Padua market tour and cooking class: Make pasta and tiramisu

You make tiramisu and pasta in a Cesarina's home kitchen, not watch someone else do it.

A small-group cooking class in Padua combines a local market tour with your Cesarina host, followed by hands-on instruction in her home kitchen where you prepare one regional pasta and tiramisu, then eat what you've made with local wines. The class runs about five hours and includes an Italian aperitivo before you start cooking. Instruction is in English or Italian.

The experience

The morning starts at the local market with your host, who teaches you how to pick seasonal ingredients the way locals do. You'll learn what makes one vegetable or cut of meat worth buying over another, and why timing matters. Then you head to her home, warm up with Prosecco and nibbles, and move into the kitchen.

The hands-on part is where the class takes shape. You'll make one iconic pasta type typical of Padua (not a demonstration you watch, but pasta you shape and roll yourself), and you'll make tiramisu from scratch. Your host guides you through each step, and the kitchen fills with the actual work of Italian cooking: the feel of dough, the layering, the timing. After the class ends, you sit down with everything you've prepared, local wines, and coffee.

You're cooking in a home, not a commercial kitchen, and the group stays small enough that your host can work with each person. Public transportation runs nearby if you need it to get there.

What’s included

• Local market tour with your host.
• hands-on instruction in making one regional pasta type and tiramisu.
• Italian aperitivo with Prosecco and nibbles.
• tasting session with local wines, beverages and coffee.
• official Cesarine apron.
• all fees and taxes.

Options for this experience

2 options

Cooking class and small group market tour in PaduaGuide in English or Italian · 10:00

Masterclass and dinner following a market visitGuide in English or Italian · 17:00

You pick the guide language when booking.

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

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDepartures at 10:00 and 17:00

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

Public transport nearby

Operated by Cesarine: Cooking Class

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to learn by doing rather than watching, and if spending five hours in a home kitchen with a small group appeals to you more than a formal cooking school setting.

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Top questions

What languages is the guide in?

Live guide in English and Italian.

Can children come?

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

What pasta do I learn to make in the Padua cooking class?

The class teaches you one iconic pasta type typical of Padua, though the specific shape depends on the season and what your Cesarina host chooses to prepare that day.

Is the cooking class hands-on, or do I watch a demonstration?

You make the pasta and tiramisu yourself in the kitchen with your host's guidance. This is a hands-on class, not a demonstration.

What's included in the five hours?

The time covers the market tour, the aperitivo at home, the cooking instruction for pasta and tiramisu, and the tasting session where you eat what you've made with wine and coffee.

Do I need to bring anything or have cooking experience?

No experience is required. You'll receive an official Cesarine apron, and everything else (ingredients, equipment, instruction) is provided.