Private Dining & Cooking Demo in Viareggio: Explore Authentic Italian Cuisine
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Viareggio
Indulge in a private dining experience in Viareggio, where you can explore authentic Italian cuisine. Enjoy a cooking demo, taste treasured family recipes, and connect with local hosts.
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Viareggio - 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.
What's Included
- Savor a 4-course menu for lunch or dinner paired with wine.
- Enjoy selected beverages and coffee with your meal.
- Experience a live cooking demo by the host.
Meal Options
- seasonal starter - Caciucco Viareggiano
- fresh pasta - Spaghetti with clams or Spaghetti con i Caltellacci
- second course - Cinghiale con funghi e polenta or Lepre ai tre vini
- typical dessert - Torta co’ bischeri or tiramisù or similar
Additional Information
Take part in a private meal arrangement in a local’s house, benefit from a unique culinary demonstration, and savour traditional recipes cherished in family cookbooks conveyed by authentic Italian Matriarchs. Experience the cordiality of Italian generosity while connecting with native people.
Delight in a 4-course meal consisting of an appetizer, pasta, a main dish with a side, and dessert, inclusive of beverages (water, a selection of red and white wines from regional wineries, and coffee).
This event is managed by Cesarine: The eldest network of over 1000 home chefs across more than 500 cities in Italy. They are enthusiastic and hospitable individuals that welcome curious travellers into their homes for full-scale epicurean experiences.
- 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
Viareggio
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.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Nadja
Aug 19, 2023
Authentic evening with great regional specialties - 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 dishes: for our dinner we made a kind of ravioli. In addition to the dishes prepared together, you are spoiled with other delicacies from Paola. Prosecco and of course Italian wines help to quench your thirst. Dolce was also a must. We received a very warm welcome and felt very comfortable. Since we were already prepared for an evening in which we would communicate with hosts using hand gestures and feet without knowing any Italian, we were all the more delighted that a friend of the family was there to translate for us. It was a more than successful and beautiful evening that we will certainly remember for a long time. For those who are doubtful, definitely do it! It's worth it 🫶👍
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Stevebknyc
Jul 8, 2022
A fun night and experience in Viareggio. - 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 kitchen. Once we were done we went into the beautifully set dining room for some prosecco and description of what the meal was going to be. We asked for a vegetarian/fish menu, which she accommodated with no problem. All of the food was delicious and of course homemade. All of the ingredients came from a local garden.
Sitting around a table with a local family was a great experience and I would highly recommend it for a change from your nightly restaurant search. One thing that I would note is that they spoke little to no English. I understand Italian and can carry on a basic conversation, which made the night all the more fun. If you don't know the language you could let them know on the website and I think there is a way to work it out.
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Shjellenberg
May 25, 2022
Excellent Culinary Tour - Would highly recommend this tour to truly experience the local food and culture of the region. Maria Paola and her family were a delight. We spent a week on the Italian Riviera and this tour was the highlight of our trip! Thank you so much for offering this type of authentic experience.
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