Cesarine: Small Group Pasta and Tiramisu Class in Siena
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8 Ratings
Siena
Roll 'sfoglia' by hand, make 2 types of pasta from scratch, and learn to prepare the iconic Tiramisu in a small-group cooking class with Cesarine. Immerse yourself in Italian culture and share your passion for Italian cuisine with other guests.
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Siena - Learn to make the famous Pasta and tiramisù in local homes with this hands-on cooking class.
    Discover, cook and experience the most iconic Italian dishes with expert home cooks in their own homes. This is a shared cooking class held in a carefully selected local home in Siena. Our Cesarine (the name of our hosts) will welcome you like part of the family and will teach you their family cooking secrets for an authentic culinary experience.
What's Included
  • Savor Italian Aperitivo with prosecco and nibbles
  • Hands-on Pasta and Tiramisu-making Class featuring 2 iconic pasta recipes
  • Enjoy a tasting of the homemade pasta dishes and tiramisu
  • Includes a selection of beverages: water, wines, and coffee
  • All local taxes covered
Meal Options
  • Fresh Pasta like pici, tagliatelle or gnudi
  • Tiramisu
Additional Information

It’s impossible to visit Italy without indulging in a pasta meal… So, we’re going to show you how to make not just one, but two!
Discover the art of kneading ‘sfoglia’ (fresh pasta) manually and how to create 2 distinct pasta varieties from scratch under the guidance of your Cesarina.
To top it all off, you will be taught the secrets to making the classic Tiramisu.
Immerse yourself in the Italian culinary scene while forging new friendships in this interactive cooking class. It’s a wonderful way to fully experience the Italian culture.
• Discover the technique of manually making ‘sfoglia’ (fresh pasta)
• Learn how to concoct 2 signature pasta varieties
• Discover how to make the timeless tiramisu
• Participate in a small-group cooking lesson with a limit of 12 people. Engage in your love for Italian gastronomy with other delightful attendees
• Get ready with an Italian Aperitivo

Cesarine boasts the honor of being Italy’s first network of domestic chefs dispersed throughout the country. They are gracious hosts that open their homes to inquisitive tourists for all-inclusive culinary participations.

  • 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 one of our Cesarina homes and, for privacy reason, 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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990tamid
Mar 27, 2024
Fun experience! - My daughter and I went last night and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. We will be enjoying the leftovers for the next couple of days and looking forward to practicing what we learned when we return home.
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Loretta_s
Mar 24, 2024
A must experience, experience! - Enza was our amazing host and we miss her already! She was fun, inviting and made our experience one we will never forget! We had no idea that this was about to turn into the highlight of our trip! As a tourist we were honored to be able to visit a home in one of the historic and beautiful buildings in Siena! We had so much fun making, eating and preparing our meal from scratch. It was delicious! Thank you to all that made this possible and Thank you Beautiful Enza!!
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Jcal2016
Feb 24, 2024
Cooking Class in beautiful, historic home in Siena - This experience was a dream come true! Barbara welcomed us into her gorgeous, historic home for a wonderful night where we were lucky enough to learn about Italian cooking traditions and to enjoy a beautiful, delicious dinner with the best of friends. I can’t imagine a better way to experience the local charm and culture of the Siena region. This was the highlight of our visit and Barbara was the perfect host!
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Ash_reed88
Jun 13, 2022
An amazing night with Enza - This was an amazing night!! We had so much fun with Enza - she is a wonderful teacher and can tell how passionate she is about good food & Italian cooking. We made so much delicious pasta & tiramisu - took most of it home with us! There was also Prosecco, wine and lots of laughing. We had such a fabulous time!
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Nianele
Oct 9, 2021
We had an amazing time! - Cooking Italian pasta and making Tiramisu with Barbara was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. She kindly welcomed us to her beautiful home and made us feel comfortable right away, gave us interesting information about the place and found a great way of introducing us to the Italian cuisine. Not only did we learn to make three delicious meals but Barbara made us feel so welcome, appreciated and cared for. We felt like cooks and guests at the same time. It was a delightful day all around and the highlight of our vacation in Italy! We would come back for this amazing experience - thank you for having us, Barbara!!
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Rebecca_g
Aug 13, 2021
Best cooking class in Tuscany - Álvaro was the most friendly and Caring host. We loved the experience. His family is also very engaged.
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Mhud75462
Dec 29, 2021
Disastrous start, great ending - Our experience could have easily been rated EXCELLENT however, it began as a total disaster. Either Viator or the Cesarine organization dropped the ball, totally. When we received the confirmation email, we were given the rendezvous location which was only the name of a street in a suburb of Siena about 10-12 miles outside of downtown Siena, where we were staying. I emailed the Cesarine organization, telling them that this location seemed very vague and far away. They replied that there would be someone there to meet us. Naively, we took a taxi- 20 euros- to the place we were to meet the teacher. We were early so we paid the taxi driver and he left. There were a few houses around so we figured the teacher would appear shortly. The teacher, Barbara Rossi, never showed. I called Filipo at the Cesarine agency to explain our dilemma. After a few minutes, he called back saying that Barbara was sick. We should have been notified of this early that morning before we started off. Totally irresponsible!! Filipo offered us the same class, BACK IN SIENA, for half price. At this point, a kind lady came out of her house to see what was going on. Even though her English was only slightly better than our terrible Italian, I’m sure she could tell there was a problem by the tone and volume of the phone conversation. She called a taxi for us and 20 more euros later, we were back in Siena about 6 blocks from our hotel at the home of our new teacher. Her name is Enza Pascaretta. For all of the morning’s disaster, Enza made our experience an absolute delight. All of our experiences with Viator have been very good but this time they need to have a conversation with this agency about the irresponsible actions, or in this case, the inaction of this contractee. Enza saved the day for us and for that, we are extremely grateful. I hope someone at Viator actually reads these reviews.
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