Small Group Market tour and Cooking class in Padua

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Duration
5 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 8 guests
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Language
English, Italian
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Explore Padua's cuisine with a local host, enjoy a market tour, and experience a hands-on cooking class. Learn to make traditional pasta and Tiramisu, paired with local wines. Uncover Italy's culinary secrets.

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

Experience Details

Italy has a vast and varied culinary heritage, and our local hosts are proud to share its hidden secrets.

Share your passion for Italian gastronomy with other lovely guests, immerse yourself in the vibrant local market and enjoy an authentic hands-on cooking class.

You'll visit the local market with your Cesarina host, who will teach you all about how to select the best ingredients with the seasons. Then, you'll return to their home, warm up with an Italian Aperitivo and enjoy the class. You'll learn how to make one iconic Pasta type, typical of the city you are visiting, and the famous Tiramisu.

After the class, you will enjoy everything you've prepared with local wines.

This experience is the perfect choice if you want to encounter the real Italian regional gastronomy through genuine connections, food, and friendship.


Sample Menu

MAIN
Pasta
DESSERT
Tiramisu

What You Get

All Fees and Taxes
Official ‘Cesarine’ apron
Learn to make 1 iconic Pasta type

Good To Know

  • Public transportation options are available nearby

What You’ll Experience

Share your passion for Italian gastronomy with other lovely guests, immerse yourself in the vibrant local market and enjoy an authentic hands-on cooking class.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Padua, Padua Province of Padua Veneto, Italy, IT

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The meeting point of this experience will be our Cesarina 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 Cesarina 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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Cooking Experience with Catia
June 26, 2025
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It was my first time to Padua, and I was looking for an authentic experience where I could learn about the city and the cuisine that makes it special. I was so lucky to have found this tour with Ca...read more

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Highly recommended
June 19, 2025
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I had Catia as a host. She is a wonderful and inspiring woman. I was lucky that the course took place despite being alone. Thus, it was very individual and tailored entirely to me. It is important ...read more

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Special Experience of a Lifetime
April 22, 2025
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This was a very special experience. Catia met me at Piazza del Erbe. The market was closed because there was Easter Monday but she took me around Padova instead and shared wonderful stories about t...read more

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More than Excellent
October 16, 2024
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Sharing the shopping experience and the language and his very specific techniques in cooking the meal; totally different than what is shown on TV; more than excellent.

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Cooking Italian food in an Italian Home
October 09, 2024
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Our chef was wonderful and very gracious. The experience with the company’s communication was not. I had push messages with two different addresses and time right until the day of the event. It ...read more

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