Lunch or dinner and cooking demo at a local home in Cefalù

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Duration
2 hours 30 minutes
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Number of Guests
1 - 10 guests
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English, Italian
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Experience authentic Italian cuisine with a local family in Cefalù. Enjoy a cooking demo and savor a 4-course meal with local wines. Discover traditions with Italy's oldest home cook network.

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

Experience Details

Immerse yourself in a private dining experience at a local's home, enjoy an exclusive cooking demo and taste authentic 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 4-course menu including starter, pasta, main course with side dish, dessert with drinks included (water, selection of red and white wines from regional 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
Spaghetti alla carrettiera or Pasta alla Norma or Pasta with sardines
MAIN
second course: Fried cozze or Sarde alla beccafico
DESSERT
Cannoli siciliani or Cassata or Almond Pastries or Tiramisu or similar

What You Get

4-course menu (lunch or dinner) with wine, beverages and coffee
Cooking demo (the host will finish a dish in front of you)

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

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

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Cefalù, Cefalù Metropolitan City of Palermo Sicily, Italy, IT, 90015

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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 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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Terrible to cancel my booking 6 weeks after it was booked and confirmed
September 25, 2023
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The class was cancelled, because it “was peak season”!! It’s actually not peak season and I booked this almost 6 weeks ago. Probably because they don’t like single guests mucking up the numbers. S...read more

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Delicious !
October 18, 2020
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A wonderful lunch and afternoon spent with Graziella and Anna as they cooked (and I helped, or was hindered? :-) ) a delicious Sicilian menu with accompanying wine. Beautiful views out over the bay...read more

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Kochen mit Viviana Biondo
September 27, 2019
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Es war ein einmaliges Erlebnis! Wir wurden sehr herzlich von Viviana und ihrem Mann Antonio aufgenommen. Wir haben einen interessanten Einblick in die sizilianische Küche bekommen und alle vier Gän...read more

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A heavenly experience in Cefalu!
September 10, 2019
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When one thinks of a cooking lesson in Italy, you may visualize it taking place in a charming kitchen. This experience from the moment we arrived was, as they say in Italy, was senza parola (witho...read more

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