Food & Wine Tours
Market tour and then into the kitchen
5.0
Francesca Maria
Spoken languages: Italian and English
Private Market tour and dine with 4 course menu (starter, pasta and dessert) and cooking demo
Private Experience
Private experiences are reserved for you and any guests you have booked for: no other people will be added so that you can enjoy maximum privacy.
Your experience
- Mixed appetizers with seasonal vegetables
- Tagliatelle (or ravioli) with seasonal vegetables (or ragù)
- Sicilian sausage in red wine
- Orange or watermelon jelly
In Bagheria, my town, the market is a tradition. Every Wednesday and Friday morning it comes alive with irresistible colors and scents. I invite you to join me on a visit to the market, where we can buy fresh vegetables, cheeses and freshly baked bread. Then we will return to my home to prepare lunch together.
I like to use seasonal ingredients, so our cooking will be guided by the freshness and variety that the market offers at that time. You can be assured that we will use only wholesome, fresh, local and organic ingredients to ensure an authentic and healthy dining experience.
Vegan
Vegetarian
Gluten free
Reviews
5.0
25 reviews
- Wonderful food, welcoming atmosphere, beautiful setting! Come see Francesca and mangia bene! Bellissima!
- We had a wonderful experience with Francesca in Bagheria! We made caponata, gnocchi and almond biscuits. The food was absolutely to die for, although the caponata was a personal favorite. Francesca was a very good teacher. You can tell she has excellent food knowledge. She is very welcoming and has a great sense of humor. We came with our three year old son and she was very sweet and patient with him as well. Her kitchen is the perfect set up and a great place to host classes. We even got to use basil and lemons from her own garden. Thanks Francesca!
- We decided before our trip to Palermo that we wanted to experience a Sicilian cookery class. I looked online at a few but Francesca's really stood out as traditional, homely, fun and welcoming. She didn't disappoint. We made fresh pasta together, she showed us around her garden and we ate. The pasta was delicious. She showed us how to cook with simple ingredients and make a couple of traditional Sicilian pasta dishes, we will definitely be making at home! Without doubt, this was the highlight of our holiday, and when we return to Palermo again, we will return to make different dishes. Grazie mille!!
- My husband and I had such a lovely dining experience with Francesca. This was the first time we’ve ever done an experience like this and I would recommend it to everyone! The food was absolutely amazing, best of the whole weekend spent in Paloma. It was also so nice to talk with Francesca and learn more about her and Sicily and the local foods. She was so helpful and welcoming and I hope we get the chance to go back and do this again with friends!
- Francesca was the perfect teacher to learn how to make pasta. It was a special experience for us and we can definitely recommend the course. We had a lot of fun and good conversations. Francesca is a lovely person, so we felt always comfortable.
Carrie Bailey - May 2024
Hayley - May 2024
Hannah & Nathan - April 2024
Rachel - April 2024
Eva - March 2024
€139.00 per guest
(€69.50 per child)
€139.00 per guest
€139.00 per guest
€69.50 per child
Where
Francesca Maria
Cesarina from 2021Location: Bagheria Languages: Italian and EnglishFrancesca lives in Bagheria, the 'city of villas', a land kissed by the sun and the sea breeze. Our Cesarina brings Sicilian recipes to the table, rich in contrasts, where sweet is combined with salty, sweet and sour is used a lot and dried fruit is perfect on meat, fish and vegetables. "All this is the result of the cultures that have passed through our land. My cuisine is linked to the traditions of both my area and my family. I only use local products and I hope to be able to pass on to my guests all the passion and love that I put when I cook."