Cesarine: Dining & Cooking Demo at Local's Home in La Spezia

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Summary
Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
Where to Meet
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Duration
2 hours 30 minutes
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Number of Guests
1 - 10 guests
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Language
English, Italian
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Experience authentic La Spezia cuisine with a local family. Join a cooking demo, savor family recipes, and enjoy a three-course meal with wine in a warm, inviting home setting.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Immerse yourself in a social dining experience at a local's home, enjoy an exclusive show cooking and taste authentic La Spezia recipes treasured in family cookbooks passed down by real Italian Mammas. Feel the warmth of Italian hospitality as you connect with local people.


Enjoy a 3-course menu including starter, pasta and dessert with drinks included (water, selection of red and white wines from Liguria cellars and coffee).


This experience is held by Cesarine: Italy’s oldest network of 1000+ home cooks all over the country in more than 500 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.


Sample Menu

STARTER
Seasonal starter
MAIN
Fresh Pasta
Sample pasta dishes: Trofie or Ravioli alla spezzina or Pasta alla contadina
DESSERT
Typical dessert
Sample dessert dish: Canestrelli biscuits or Castagnaccio or Spongata cake or Tiramisu or similar typical desserts

What You Get

Beverages (water, wines and coffee)
Cooking Demonstration ( Cesarina prepare 1 recipe in front of you )
Local taxes

Good To Know

  • Please note that our Cesarine are ready and thrilled to host you in their homes! All Cesarine are always very careful and attentive of the important sanitary rules needed, even more now! The homes provide all the essential sanitary equipment for the guests (paper towels for washing hands, hand sanitizing gel and so on). Remember to always maintain 1 meter distance from each other and if not, wear masks and gloves
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What You’ll Experience

• Connect with local people: meet the local host at home, you will receive the exact address once the booking is completed. Our hosts are located in La Spezia • Attend a show cooking before lunch or dinner: assist your local host with the preparation of your meal and learn the secrets of the La Spezia recipes (1 hour) • Taste an authentic La Spezia 3-course menu including starter, pasta and dessert and drinks included (2 hours). • Enjoy a selection of red and white wines from Liguria cellars: our hosts offer only wines of the territory. • Drink a real Italian Espresso like Italians do

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

La Spezia, Italy, IT

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This experience will be held in a local's home. For privacy reasons, you will receive the full address of your Cesarina host after you have booked. We will contact you by e-mail after you've booked to match you up with your ideal host based on what you are looking for.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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What People Are Saying
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Overpriced
May 24, 2025
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Two adults, six children. Children were as much as the adults and hardly ate two bites. Not a cooking class. Sweet woman who hosted and her husband. We loved them. If it was 1/4 of the price, highe...read more

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An evening to cherish!
September 28, 2024
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The food was wonderful, but the best experience is the welcoming into a total strangers home and feeling like you have been friends for years. We are so glad to meet Daniela and her husband Gianno ...read more

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Most incredible evening
September 23, 2024
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We had the best meal we had our entire trip in Italy. Not only was the food spectacular, but our host and hostess were incredible. Thank you Paula and Massimo for opening your home up to us and mak...read more

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Roberta & Ricardo are lovely, welcoming hosts. Roberta's cooking is divine - especially her lasagna.
August 24, 2024
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Roberta & Ricardo are lovely, welcoming hosts. Roberta's cooking is divine. She patiently answered our many questions - and she customized for preferences in our group. Her lasagna is perhaps the b...read more

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Once in a lifetime experience, do not pass this up.
May 26, 2024
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Not to be missed! Daniele, our Cesarina, is an amazing chef and host. She is warm, welcoming, entertaining, and the multi-course meal she prepared was the best we had on our Italy vacation. Everyth...read more

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