About this tour
Spend three hours in a Chianti home learning to hand-roll fresh pasta and shape two regional varieties from scratch, then master tiramisu with a local Cesarina cook. You'll taste everything you make, swap tips with up to eleven other food-minded travellers, and start with prosecco and snacks. Cesarine are home cooks across Italy who invite small groups into their kitchens for genuine culinary apprenticeships—this is how nonnas actually cook.
Highlights
- Hand-roll sfoglia and shape two distinct pasta types from scratch
- Prepare authentic tiramisu with your host cook
- Taste all three dishes straight after making them
- Prosecco and Italian aperitivo to open the class
- Maximum twelve people; learn alongside fellow food enthusiasts
- Set in a local's home kitchen, not a tourist facility
What to expect
Arrive at your host's home in Chianti ready to work. The Cesarina will show you how to knead, roll, and shape pasta by hand—no machines, just technique passed down through families. You'll make two different types, learning why the dough and shape matter for how sauce clings. Then it's on to tiramisu: layering, timing, and the coffee-soaked balance that makes it sing. Between tasks, you'll taste what you've made with wine poured by someone who knows her region. Everyone pitches in; it's collaborative, not a performance.
Good to know
The class happens in a private home. Bring an appetite and willingness to get flour under your nails. Public transport is nearby if you need it. Hand-washing stations and sanitiser are provided. Keep a metre distance where possible; masks and gloves available if needed.
Tour sold and operated by Viator via Viator. Descriptions on this page are original BugBitten summaries written by our team — not copied from the operator. Prices and availability are confirmed at checkout.