Cesarine: Home Cooking Class & Meal with a Local in Catania

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Duration
3 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 8 guests
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English, Italian
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Join a private Catania cooking class at a local's home. Master traditional dishes, enjoy a meal, and savor local wines. Experience authentic Sicilian hospitality with Cesarine experts.

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

Experience Details

Immerse yourself in a private cooking class at local's home,  learn the secrets of the most famous dishes of Catania cuisine and taste the fruit of your labour accompanied by a selection of local wines.


During the lesson the local home cook will reveal the tricks of the trade of 3 authentic Catania recipes. Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test. Each participant will have a workstation equipped with utensils and all the ingredients to make the dishes. Then, taste everything you have prepared accompanied by a selection of red and white local wines.


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: Spaghetti alla carrettiera or Pasta alla Norma or Pasta with sardines
DESSERT
Sicilian dessert
Sample dessert dish: Cannoli siciliani or Cassata or Almond Pastries or Tiramisu or similar typical desserts

What You Get

Beverages (water, wines and coffee)
Private Cooking Class
Tastings of the 3 recipes

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

What You’ll Experience

Immerse yourself in a private cooking class at a local's home, learn the secrets of the most famous dishes of Catania cuisine and taste the fruit of your labour accompanied by a glass of local wine.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Catania, 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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Very Poor Experience!!!
September 22, 2024
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Very Poor Experience!!! Warning!!!. Be Very Cautious when making a booking with Cesarine for any Italian Food Experience in Italy as this could be a costly exercise !!! Their advertising is uncle...read more

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great food
September 21, 2024
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I really appreciated Maurisimo and his class. He was so personable and knowledgeable. I learned a lot and had a lot of fun. So glad I took his class. I would do it again!

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5 stars!! Highly recommended!!
August 17, 2024
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Cooking with Fernanda and her family will be the highlight of our trip! She was so welcoming and made sure we understood exactly what we were doing! The food was delicious and can’t wait to recreat...read more

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Sensational Sicily cooking experience 🎉🥂
May 12, 2024
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Chef Angela was wonderful It was very special having a cooking experience in Angela’s beautiful home. Iam taking home some special Sicilian secrets & memories to recreate with family & friends 🥰

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Amazing time learning to make pasta at the chef’s home!
May 02, 2024
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This was so much fun making authentic Italian in the chefs kitchen! Not only did we leave full and happy after eating pasta we made and tiramisu to die for, but the setting was absolutely beautiful...read more

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