Cesarine: Private Pasta Class at Local's Home in Messina
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18 Ratings
Messina
Immerse yourself in a private pasta-making class at a local's home in Messina. Learn the secrets of the region's most famous pasta dishes and taste the fruit of your labor accompanied by a selection of local wine.
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Messina - Immerse yourself in a private pasta-making class at a local’s home in Messina, learn the secrets of the region’s most famous pasta dishes and taste the fruit of your labour accompanied by a selection of local wines.
What's Included
  • Beverages included (water, wines, and coffee)
  • Taste 3 delicious pasta recipes
  • Exclusive private pasta-making class
  • All local taxes covered
Meal Options
  • Fresh Pasta - Sample pasta dishes: busiate, anellini, tagliatelle, scialatelli or ravioli
Additional Information

Delve into a private pasta-preparation class at a local’s residence, explore the secrets behind the area’s most well-known pasta dishes and relish the outcome of your efforts complemented by local wines.

Throughout the session, the regional chef will share insightful tips and techniques of 3 traditional regional pasta recipes. Engage in a playful challenge of your culinary prowess. Every participant is provided a fully-equipped cooking station stocked with implements and necessary ingredients to craft the dishes. Afterward, savour the delicacies you’ve made, paired with an assortment of local red and white wines.

This unique culinary journey is curated by Cesarine: the longest-established network of over 1000 home cooks across Italy, covering more than 500 cities. They are enthusiastic and hospitable individuals who invite inquisitive travellers into their homes for immersive gastronomic encounters.

  • 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
Location
Messina
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 Cesarina based on what you are looking for.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Ghsweatt
Mar 27, 2024
A truly wonderful and unforgettable experience - Mariella was such a gracious and wonderful host for our time in Messina! She picked us up from our cruise ship, took us for a lovely coffee and crossiant, and then on to the market where we purchased some of the ingredients for our cooking class! She then welcomed us into her home and taught us how to make pasta! As well as pidonis and cannolis! The food was all so delicious and it was so wonderful getting to know her! She gave us a tour of her garden and some delicious citrus fruit from her own trees! Even though we didn’t speak the same language, we were able to communicate just fine with Google translate and lots of laughing! This was one of our favorite stops on our cruise and would highly recommend this tour for anyone wanting to experience an authentic Italian kitchen with the sweetest instructor!! Make sure you come hungry.. you won’t be disappointed!!
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Hannah_c
Mar 22, 2024
Such an amazing experience - AMAZING! We are on our honeymoon cruise for a 10 day Mediterranean cruise and this was everything we could have dreamed of!! Rossella and her husband were so accommodating for us and gave us such a great and authentic experience. The food was soo good, and they even took pics for us and gave us all the recipes! This was something we will be talking about for the rest of our lives, and we hope to do it again someday. Couldn’t recommend this and our host Rossella and her husband more!
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Nancy_k
Oct 27, 2023
A day in beautiful Messina - We had the perfect day. We made pasta and focaccia, plus rolls. Everything was delicious. Our hostess was so gracious and very welcoming to her beautiful home. We were able to use a translate app to easily communicate. We highly recommend this excursion!!!
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J4952dkgabriellam
Oct 2, 2023
Authentic, fun and welcoming experience! - Rosella and her husband, Giuseppe, were wonderful! We had a fantastic experience and they truly opened their home to us. Rosella’s cooking was phenomenal and we learned so much about recipes, culture, and family tradition. This was our favorite excursion of our trip because it was authentic. I would highly recommend this to anyone visiting the Messina area. Also, papa Roberto was so kind. Thank you for opening your home to us and being the wonderful people that you are 💗 -Gabriella & Sal
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Sandra_m
Sep 10, 2023
We loved ever minute of it beautiful people and beautiful place as well. - The hospitality felt like home. Great authentic Sicilian cuisine and great welcoming. The place is beautiful with an amazing view we loved it.
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Ryne_b
Aug 11, 2023
Consuelo 🇮🇹❤️ - What a delight. Consuelo was just absolutely fabulous. She offered to pick us up from our cruise port and drove us to her home in the Sicilian mountains. Her home is just stunning, including her cute little puppy Nina. The entire experience was just so fun and authentic. I wish everyone who came to Sicily could have this experience. 10/10.
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Brian_m
Aug 5, 2023
Incredible! - Such an incredible experience. Consuelo was a gracious host and wonderful teacher. This was the highlight of our trip. This is a must!
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Lauren_f
Jul 5, 2023
Cooking with Cesarina - What a wonderful experience cooking with Cesarina. She was warm, inviting, and an amazing chef & teacher. We made 3 different pasta dishes from scratch and enjoyed a delicious meal together. If you get the chance, book this tour!
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Andrew_m
Jul 2, 2023
Excellent! Highly recommended, a must in Sicily! - Our pasta making class was excellent! We were greeted by our hosts when we arrived and enjoyed a typical Sicilian appetizer of mozzarella cheese and a dessert like ice cream. We then started the pasta making, which was a lot of fun. We enjoyed wine while we made the pasta and by the time we were done got pretty good at it. After the pasta, we helped make the ricotta cheese for the cannoli’s. The meal turned out amazing, best pasta I’ve ever had in Italy, would highly recommend this experience, especially if you have kids!!!
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Tammy_b
Jun 27, 2023
Loved this experience! - My boyfriend and I had a great time cooking and getting to know Rossella and her family. It was a memorable experience that we'll cherish!
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