Explore Siena Market & Cook at a Local’s Home by Cesarine

About this tour

Start at Siena's bustling market with a local cook, then head to her home kitchen for a hands-on session preparing three traditional Sienese dishes. You'll work through the recipes step by step, discovering techniques passed down through generations, before sitting down to eat what you've made with regional wines. Cesarine connects you with home cooks across Italy—real people who cook for themselves and now welcome you into their kitchens.

Highlights

• Browse Siena's market with your host, selecting ingredients together
• Prepare three authentic Sienese recipes in a working home kitchen
• Learn cooking tricks from someone who cooks daily, not professionally
• Eat your prepared meal with local red and white wines
• Small group setting, maximum hands-on involvement

What to expect

You'll meet your Cesarina at the market, where she'll point out seasonal produce and quality ingredients she actually uses. Back at her home, you'll have your own prep station with full equipment. She'll walk you through three recipes, showing knife techniques and flavour-building as you go. Expect to chop, mix, taste and adjust. The meal follows once everything's cooked—a proper sit-down affair with wine, not a rushed tasting. This is cooking as a local does it, not a performance.

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