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

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Summary
Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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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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Join a warm, private dining adventure in Viareggio with authentic Italian family recipes. Enjoy a 4-course meal and cooking demo by expert hosts, paired with regional wines.

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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
Caciucco Viareggiano
MAIN
fresh pasta
Spaghetti with clams or Spaghetti con i Caltellacci
MAIN
second course
Cinghiale con funghi e polenta or Lepre ai tre vini
DESSERT
typical dessert
Torta co' bischeri or tiramisù 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 Bologna 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

Viareggio, Viareggio Province of Lucca Tuscany, Italy, IT, 55049

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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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Una Cena Bellisimo
June 01, 2025
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Paola and Masimo were the best hosts catering to our every need. We experienced a fun cooking lesson stuffing and sealing tortelli, recipes for dishes prepared, translated step by step and descript...read more

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Good food.
September 22, 2024
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Fantastic food, fantastic atmosphere, amazing experience. Highly recommended. We would love to do this again.

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Don't go to Tuscany without doing a cooking class.
September 14, 2024
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This was the highlight of our trip. We went from Rome to Viareggio! I'm so glad we did this! Paola and Massimo were so welcoming! The pasta we helped make was delicious and the rest of the meal was...read more

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Authentic evening with great regional specialties
August 19, 2023
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If you want to go off the beaten track, you might find what you're looking for here. You book an experience at Paola and Massimo's home, where you learn from Paola how to prepare a few Italian dish...read more

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A fun night and experience in Viareggio.
July 08, 2022
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We were warmly greeted by Paola, her husband and her lifelong friend at their home. She had the whole evening planned for us. First a pasta/ravioli making demonstration and hands on activity in her...read more

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