooking classes can be transformed into culinary challenges, team-based activities, and experiential formats, tailored to the event’s objectives.
From the Fresh Pasta Competition to the Market Challenge, from preparing regional recipes to blind tastings, participants collaborate, compete, and have fun under the chef’s guidance.
We can also incorporate the Cooking Class into a broader incentive program: a Bacari Tour in Venice, a vineyard tour and tasting in Aquileia, a guided tour and cooking experience in Trieste, and a food tour and pasta class in Bologna.
The result is an informal yet structured activity designed to foster collaboration, creativity, and sharing.
LEISURE
Taste the Destination
For leisure travelers, the cooking class is an authentic and fun way to experience the destination.
It’s ideal for couples, families, small groups, VIPs, and private tours, and can be customized to suit guests’ interests.
From the Venetian Bacari Tour to fresh Bolognese pasta, from a wine tasting at a vineyard in Aquileia to the cuisine of the Trieste border region, we create experiences that allow you not only to sample the local flavors but also to get to know and experience the region firsthand.
RECOMMENDATIONS
We recommend this experience to food lovers, curious travelers, and anyone looking for an alternative team-building activity. It pairs perfectly with a guided tour, a food tour, a wine tasting at a vineyard, or an adventure through the canals and islands of the Lagoon.
Classes are typically conducted in Italian and English; upon request, we can arrange for translators or multilingual chefs.
We can also organize cooking classes and food experiences in other locations throughout the Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia regions, always highlighting the unique characteristics of each area.
Please email us at net.esperienze@gmail.com to arrange the date, format, and menu.
NET – Experiences in the Northeast
Trieste • Venice • Friuli-Venezia Giulia • Bologna
Leisure • MICE • Incentives • Corporate • Private Experiences
We don’t just organize tours. We create experiences.
