About this tour
Spend five hours in Catania learning to cook two signature Sicilian dishes alongside a local home cook. Start at the bustling market where your host picks seasonal produce, then move to their kitchen for hands-on classes in fresh pasta and tiramisu. You'll prep ingredients together, ask questions freely, and sit down to eat what you've made with wine and proper coffee. It's a genuine introduction to how Catania actually eats, not a staged performance.
Highlights
- Shop Catania's market with a local cook, learn ingredient selection
- Make fresh pasta and tiramisu from scratch in a home kitchen
- Eat your finished dishes with local wine and coffee
- Prosecco and snacks before the cooking starts
- Small group of fellow food-focused travellers
- No restaurant kitchen—this is someone's actual home
What to expect
You'll meet your host and a handful of other guests at the market, wandering stalls together for an hour or so. Your host will point out what's good today, what's in season, why they're choosing one thing over another. Back at their place, you'll have drinks and nibbles, then move to the kitchen. Both dishes are taught hands-on; you're not watching a demo, you're doing it. Expect flour on your clothes and real conversation. Once everything's cooked, you sit together to eat and drink properly, tasting the results of your own work.
Good to know
Wear clothes you don't mind getting messy. The market can be crowded and hot. Tell your host about any dietary restrictions when you book. Public transport is near the meeting point if you need it.
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