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About this tour
Feel like a local on our Private Cooking Class with a Local in Palermo. This is a food experience like no other. You’ll be welcomed into the home of a local Sicilian family who for 3 hours will teach you the secrets to Sicilian food. Learn how to make an appetizer, pasta, and dessert. Discover recipes handed down from generation to generation. Learn the right – and the wrong! – way to make authentic Sicilian cuisine. Finally, devour your food for lunch or dinner, sitting down with your host and sharing some wine and coffee. Our Private Cooking Class with a Local in Palermo leaves every day.
There is nothing quite like spending time with a local family, as you’ll discover in our Private Cooking Class with a Local in Palermo. The cooks we choose for this experience are handpicked by us through an interview process to ensure they are the very best example of home cooks in the area. They will either speak English or there will be a professional translator on hand. This is an incredible experience and your chance to ask a local everything you ever wanted to know about Sicilian cuisine!
- Palermo
- Sicily
- 3 Hour Private Guided Tour
- English and Italian
Over 20,000 travelers, 10+ years of experience and a team made up of 50+ travel experts
Private Cooking Class with a Local in Palermo Highlights
- Cook up a storm in a local Italian family's home!
- Enjoy 3 hours of hands on cooking classes learning local dishes
- Devour the fruits of your labor for lunch or dinner
- Feel like a local and learn the secrets to Italian cooking
Private Cooking Class with a Local in Palermo Itinerary
- Meet your local host at a centralized location in Palermo.
- You'll head to a local Italian family home where a talented home cook will be waiting for you.
- For 3 hours, you will have a hands-on cooking class with someone who knows the local Palermo cuisine inside out.
- Learn how to make an appetizer, pasta, and dessert, all with locally sourced ingredients.
- Discover the secrets to Sicilian cooking with recipes specially chosen by your host.
- Eat the fruits of your labor for lunch or dinner with the host, sharing a salute over a local wine or water! Coffee is included, naturally.
- The tour ends at your host's house.
If you have any questions about our Private Cooking Class with a Local in Palermo, please contact us. Our team is standing by and will be happy to help
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