Food & Wine Tours
Market tour and authentic Sicilian cooking experience
5.0
Follow your Cesarina in a local market tour, challenge yourself with a hands-on cooking class followed by a tasting of the recipes prepared during the lesson
Private Experience
Your experience
- Fries with market products, focaccia messinese and bruschette with salumi e tipycal products
- Paccheri with maccu di fave
- Tiramisu or cannoli or white and black
We'll take our guests on a journey through the city's vibrant market, a place brimming with enticing scents, vivid colors, and lively atmosphere. We'll procure exceptional seasonal products characterized by their incredible flavor. Then, together, we'll dive into hands-on preparation of tagliatelle alla Norma and either the classic tiramisu or traditional Sicilian cannoli for dessert. To round off the experience, we'll serve sparkling wine, set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Strait of Messina. All of this will be accompanied by a glass of fine red wine.
€189.00 per guest
(€94.50 per child)
€189.00
per guest€94.50 per child
Reviews
5.0
26 reviews
- We thoroughly enjoyed our time with Mariella. She met us in the square, then we went for a caffè in a nearby local shop. We then went to her home/apartment where we began our lesson. Through google translate, we were able to converse. Mariella spent the next few hours teaching us how to make homemade pasta, ravioli, meatballs, and other local dishes, all which were amazing. My husband and I really enjoyed our experience. The only thing that would have made this experience over the top would have been to have 1-2 other couples involved.
- The most amazing experience! Mariella welcomed us into her home and instantly treated us like family. We learned to make several courses, all while she gave us instruction, explanation, and history. Lovely woman, and the most lovely day
- What a unique way to spend some time in Messina! Mariela was amazing! We learned so much in the 3 hours we spent with her and made more food than we could eat! Can’t wait to get home and try to make it all on our own😎. We made a friend in Mariela and look forward to keeping in touch with her!
- We loved our cooking morning with Mariella, it was so much fun and she was a lovey and friendly host. We would recommend this tour to anyone!!
- This was the best experience during our entire trip to Italy. Mariella Is the an amazing chef and one of the sweetest nicest people I have ever met. Her limited English did not hinder our experience at all, it actually enhanced it. Mariella Picked us up on time at the provided address. Took us to her lovely home and treated like family. She taught us so many amazing authentic Italian dishes. Played classic Italian music for us and shared some of her homemade wine from a local friend of hers. The pasta we made with her was the absolute best pasta I have ever eaten, and I’m a professional chef by trade. We had so much fun with Mariella. Our experience with her was absolutely the highlight of our trip. Don’t think twice about booking this cooking experience and make sure to request Mariella, she’s the best!!!
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€189.00 per guest
(€94.50 per child)
€189.00 per guest
Where
Mariella
Cesarina from 2023Location: Messina Languages: Italian and EnglishMy cuisine is linked to tradition with a touch of poetic license for some foods, which are too strong for me. Born and raised in Messina, I actually learned the Messina tradition when I grew up, because my parents were originally from Gioiosa Marea and Piraino, provinces of Messina but with several differences in methodology. I try to combine these diversities in a taste that is, I would say, pleasant. I like to know and above all I would like these traditions not to disappear.
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