Small Group Market tour and Cooking class in Padua

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Padua, Italy

5 hours (approx.)
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Offered in: English

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Overview

The best way to expand your knowledge of Italian food is to dive right in and learn how to make authentic recipes from scratch. Start your Padua culinary adventure with a market visit to pick up fresh seasonal ingredients. Then, enjoy a hands-on pasta and tiramisu class with top tips that you wouldn’t find in a cookbook, and a chance to feast on your delicious creations at the end.

Combine a market tour and a cooking class on the same day
Use seasonal ingredients to make a delicious pasta dish
Don’t worry about crowds: This is a small-group experience
Taste the dishes you’ve created at the end of the lesson

Sample Menu

Main

Pasta

Dessert

Tiramisu

What's Included

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

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Padua, Province of Padua, Italy
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.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Near public transportation

Not wheelchair accessible
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 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

Ulrike_R

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.

Reviews

4.3

based on 16 reviews

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Very disappointing experience.

Alan_E, Sep 2025

Coordination to and from this event was terrible. Meet up point was misidentified which left us standing for 25 minutes. It was very difficult to contact host. Then “five minute walk to host home” turned out to be 40 minutes. We told host we were really fatigued after full day of walking and he intimated his home was nearby. Host said we were going to market first but with delayed meetup the market was closing. Host spoke little to no English. We communicated only through translation phone app which was not good. When we finally arrived at his apartment we were reluctant to enter because it looked sketchy. Apartment was surprisingly nice but the Kitchen was small enough to hold only 3 of our 6 attendees. Apartment was very warm! Host invited brother and mother to dinner who also spoke very little English creating uncomfortable silences. The meal prep took a really long time and only included one dish (homemade pasta) with sauce host had premade. We also made dessert. Host had prepped a couple appetizers in advance. Host, David, was kind and had a lovely space to dine. After dinner we had trouble getting taxi to return us to hotel which ended up taking 30 minutes because of remote location. Bottom line, one of our all-time worst Viator experiences.

Response from Host, Feb 2026

Dear Alan, thank you for your feedback. It is always important to listen to our customers. We are very sorry to read these lines since we always try to do our best in order to provide the greatest experience possible for our guests. Please note that all our experiences are held in private homes, so for privacy reasons, we can't disclose the address before booking. The address shown on the VIATOR platform is a generic one. I genuinely regret any frustration this may have caused, but his important information is clearly stated also in the Viator's Voucher that each client receives after placing the reservation. We are happy you appreciated your time with David and we will take into account your feedback about his usage of English. Thank you again for taking the time to share your thoughts,

The host was 25 minutes...

Tammy_M, Sep 2025

The host was 25 minutes late and we had to walk 45 minutes to his apartment. We missed the market because the meetup time was so late. Our host did not speak much English and had to keep talking into the phone and letting the phone translate. And we could not talk with him. The kitchen was so small, only half of our six person party could cook. The rest sat in the dining room the whole time. The appetizers were delicious. The dinner was very disappointing, just spaghetti with olives and anchovies with tomatoes, not even fresh Parmesan on the spaghetti. The tiramisu was delicious. Our host was kind. We’ve done cooking classes in many Italian cities and they have been so much fun in beautiful places with unforgettable food. This experience was unforgettable for the wrong reasons.

Response from Host, Feb 2026

Dear Tammy, Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re really sorry the experience didn’t meet your expectations and that the logistics and space made it frustrating. We’re glad you enjoyed the appetizers, tiramisu, and found our host kind. Your comments are very helpful, and we’ll take them into account to improve the experience for future guests. Best regards,

Cooking Experience with Catia

Amanda_S, Jun 2025

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.

Highly recommended

Ulrike_R, Jun 2025

More than Excellent

Bernadette_L, Oct 2024

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.

Cooking Italian food in an Italian Home

Tamara_W, Oct 2024

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.

Response from Host, Feb 2026

Dear Tamara, Thank you for your feedback. We’re delighted to hear that you enjoyed your time with the chef and found her gracious. We sincerely apologize for the confusion with the messages and any frustration caused by the changing addresses and times. We are continually working to improve our communication process to ensure that guests receive clear and consistent information leading up to their experience. We truly appreciate your feedback, as it helps us make future experiences smoother and more enjoyable for everyone. Best regards,

Food is a universal language

Nona_S, Sep 2024

Speaking with a well informed chef who made excellent suggestions regarding food and its preparation.

Make and Cook Italian Food in the Home of an Italian Cook

Robert_D, May 2024

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

A wonderful day of cooking with a new friend!

Sara_D, Jun 2023

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!

Magical and memorable experience

Michael_G, Jun 2023

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!

How beautiful memories are made

Josh_S, May 2023

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.

We had an excellent...

Richard_F, Jan 2023

We had an excellent experience with Catia. It was so fun cooking some ofher family recipes including starters, homemade pasta and Tiramisu. Catia is a very knowledgeable chef and we were so honored that she opened her home for us. We can highly recommend getting a memorable taste of Padova.

Italian Cooking with Catia

Stephen_M, Nov 2022

Extraordinary day with on our small group tour and cooking class in Padua. Catia was an exceptional host, warm and welcoming, as she guided us through a wonderful day. Even before meeting up for our experience, she was in contact, giving us confidence about what to expect and reinforcing our meeting place and time. We started the day by learning the fine points of shopping in the busy marketplace, along with perspective on its history and place in Italian culture, as we gathered ingredients for our lesson and meal. There was also excellent explanation about the regional food differences in Italy. She then brought to her home and made us feel like family as she guided us through a fun and insightful afternoon celebrating food and its preparation. With some of the market purchases, she put together an amazing assortment of Venetian appetizers with her own special twist. It was a beautiful meal in itself. And that was before we even got down to the pasta and tiramisu preparation! Catia was an excellent teacher showing us some traditional ways of making fresh pasta and the tiramisu in tandem, offering valuable perspective to ensure success. Even with some cooking experience we learned a lot, tried some new things and had great fun working together. The results were magnificent, delicious and completely satisfying. The best part was that we did all of this in great company. This was an outstanding experience all around and highly recommended. Great memories created that we’ll likely think about whenever we’re shopping, cooking or enjoying food with friends and family.

A must do in Padua!

susanm_S, Jul 2022

We walked through the Padua market, enjoying the many different stalls and shops. Then we made magic with semolina flour and water, bucoli! Fabulous day, great host.