Cesarine: Market Tour & Cooking Class at Local's Home in Lucca

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Lucca, Italy

4 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Immerse yourself in local culture as you prepare a traditional Italian meal under the guidance of a Cesarina—an Italian certified home cook. Meet your host at their home in Lucca, shop for seasonal ingredients together at the local market, then get hands-on in the kitchen as you make three regional dishes. Finally, join your host for a delicious lunch or dinner, accompanied by a selection of Italian wines.

Private cooking class with a Cesarina home chef
Learn about typical herbs and ingredients at the local market
Create three traditional Italian dishes from scratch
Choice of morning (lunch) or afternoon (dinner) tour

Sample Menu

Starter

Seasonal starter

Main

Fresh Pasta

Sample pasta dishes: Tordelli Lucchese or Maccheroni tortellati or Matuffi

Dessert

Tuscan Dessert

Sample dessert dish: Castagnaccio or "Necci" pancakes or Buccellato cake or Tiramisu or similar typical desserts

What's Included

Local taxes
Shared guided market tour
Small group cooking class
Small group 3-course dinner or 3-course lunch
Beverages (water, wines and coffee)

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Lucca, Lucca, Province of Lucca, Tuscany
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 Cesarina based on what you are looking for.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.10:00 am

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible

Near public transportation
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

Tammy_G

Assunta was warm, welcoming and light-hearted. It felt like being among old friends. We took a brief tour of Lucca, shopping for a few local ingredients for our lunch meal. Her daughter, Letizia, spoke excellent English and had a great sense of humor. The home was charming and inviting and all the food was delicious and authentic. Would highly recommend!

Reviews

5.0

based on 13 reviews

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Highlight of my Italian Trip

Tammy_G, Oct 2025

Sylvia was awesome!

Jeffrey_L, Oct 2025

Once in a lifetime experience. We met at her house, shopped at local markets and then went to her lovely apartment for a meal.

Lucca Highlight!

Leigh_W, Sep 2025

This experience was MORE than we expected. Silvia was not only a gracious host, she was also a knowledgeable and good teacher, and thoroughly delightful to be with. She adjusted the menu to accommodate the seasonal foods available and our tastes. Our time with her in her lovely home and the simple but delicious food we prepared with her may well be the highlight of our time in Lucca. Thank you, Silvia! We won't stop singing your praises for a long time.

We loved this Lucca cooking class!

JENNIFER_O, Jun 2025

This was a truly fantastic class with Silvia! She was absolutely wonderful and we had the best time. My son, 10 yrs, especially loved every part of it - from the market stops to the pasta making to eating the fruits of our labor! So glad we spent our morning making a delicious meal with Silvia. Tip: If given the dessert option, choose the zabione!

Must do!

Carolyne_T, Oct 2024

Sylvia was wonderful. I would highly recommend the experience. She gave us lovely home cooking recipes that will be easy to replicate at home.

Cesarine in Lucca

Monica_A, Apr 2023

This was such a fun experience. I was made to feel comfortable and created delicious food under the guidance of Sylvia.

A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE EXPLORING THE MARKET AND COOKING WITH CARLA

Faye S, Sep 2019

My day visiting the Lucca shops and market and cooking with Carla was my best day in Lucca. She was very knowledgeable, a great cook, a patient teacher and a wonderful host. It was fantastic to be able to go into her home and cook with her. We did so much,a great ragu and home made pasta some amazing chicken liver pate, crostini and tiramisu to finish off. I also learnt a lot just in general conversation so if you do this experience ask questions. Carla treated me to some wonderful very cold Italian prosecco. I can certainly recommend an experience with Carla.

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