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Catania: Private Pasta-Making Class at a Local's Home

1. Catania: Private Pasta-Making Class at a Local's Home

Immerse yourself in a private pasta-making class at the Cesarina's home, learn the secrets of the region's most famous pasta dishes and taste the fruits of your labor accompanied by a glass of local wine. During the lesson the Cesarina will reveal the tricks of the trade of 3 authentic regional pasta 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.

Catania: Traditional Home Cooking Experience with Dinner

2. Catania: Traditional Home Cooking Experience with Dinner

Learn to cook like a Sicilian with a local chef in a typical historic villa in the city center of Catania. Get hands-on help preparing your own mouth-watering lunch or dinner. Meet your host who also an art expert who will tell you curious stories about the history of Catania and the beautiful places you can visit in Sicily. Enter the home of your cook and teacher and learn traditional Sicilian recipes. Roll up your sleeves and learn how to use fresh ingredients and local productions from the island. Prepare a typical 3-course meal (starter, main course and dessert), homemade pasta, and a typical Sicilian dessert, Biancomangiare (pudding). Sit down to your meal paired with wine and water in a relaxed setting with your host.

Catania: Pasta- and Tiramisu-Making Class with Tasting

3. Catania: Pasta- and Tiramisu-Making Class with Tasting

You can't visit Italy without trying at least one pasta dish... So, we'll teach you two! Learn how to roll 'sfoglia' (fresh pasta) by hand and how to prepare 2 simple different kinds of pasta from scratch with your local host. As the icing on the cake, you will learn to prepare also the iconic Tiramisu. Share your passion for the Italian cuisine as you make new friends in this hands-on cooking class. It's a great way to truly experience Italian culture. This experience is held by Cesarine, the oldest Italy’s network of home cooks available in more than 500 cities all over the country. Cesarine stands for "home cook", they are passionate and welcoming local hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences. The Cesarine serve only local specialties from their family cookbooks to tell the great story of their traditional regional cuisine.

Catania Private Home Cooking Class

4. Catania Private Home Cooking Class

Uncover the secrets of Italian family recipes on your travels, Your guide, or Cesarina will share their wisdom, which has been passed down in their families for generations. Immerse yourself in a private cooking class at your guide's home. Learn the secrets of the most famous dishes of regional cuisine and taste the fruit of your labor accompanied by local wines.  During the lesson, the Cesarina will reveal the tricks of the trade of 3 authentic local recipes. Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test. Participants 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. Instead of loading your suitcase with souvenirs, take home Italian cooking skills that'll stay with you for life.

Catania: Market Tour, Cooking Class, and Name Your Recipes

5. Catania: Market Tour, Cooking Class, and Name Your Recipes

Try food shopping at a local market and traditional food shop along with your expert host. See the amazing produce and get inspired about the ingredients you’d love to experiment with. After choosing your ingredients, head back at your host's home in order to create and name two of your very own recipes. Using the 3-5 staple ingredients that captured your imagination, immerse yourself in a private cooking class. With expert guidance, you will learn how to prepare your chosen ingredients and make two of your own Italian creations.   Cultivate your creativity and confidence in the kitchen by adding an Italian flair to your dishes. Then, taste everything you have prepared accompanied by a selection of red and white local wines.

Catania Market Tour and Home Cooking Class

6. Catania Market Tour and Home Cooking Class

Uncover the secrets of Italian family recipes on your travels, Your guide, or Cesarina will share their wisdom, which has been passed down in their families for generations. Go food shopping like a local with your host, enjoy the distinctive Italian local market and learn how to recognize the best produces from the land.  Immerse yourself in a private cooking class at your guide's home. Learn the secrets of the most famous dishes of regional cuisine and taste the fruit of your labor accompanied by local wines. During the lesson, the Cesarina will reveal the tricks of the trade of 3 authentic local recipes. Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test. Participants 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. Instead of loading your suitcase with souvenirs, take home Italian cooking skills that'll stay with you for life.

Catania: Market Tour and Cooking Class with Chef Riccardo

7. Catania: Market Tour and Cooking Class with Chef Riccardo

This is the perfect way to discover the Sicilian culinary culture by full immerse in local food market, local farmer and cooking together with Sicilian chef. If the weather is allowed we will enjoy the meal by swimming pool at host's villa with panoramic sea view accompany with great Sicilian wine. About chef Riccardo, who is born and raised in Sicily, used to work in Michelin starred restaurants and be on TV , advertisement ,cooking show. He used to be private chef service for celebrities and football players. He also lived in China and Singapore for over 12 years. While he worked overseas he always dedicated himself for promoting the Italian gastronomy and be proud of be a Sicilian chef . In this gastronomy trip you will learn how to cook the authentic Sicily cuisine from scratch. Meawhile we stop by the local cantine to choice the wine to pair with our meal or visit the local farmers to get the fresh made cheese. The menu will change according to the season but always content 3 courses and fine Sicilian wine. The total event lasts about 4 hours .If you have any special requests on dietary please let us know in advance.

Etna: Tour in a Vintage Car and Cooking Class

8. Etna: Tour in a Vintage Car and Cooking Class

Departing from Catania, you will enjoy the journey in a vintage car; along the way you will be able to admire the characteristic villages along the way and enjoy the view of a unique landscape. Once you arrive at the presence of Mount Etna, specifically in Zafferana Etnea, you will find yourself immersed in the volcanic landscape of Mount Etna, the highest active volcano in Europe. You will stop at a farmhouse in Trecastagni where you will be greeted with a welcome toast. You will be able to visit the facility, the small millstone from the late 1800s and walk among the rows of vines. Once back at the facility, you will don your apron and begin your Sicilian cooking class. You will try your hand at preparing appetizers such as fried arancinetti, caponata and parmigiana; to simple but flavorful first courses such as pasta alla norma and pasta with sardines and wild fennel. Once you have finished preparing and cooking the dishes you have made, you will be able to sit down at the table and enjoy them together with other typical local foods and then finish with a dessert from the Sicilian confectionery tradition. Finally, you will visit a local honey factory so that you can end the experience in the sweetest way possible.

Catania Market Tour, Home Cooking Demo and Dinner

9. Catania Market Tour, Home Cooking Demo and Dinner

Uncover the secrets of Italian family recipes on your travels, Your guide, or Cesarina will share their wisdom, which has been passed down in their families for generations. Go food shopping like a local with your host, enjoy the distinctive Italian local market and learn how to recognize the best produces from the land.  Come back to your Cesarina’s home, attend a private cooking demo where your host will share the secret of her family cookbook while finishing one of the dishes in front of you. Sit at an authentic Italian table and enjoy a 4-course seasonal menu including starter, pasta, main course with a side dish, and dessert accompanied by a selection of red and white local wines. Feel the warmth of Italian hospitality as you connect with local people. 

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What people are saying about Catania

Overall rating

4.6 / 5

based on 17 reviews

Incredible experience, the warmth and benevolence of the hosts refresh the heart. Very attentive, everything is taken care of down to the smallest detail. Their generosity lives up to the reputation of the Sicilians. Little pinch in the heart when leaving This activity exceeded all our expectations Juliette & Hugo

The home was lovely as were my hosts. Charming and talented people who know good food and how to prepare it. I would definitely go back and have another cooking/eating experience.

The visit with Anne was a great experience. We prepared delicious food, tried e.g. to make pasta. Lots of good talk about Sicily and possible excursions.

Very cozy at home with Italians. Exceeded all expectations!!! Really recommend, 10/10

Great insight in to sicilian cooking with hints, tips and hospitality