Small Group Market tour and Cooking class in Lecce

About this tour

Spend five hours in Lecce learning to cook authentic Salentine dishes alongside a local Cesarina host. You'll browse the market together, picking seasonal produce like a resident, then head to her home to make fresh pasta and tiramisu from scratch. Finish by eating what you've cooked, paired with regional wines and prosecco. It's a straightforward way to understand how locals actually cook, without the tourist gloss.

Highlights

• Shop the local market with a Cesarina, learning seasonal ingredient selection
• Make fresh pasta—a signature Lecce shape—in a home kitchen
• Prepare tiramisu by hand using traditional techniques
• Drink prosecco and taste everything you've cooked with local wines
• Small group: eat and chat with fellow travellers and your host
• Take home an official Cesarine apron as a keepsake

What to expect

Start at the local market where your host picks through stalls, explaining what's good now and why. Back at her home, you'll get an aperitivo—prosecco and snacks—to settle in. Then it's hands-on: kneading, rolling, shaping pasta, and layering tiramisu. You're not watching; you're doing the work. Expect flour under your fingernails and some mess. The final hour is eating together: your pasta course, tiramisu for afters, wine throughout, coffee at the end. Conversation happens in English with a mixed group.

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