About this tour
Explore Padua's food markets and neighbourhood shops on foot, then cook alongside a local in their home kitchen. You'll prepare authentic Veneto dishes—bigoli with duck ragù, risotto, or zaleti biscuits—using ingredients sourced that morning. Sit down to eat what you've made, paired with local wine. Three hours total: one hour walking, two hours cooking and eating.
Highlights
- Hunt fresh regional ingredients through Padua's working markets
- Learn to roll bigoli pasta by hand from a local cook
- Prepare risotto and traditional biscuits in a home kitchen
- Eat your own cooking with Veneto wine in a local home
- Pick up recipes you can make at home
- Understand how Veneto's food culture shapes daily cooking
What to expect
Your guide meets you in the centro storico and walks you through neighbourhood streets to working produce markets and specialist food shops—the places locals actually buy their ingredients. You'll see what's seasonal, talk to vendors, handle the goods. After an hour, you arrive at a cook's home kitchen where you'll work alongside them for the next two hours. Expect to get your hands floury and involved: kneading, shaping, stirring, tasting as you go. Cooking happens in real time, so there's downtime between steps—conversation, kitchen tips, questions. Once the meal's ready, you eat together at their table with wine.
Good to know
Wear clothes you don't mind getting flour on. The kitchen may be compact; tell your guide about dietary needs or allergies in advance. Public transport nearby if you prefer not to walk back. Bring an appetite.
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