Lunch or dinner and cooking demo at a local home in Cefalù
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Lunch or dinner and cooking demo at a local home in Cefalù

By Cesarine: Cooking Class
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Ages 0-99
Duration: 2h 30m
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Live guide: English, Italian
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  • Cooking demo (the host will finish a dish in front of you)
  • 4-course menu (lunch or dinner) with wine, beverages and coffee


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  • 90015 Cefalù, PA, Italy
    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 after you've booked to match you up with your ideal host based on what you are looking for.
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

    • Not wheelchair accessible
    • Near public transportation
    If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 68460P627

    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • Most travellers can participate
    • 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
    • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

    • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

    If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 68460P627

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    • Cesarine: Cooking Class
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    • nickcB4301MG
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      Alice and Francesco are amazing instructors and chefs. We had a wonderful time learning to make pasta and tiramisu, and enjoying the results of our efforts at the table with them. We appreciate them welcoming us into their home and for being so friendly and knowledgable. Their class was one of the highlights of our trip, and we won’t forget it.
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      Alice and Francesco were the most lovely and personable hosts one could ask for. They had a lovely home and shared it with our small group while teaching us how to make the most delicious pastas! Making an authentic meal while in Palermo was a bucket list item for me, and this was the perfect way to achieve it. The food was delicious, the conversation was wonderful, and the hosts were very knowledgeable, but were also just an absolutely charming couple. If you’re looking to learn how to make authentic Sicilian dishes, you must try this. Thank you, Alice and Francesco, for sharing your home and hearts with us!
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      Pasta, tiramisu and great conversation!
      Alice and Francesco were amazing hosts! We loved their passion and knowledge for their heritage. They welcomed us with open arms into their lovely home and shared the three generations of family that has lived there. They inspired us to purchase the tools we used with them to be able to take what we learned back home to Indiana. We would highly recommend taking the opportunity to learn with them and get to know them better.
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      Amazing cooking class in Sicily
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    • G7806GDjanaf
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    Mike W
    Province of Palermo, Italy10 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Oct 2020
    A wonderful lunch and afternoon spent with Graziella and Anna as they cooked (and I helped, or was hindered? :-) ) a delicious Sicilian menu with accompanying wine. Beautiful views out over the bay towards Palermo on a sunny afternoon. If you love food, wine and great company this is a must! Grazie mille ad entrambi
    Written 18 October 2020
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    Sandra C
    3 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Sept 2019
    When one thinks of a cooking lesson in Italy, you may visualize it taking place in a charming kitchen. This experience from the moment we arrived was, as they say in Italy, was senza parola (without words or speechless)! Viviana greeted us at the gate and showed us to her beautiful garden overlooking the sea with her table set like something out of a movie! We met her husband and enjoyed a glass of wine. They were so warm and welcoming to us. Viviana presented us with her menu. We went into her kitchen where we joined her at the table preparing her selections. Afterwards, we sat outside together and enjoyed great wine, food and experienced a bit of la dolce vita!
    Written 10 September 2019
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    Simon
    Auckland, New Zealand15 contributions
    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    The class was cancelled, because it “was peak season”!! It’s actually not peak season and I booked this almost 6 weeks ago. Probably because they don’t like single guests mucking up the numbers. Same thing happened with my booking in Catalina.
    Written 25 September 2023
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    *Likely to sell out: Based on Viator’s booking data and information from the provider from the past 30 days, it seems likely this experience will sell out through Viator, a Tripadvisor company.

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