Cesarine: Home Cooking Class & Meal with a Local in Siena

Immerse yourself in a private cooking class in Siena with Cesarine, Italy’s oldest network of home cooks. Learn authentic Siena recipes, put your cooking skills to the test, and enjoy a delicious meal with local wines.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Siena - Immerse yourself in a small group cooking class at a local’s home, learn the secrets of the most famous dishes of Siena cuisine and taste the fruit of your labour accompanied by a glass of local wine.
What's Included
  • Small group Cooking Class
  • Tastings of the 3 recipes
  • Beverages (water, wines and coffee)
  • Local taxes
Meal Options
  • Seasonal Starter
  • Sample Regional Pasta: Pappardelle or Pici or Gnudi
  • Rice pudding or Castagnaccio or Cantucci or Tiramisu or similar
Additional Information

Immerse yourself in a small group cooking class at a local’s home, learn the secrets of the most famous dishes of Siena cuisine and taste the fruit of your labour accompanied by a selection of local wines.

During the lesson the local home cook will reveal the tricks of the trade of 3 authentic Siena 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.

This experience is held by Cesarine: Italy’s oldest network of 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.

  • 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
Siena
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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Brad_c
Jul 13, 2024
Amazing and True Local Flavors! We felt like family - Enza was amazing and made our experience so special. She took her time teaching us everything about her recipes and how true Locals in Siena cook. We’d recommend her class a million times over. She treated us like family, including my 2 year old daughter, and accommodated wonderfully for Both gluten & nut allergies making sure everyone could eat everything we prepared.
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Stephanie_p
May 26, 2024
Wonderful Cooking Experience! - Enzra was an excellent host. She shared many wonderful recipes and tips. We thoroughly enjoyed our cooking experience. I highly recommend taking this class.
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Angela_j
May 13, 2024
Lovely evening cooking with Patrizia! - My husband and I had a lovely and fun evening cooking dinner with Patrizia! She was so kind and patient, and we learned a lot about authentic Italian cooking! We made our own pasta, which we have never even attempted (we are now going to try it at home!). It was simple ingredients, but everything was so delicious :)
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537angelaj
May 13, 2024
Wonderful evening cooking with a local in Siena! - My husband and I had a lovely and fun evening cooking dinner with Patrizia! She was so kind and patient, and we learned a lot about authentic Italian cooking! We made our own pasta, which we have never even attempted (we are now going to try it at home!). It was simple ingredients, but everything was so delicious :)
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Escape765680
Apr 28, 2024
Cooking class review - This was a great evening! Our host, Mrs. Barbara Rossi was wonderful. The preparation was a lot of fun and the resulting meal was excellent. What a great host! She even made a cake to celebrate my wife’s birthday. We highly recommend this event!!!!
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Sebastian_r
Mar 2, 2024
Great cooking class! - Like visiting a friend and learning her recipes while helping with dinner. Great experience and instructor (Barbara). Pici, antipasti & wine were delish and I’m still enjoying my biscotti. Tip: Best if you have a car or group taxi since it’s a bit outside of the center, about $50 r/t.
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Joseph_d
Nov 21, 2023
Fantastic experience in Enza’s home - From the moment we were greeted by Enza we knew we were at the RIGHT place!!! Enza was so charming and welcoming. There were 6 of us and we all had a wonderful time. We learned while we enjoyed a delicious meal in her lovely home. This cooking class was the highlight of our trip to Italy. Would highly recommend Enza and the cooking experience.
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Matt_l
Oct 20, 2023
Excellent evening. It was... - Excellent evening. It was the most genuine and immersive experience we had in our two weeks across Italy
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Matthew_o
Oct 3, 2023
Amazing Patrizia!! - Our visit with Patrizia in Siena was totally amazing!! What a wonderful and welcoming hostess and an outstanding chef. I wont give away her recipes but we were all very impressed at the innovative (yet simple) dishes we prepared and everything was delicious. It was hard to leave as we were having so much fun. I can't recommend the Cesarine experience and specifically Patrizia enough. I only hope we can do it again and am glad that we have a method to stay in contact to help us prepare the dishes at home.
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Hanan_s
May 29, 2023
Fun and food in Siena - This was a wonderful experience. It is a must do when visiting Siena. Meeting Patrizia and her translator Antonina was like meeting new friends. We shared laughter and cooking lessons as we learned about each other. We enjoyed our product together as we shared a meal and made friends. A highlight of the trip.
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