General Conditions for Cesarine

1. Dear Cesarina, we invite you to carefully read this document, which constitutes a formal contractual proposal that will be finalized when the Cesarina accepts these General and Contractual Conditions. This agreement sets out the contractual conditions of the service offered by the HF Platform, the rights and obligations of the Cesarina, including limitations and restrictions of the Platform’s liability, a clause regarding jurisdiction and forum for disputes, and the obligation to comply with applicable laws and regulations. We also ask you to carefully read our Privacy Policy, available in the “Privacy” section of the website cesarine.com.

2. Home Food S.r.l. Società Benefit is based in Bologna, at Via San Vitale 40/5d (40125), VAT/Tax ID No. 03416251209, share capital €22,717.50 fully paid, and is the owner of the website cesarine.com, which allows Users to book, purchase, and participate in Cesarine events.

3. Home Food’s Services mainly consist of dinners and lunches prepared by non-professional cooks (the Cesarine), usually in a domestic setting, at the cook’s or User’s home, as well as cooking classes, show cooking, tastings, buffets, and all types of gastronomic events, most often home-based but not exclusively, with the common goal of promoting and enhancing Italian gastronomic culture, adapted to local, regional, and provincial contexts, with particular attention to culinary knowledge passed down through generations.

4. The expressions and definitions used on the site and in these service conditions have the following meanings:

• “HF” means Home Food S.r.l. Società Benefit, based in Bologna, Via San Vitale 40/5d, VAT and Tax ID 03416251209, Registered in the Bologna Companies Register under No. BO-517649, share capital €22,717.50, owner of the Cesarine brand and the domain cesarine.com;
• “Site” means the domain https://cesarine.com (and all its subdomains) that makes the services available;
• “General Conditions of Sale and General Information for the Cesarina” means the general contractual conditions for the use of services offered by HF;
• “Service” means the HF service that allows participation in events with the Cesarine;
• “Content” means text, graphics, images, music, software, audio, video, information, or other material;
• “Guest or User” means the natural person who requests a booking of an event from HF;
• “Cesarina” means the person who provides the event. It is clarified that the Cesarina offers her event in a non-professional, amateur manner;
• “Event” means the service provided by HF, which may consist of dinners, lunches, cooking classes, show cooking, refreshments, buffets, tastings, gastronomic and cultural events generally held at the homes of Cesarine, at Users’ homes, or at other public or private locations, with the common feature of promoting and enhancing traditional Italian gastronomic culture in general and local and family culinary traditions in particular, in the ways specified on the site or agreed with the User in subsequent communications;
• “Contract” means the contract concluded between the Platform and the Cesarina;
• “Purchase Order” means an electronic document confirming the User’s intent to purchase a specific Service, sent to HF by the User at checkout;
• “Order Confirmation” means an electronic document confirming HF’s receipt of the Purchase Order and its acceptance, serving as proof of purchase;
• “Price” means the cost of the individual Service, for a single participant, indicated in euros, including applicable taxes. The Price is set by Home Food Società Benefit;
• “Total Price” means the overall cost, in euros, of a Purchase Order.

5. These general and contractual service conditions may be subject to changes, including due to legislative changes, and in the event of such changes, the new conditions will take effect from the date of publication on the site.

Contractual Conditions

1. Object of the Contract

1.1 The service offered by the Home Food S.r.l. Società Benefit Platform exclusively consists of connecting the User, previously identified during registration for the chosen Event, with the Cesarina, whose personal data will subsequently be communicated to the User via confirmation email of the selected Event. In return for this service, HF retains a variable percentage of the total amount paid by the Guest, already included in the total amount, depending on the type of Event offered.

1.2 HF’s service does not include anything outside the activity of connecting the User and the Cesarina, in particular, by way of example and not limitation: the Platform does not monitor and cannot control the Cesarina’s services and does not guarantee the existence, quality, safety, or suitability of any Service provided by the Cesarina.

1.3 The Cesarina acknowledges that HF has no general obligation to monitor the use of the HF Platform or verify the information provided by the User or the Cesarina but has the right to review, disable access to, remove, or modify Content to: manage, protect, and improve the Platform (including fraud prevention, risk assessment, investigation, and customer support); comply with applicable law or an order or request of a court, law enforcement agency, or other governmental entity; handle Content deemed harmful or objectionable; or take actions established in these Terms. If Content is removed or disabled, the Cesarina will be informed of the reasons, unless doing so would prevent or hinder fraud prevention or other illegal activities, harm the legitimate interests of other Users, Cesarine, or third parties, or violate applicable law. Decisions can be contested by contacting HF customer service. The Cesarina agrees to cooperate in good faith and provide information and take actions reasonably requested by HF regarding any investigation about the use or misuse of the HF Platform.

1.4 HF is not responsible for the quality of food offered by the Cesarina nor for compliance with the Guest’s dietary needs. The Platform is also not responsible if the Cesarina does not comply with legal requirements, particularly regarding food safety.

1.5 When the User and the Cesarina make or accept a booking, they enter directly into an agreement with each other. HF is not and does not become a party to any contractual relationship between the Cesarina and the User.

1.6 The language available to the Cesarina for concluding the contract is Italian. Customer support can communicate with the User in the same language.

2. Cost of the Service

HF retains a variable percentage of the total amount paid by the Guest for the Service provided by the Cesarina as its fee, with the remainder collected on behalf of the Cesarina. The sales Price is determined by Home Food Società Benefit.

3. How to Become a Cesarina

To become a Cesarina and offer services via the HF Platform, one must submit an application on https://cesarine.com/it/join by completing the online form.

Once the application is accepted by HF, the applicant must accept these General and Contractual Conditions to complete registration as a Cesarina.

4. Creation and Management of Listings

HF provides tools for Cesarine to create listings. Listings must include complete and accurate information about the Service and any rules or requirements applicable to Guests or the Listing. The Cesarina is responsible for keeping information and Content (including availability and photos) accurate and up to date.

5. Legal Obligations

5.1 The Cesarina is responsible for understanding and fully complying with laws, especially food safety, regulations, and contracts with third parties applicable to her Services, including, for example:

a) Application of operational prerequisites and/or HACCP system principles;
b) Compliance with Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 regarding traceability, withdrawal, recall, communication, labeling, and management of non-compliant products not yet on the market.

5.2 The Cesarina must verify applicable rules in the geographic area where the Service is offered. Legal information provided is purely informative; the Cesarina must independently ascertain obligations. She is also responsible for managing and using Guests’ personal data in compliance with privacy laws and these Terms.

5.3 The Cesarina may organize dinners at her home only if legally authorized and assumes full responsibility.

5.4 The Platform is not responsible for the Cesarina’s compliance with legal requirements for Home Restaurant services.

6. Cesarina’s Responsibility

6.1 The Cesarina is responsible for her actions and omissions and those of anyone she invites or serves. She sets the rules and requirements of her Listing. All costs must be clearly indicated, and no additional charges may be collected outside the Platform. The sales Price is set by HF.

6.2 The Cesarina is solely responsible for the quality of the Service, products, and their storage. She must verify allergies or dietary restrictions on-site in addition to booking notes.

6.3 The Cesarina may, to the best of her ability, accommodate additional Guest requests (e.g., vegan or vegetarian diets). If allergies or intolerances are not disclosed at booking, the Cesarina must refuse Guests but will still receive the agreed compensation. She cannot accept bookings with known allergies; in that case, the Guest will be refunded, and no compensation is due.

7. Ownership

7.1 The portal’s content, graphics, photographs, and all distinctive elements, including HF trademarks, are the exclusive property of HF, protected by Italian and international law, particularly copyright and intellectual property laws, and may be used by the User only to navigate the Site and use the Services. Any reproduction, even partial, is prohibited.

7.2 All trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names, and other designations used on the site are trade names or registered trade names owned by HF.

7.3 Use and/or dissemination of the Cesarine logo, both online and offline, outside activities directly related to Cesarine events, is prohibited. Specifically:

• Use of photos or videos showing the Cesarine apron or logo to promote activities on other platforms or contexts not related to Cesarine is not allowed;
• Promoting food or non-food products alongside the Cesarine logo on personal social media or in shops, events, festivals, etc., without express written permission, is prohibited;
• More generally, any use of the Cesarine logo in any context must be agreed upon and authorized in writing by HF staff.

8. Violations

If these General and Contractual Conditions, Privacy Policy, Review Rules, Image Usage Conditions are violated, laws, regulations, or third-party rights are infringed, repeated poor reviews are received, complaints about the Cesarina’s conduct arise, confirmed bookings are repeatedly canceled, or reservation requests are not answered without valid reason, HF may, to protect personal or property safety of HF, Guests, Cesarine, or third parties:

a) Suspend or limit access to or use of the HF Platform and/or account;
b) Suspend or remove Listings, Reviews, or other Content;
c) Cancel pending or confirmed bookings.

9. Authority Orders

HF may take any actions reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law or an order or request of a court, law enforcement agency, or other governmental entity.

10. Disputes and Applicable Law

10.1 Before legal action, the Cesarina is encouraged (not required) to contact HF’s complaints service to attempt amicable resolution. Contact:

• Email: homefood@cesarine.com
• Mail: Home Food Srl, Bologna, Via San Vitale 40/5d, 40125

10.2 Failing amicable resolution, disputes fall exclusively under the jurisdiction of the Court of Bologna.

10.3 These General and Contractual Conditions shall be interpreted and enforced under Italian law.

11. Disclaimer of Liability

11.1 HF does not endorse, guarantee the existence, conduct, performance, safety, quality, legality, or suitability of any Guest, Cesarina, Service, Listing, or third party and does not guarantee that identity or background checks will detect past misbehavior or prevent future misconduct.

11.2 HF is not responsible for the quality of food offered by the Cesarina nor for compliance with Guest dietary needs. The Platform is also not responsible if the Cesarina does not comply with legal requirements, particularly regarding food safety.

11.3 HF manages the Site and Services from Italy and does not guarantee they are suitable or accessible worldwide. HF is not liable for malfunctions due to providers, telephone lines, Internet or phone network failures, events beyond HF’s control, force majeure, or causes beyond HF’s will or fault.

11.4 The Site contains hyperlinks to other websites owned/managed by third parties. HF does not monitor them and is not responsible for third-party products or content, including accuracy, relevance, or completeness.

12. Indemnity Clause

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Cesarina agrees to release, indemnify, and hold HF harmless from any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal/accounting costs) arising from or related to: violation of these Conditions, Privacy Policy, Review Rules, Image Usage Conditions; improper use of the HF Platform; participation in an Experience or other Services; or violation of any law, regulation, or third-party right (including intellectual property or privacy). Indemnity applies only to the extent there is a sufficient causal link between the claims and the Cesarina’s breach.

Last updated: February 3, 2026