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Local market visit and private cooking class with lunch or dinner at a local's home in Messina

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5 hours

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Group 1+

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English, Italian

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5 hours

Local market visit and private cooking class with lunch or dinner at a local's home in Messina

What you'll do

Visit the vibrant local market and the traditional food shops under the guidance of an expert home cook and immerse yourself in a private cooking class at a local's home. Learn the secrets of the most famous dishes of Messina cuisine and taste the fruit of your labour accompanied by a selection of local wines. During the class, the local host will reveal the tricks of the trade of 3 authentic 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 over a lovely Italian meal accompanied by a selection of local wines. Every host serves local specialties from their family cookbooks to tell the story of their traditional regional cuisine. A sample menu always includes starter with seasonal ingredients, fresh pasta of the region, and typical dessert. Cesarine is Italy’s oldest network of more than 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.

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Highlights

  • Go shopping at a local market and get advice on picking ingredients from an expert home cook
  • Live a day like an Italian: participate in a private cooking class in a real local’s home
  • Discover Italian cuisine from the inside: cook three traditional recipes and learn how to recreate them at home
  • Taste everything you have prepared, paired with local wines. If you’re travelling with children, soft drinks will be provided
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    What's Included

  • Private guided market tour
  • Private cooking class
  • Private 3-course dinner or 3-course lunch
  • Beverages (water, wines, and coffee)
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    Notes

    This experience will be held in a local's home and for privacy reasons, you will only receive the full address of your host after you have booked.

    We build our experiences around you: in order to match you up with your perfect local home cook, we kindly ask you the following information: food intolerance and allergy, the neighbourhood you are staying in and how do you plan to travel to your local's host home. Please specify this information at the time of booking or by email at [email protected] with your booking reference and name.

    Once we received all the information we will send you all your host details including telephone and full address.

    Our customer operations team is always available 7 days a week, feel free to contact us for any further info

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    Cancellation policy


    A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.

    No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.

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