Small Group Market tour and Cooking class in Padua Italy

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Embark on a small group market tour and cooking class in Padua, Italy. Immerse yourself in the local culinary heritage, learn to select the best ingredients, and create iconic Italian dishes.

Duration: 5 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Padua - Share your passion for Italian gastronomy with other lovely guests, immerse yourself in the vibrant local market and enjoy an authentic hands-on cooking class.

What's Included

Local market tour
Learn to make 1 iconic Pasta type
Learn to make the famous Tiramisu
Italian Aperitivo: Prosecco and nibbles
Tasting session: enjoy everything you’ve prepared with wine, beverages and coffee included
Official ‘Cesarine’ apron
Share your passion for the Italian cuisine with other lovely guests

Meal Options

Pasta
Tiramisu

Additional Information

Delve into Italy’s rich and diverse food culture with our regional hosts who are eager to reveal its unknown delights. Submerge yourself in the lively local markets and participate in an original hands-on cooking class with other Italian cuisine enthusiasts. Accompanied by your Cesarina host, you’ll learn how to pick the highest quality ingredients…

Location

Padua

The meeting point of this experience will be our Cesarina 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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Amanda_s

Jun 26, 2025

Cooking Experience with Catia - It was my first time to Padua, and I was looking for an authentic experience where I could learn about the city and the cuisine that makes it special. I was so lucky to have found this tour with Catia, who went out of her way to provide a wonderful experience that I will cherish forever! She was so hospitable, from a detailed tour of Padua that included all the best attractions, to opening up her home to me where I learned how to make Bigoli and Tiramasu. She showed me the proper techniques of making and kneading dough, and taught me how to make and serve a plate of appetizers that was made using the freshest flavors of the Summer. Her home, her family, her garden, and knowledge of cooking and the city’s history - is truly a gift every visitor of Padua should experience.

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Ulrike_r

Jun 19, 2025

Highly recommended - I had Catia as a host. She is a wonderful and inspiring woman. I was lucky that the course took place despite being alone. Thus, it was very individual and tailored entirely to me. It is important to note that there is no market on Sundays. In place of that, Catia gave me a small city tour. The cooking class then took place at her home. Everything was very personal and well organized. Catia is a really good cook and can explain everything well. You get involved a lot and learn a lot. The food was very delicious. I will definitely come back. Catia is highly recommended without reservation.

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V7674yvdeborahg

Apr 22, 2025

Special Experience of a Lifetime - This was a very special experience. Catia met me at Piazza del Erbe. The market was closed because there was Easter Monday but she took me around Padova instead and shared wonderful stories about the colorful history of her beloved city. Then we went to cook. What a treat. She taught me to make bigoli the pasta of Padova in the traditional way - with a original press and my muscles. It was such a lovely time. We spoke and shared about our countries and lives. This exceeded all my expectations. I went for a cooking class and finished with a friend. If you want a truly special experience in Padova, sign up for class with Catia. It is worth every single cent and more. Very special person and the food turned out delicious - bigoli, tiramisu and more!

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Bernadette_l

Oct 16, 2024

More than Excellent - Sharing the shopping experience and the language and his very specific techniques in cooking the meal; totally different than what is shown on TV; more than excellent.

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Nona_s

Sep 26, 2024

Food is a universal language - Speaking with a well informed chef who made excellent suggestions regarding food and its preparation.

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Robert_d

May 11, 2024

Make and Cook Italian Food in the Home of an Italian Cook - We had a very enjoyable 5 hours with Catia. We met at the market at Piazza Erbe. She took us through the outside produce market and indoor meat and cheese market. All the while she gave a historical summary of the many buildings around Piazza Erbe. When we arrived at her house we were put to work making tiramisu, cicchetti and bigoli pasta our thirst quenched by some very good local Cabernet Franc. We highly recommend the tour with Catia

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Sara_d

Jun 21, 2023

A wonderful day of cooking with a new friend! - My cooking experience with Catia was the highlight of my time in Padua. She was so generous and passionate about sharing her love of cooking, drawing on her family history as well as her own. This was not the cooking class I expected, rather, it was a special day with a friend who had invited me to her home and kitchen. And of course, the food we made together was amazing! This is an experience I will never forget!

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Michael_g

Jun 11, 2023

Magical and memorable experience - When we first met Catia, she was so warm and knowledgeable as she guided us through the market place, and sharing the history of her beautiful city and all the best places to get our favorite items, then she so generously treated us to a cappuccino and we were on our way to her home to cook. What a magical experience to be truly immersed in the culture of Padua through meeting Catia’s family and hearing of her generations of cooking Venetian traditions and picking ingredients from her own garden! We started with a Venetian appetizer of chichetti, which were like tapas but each was a work of art. And Catia is an artist! A painter! Then we made homemade Venetian pasta called Bigoli on her grandmother’s heirloom pasta maker and then we made traditional tiramisu. It was organized and at the same time relaxed. She had so much patience for all of our questions and our messy spills and we truly feel like we made a lifelong friend. This experience was the highlight of our trip and one that our family will never forget!

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Josh_s

May 20, 2023

How beautiful memories are made - Great experience. The memories of this day will stay with us forever. Catia is friendly, fun and a superb hostess. It was so wonderful to spend the day in her beautiful home and enjoy the art, music and mostly the food.

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Tamara_w

Oct 9, 2024

Cooking Italian food in an Italian Home - Our chef was wonderful and very gracious. The experience with the company’s communication was not. I had push messages with two different addresses and time right until the day of the event. It was clear that my cook had changed however the confusing messages came after that.

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From $170

up to 8 guests

1 - Adult