About this tour
Eat four courses—antipasto through dolce—in a home kitchen in Spello, where your host cooks from handwritten family recipes while you watch and chat. This is Cesarine, a network of home cooks across Italy who cook the food their mothers taught them. You'll taste regional wines, drink proper coffee after, and leave having talked to someone who actually lives there, not performed hospitality.
Highlights
- Four-course meal cooked in front of you, not backstage
- Regional wines chosen to match each dish
- Family recipes handed down through generations
- Dinner or lunch, your choice
- Hosted by Cesarine-vetted local cooks
- Two-and-a-half hours including conversation
What to expect
You'll arrive at someone's home in Spello and watch them cook. Not a demonstration kitchen—their actual kitchen, where they make this food regularly. You'll sit close enough to ask why they add salt then, not later, or what region the wine comes from. Four courses unfold at a normal pace: starter, pasta, main with vegetables, pudding. Water and wine appear as needed. Coffee after. The cook will eat with you or move between the table and stove. Conversation happens in English or Italian depending on who's hosting.
Good to know
Transport to Spello is yours to arrange; public buses run from nearby towns. Tell the organiser about any allergies or strong dislikes beforehand. Arrive on time—this is someone's evening or lunch, not a commercial operation.
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.