Market tour and 3-course dinner in Spoleto with a local host

Cook and eat in a stranger's kitchen, and leave as a friend.

A market tour and three-course meal in Spoleto at a local Cesarina's home, where you shop for seasonal ingredients, then prepare and eat regional dishes together with other guests. The experience runs four hours and includes wine, coffee and a Cesarine shopping bag. You choose lunch or dinner, and your host speaks English or Italian.

The experience

The morning or evening starts at the local market in Spoleto, where your Cesarina walks you through the seasonal produce and the ingredients that anchor regional cooking. You learn what to look for and why: the things locals know and tourists usually miss. Then you head to her home, a place where the kitchen is the center of the day, and you become part of it. You're not watching a demonstration. You're in the room where the food gets made, and you're part of making it.

The meal unfolds as three courses: a starter, a pasta dish built from the region's traditional recipes, and tiramisu. Wine and water sit on the table throughout. Coffee comes at the end. The recipes come from your host's own cookbooks. The ones her family has used for years. You eat what she cooks, not what a restaurant thinks tourists want. The other guests at the table are people who came for the same reason you did: to eat real food in a real home and to meet the person who knows how to cook it.

You can book this for lunch or dinner, whichever fits your day in Umbria. Public transportation runs near the meeting point, so you don't need a car to get there. The whole thing takes four hours from start to finish.

What’s included

• Market tour with a local host.
• three-course meal (starter, pasta, tiramisu) in her home.
• wine and water throughout the meal.
• coffee at the end.
• an official Cesarine shopping bag.
• four hours total.

Options for this experience

2 options

Market + lunchGuide in English or Italian · 11:00Lunch

Market + dinnerGuide in English or Italian · 18:00

You pick the guide language when booking.

You'll see the exact price of each option when you check availability.See dates and prices

Before you book

Days and timesTuesday to SundayDepartures at 11:00 and 18:00

Book up to10h before

AgesAdult (9 and older) · Child (4 to 8 years) · Infant (under 4): free

GroupUp to 12 · max 8 per booking

Live guideEnglish and Italian

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

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Good to know

Low physical effortPublic transport nearby

Operated by Cesarine: Cooking Class

Is this one for you?Book lunch if you want to eat midday and still have the afternoon free in Spoleto. Book dinner if you'd rather spend the evening in a local home and eat after exploring the town. Either way, you're eating with other guests, so come ready to talk about food and meet people who care about it as much as you do.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Italian.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (4 to 8 years); Infant (under 4): free.

What do I actually do at the market in Spoleto?

You walk through the local market with your Cesarina, who points out the seasonal produce and explains the ingredients that matter to regional cooking. It's a tour built around what's actually for sale that day, not a fixed route.

Do I cook the meal myself, or does the Cesarina do it?

You're in the kitchen while she cooks, and you take part in making the meal. It's not a cooking class with step-by-step instruction. It's being present in a home kitchen while the food comes together, and helping where it makes sense.

Can I book this for lunch instead of dinner?

Yes. You choose either lunch or dinner when you book, and the three-course meal and market tour stay the same. Both options run four hours.

Is this a private meal, or do I eat with other people?

You eat with other guests who booked the same experience. It's a shared table, which is part of the point. You make new friends who love Italian food as much as you do.