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Cesarine: Fresh Pasta Class & Meal at Local's Home in Lucca
4.5
27 Ratings
Lucca
Immerse yourself in a small group pasta-making class at a local’s home in Lucca. Learn the secrets of authentic regional pasta dishes and enjoy a delicious meal with local wine.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Lucca - Immerse yourself in a small group pasta-making class at a local’s home in Lucca, 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
- Learn and taste 3 pasta recipes
- Hands-on private pasta-making class
- Includes water, local wines, and espresso
Meal Options
- Fresh Pasta - Sample pasta dishes: Tordelli Lucchese or Maccheroni tortellati or Matuffi
Additional Information
Participate in an intimate pasta cooking class in the home of a Cesarina and discover the secrets of the area’s most beloved pasta meals. Relish the dishes you’ve prepared, sided by a glass of regional wine.
You will be provided with a fully furnished workstation, inclusive of tools and ingredients. Your local mentor will reveal the secrets of three authentic regional pasta recipes, passed down through generations of mothers and grandmothers. After the session, join your host Italian family at the dining table and savour your self-made dishes alongside a variety of local wines.
This unique culinary experience is offered by Cesarine, the oldest network of home chefs and wine connoisseurs in Italy. Cesarine hosts are enthusiastic and hospitable, welcoming inquisitive travellers into their homes for immersive food experiences. Each host is vetted for authenticity in upholding culinary traditions.
Location
Lucca
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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(27 Ratings)
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600espositog
Jul 21, 2024
Super holiday - We celebrated 47 years of marriage in absolute tranquility with the animators who excited us when they gave news with good wishes.
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Kim
May 10, 2024
A lovely afternoon of cooking and sharing! - Monica was wonderful! She and her husband welcomed us into their home and we had a great time. We made three types of pasta which turned out delicious!! We shared appetizers and wine. It was a lovely afternoon. We are remaking one of the dishes for Mother’s Day!
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Loisandsteve_w
Apr 19, 2024
An informative , fun night with a great teacher - Our host, Fausto, was gracious and welcomed us in to his house as if we were old friends. The olive oil tasting was well organized and extremely informative. My husband and I intend to throw out our olive oil at home and replace with quality olive oil. We learned a practical way to make pasta and will definitely make it for our friends.We highly recommend this class.
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Michelle_b
Dec 29, 2023
Pleased about the pasta! - Amazing experience in her home! We made 3 homemade pastas while drinking Prosecco! It was such a fun time and totally authentic. We ate the pasta we made! Lovely conversation and such an awesome atmosphere!
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Trail762113
Nov 2, 2023
Recommended, very friendly - Great experience, looking forward to making our fresh pasta with sauce and impressing our friends back in France,
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Sugarmama305
Jul 25, 2023
A MUST Class - This was a fabulous experience! Nonna and Nonno were amazing hosts in their home. The translator was amazing. The dinner was wonderful. This was an experience of a lifetime, and we hope to come back for many more classes with them.
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275amys
Aug 28, 2023
Beware of Trip Advisor Meeting Point! - Our experience once we got to our cooks home was amazing and unforgettable, we are grateful for the good experience. Getting their is a different story. Beware of the address that Trip Advisor sends in the confirmation. We booked 2 different tours in Tuscany and the meeting place for both was the same address in the middle of nowhere in Lucca -55100 Lucca. Not a real address. Seems to be a default address. Contact hosts privately prior to meeting to confirm.
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Scott_b
Jun 25, 2024
No as advertised - This was not as advertised. I expected a nice farm house and lovely woman (or gentleman) to guide us in cooking some wonderful Italian meals. Instead it was a HOT apartment in the city (which could be overlooked) but we only made ONE pasta which was then tossed in olive oil and parmesan cheese. That was it, that was our cooking experience from a 20ish something (although nice) young man. This was in no way as advertised or a fun event.
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Matt
Oct 24, 2023
This was a fraud - They had us show up to an apartment complex in Lucca Italy for a pizza making class.
The person at the door said it was not at that address. We called the number that we were given multiple times and nobody answered. We contacted TripAdvisor and they said they got ahold of the teacher of the class and she said to call her. We called again and still got no answer. We checked multiple apartments in the complex until the property manager walked up to us and said there was no such class at that property and told us we had to leave
We tried to contact Trip Advisor, explaining the fraud and they have essentially ignored our request, it is sitting at “customer service” desk and they have still not refunded the $300+ cost of the class
Don’t sign up for Cesarine Classes in Italy!!
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Mike_w
Oct 21, 2023
Class cancellation at last minute - Unfortunately, our class was canceled. We were about to arrive for our private class with our family, and received a call about it being delayed. An hour later, it was canceled. We were really looking forward to this to end our trip and we’re extremely disappointed.
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