Attend a cooking class in the morning or in the afternoon, learn the secrets of the Leccese recipes and have fun by learning how to reproduce the Italian specialties at home. Connect with local people, meet the Cesarina at her home and learn all her secrets to prepare local specialties. Finally, taste the fruit of your labor and experience the authentic flavors of Lecce cuisine paired with a selection of local red and white wines, as the Cesarine offer only wines of the territory.

Le Cesarine is Italy’s first network of home cooks coordinated at a national level by a dedicated staff. The Cesarine are welcoming ambassadors of the Italian culinary heritage, animated by an authentic passion for traditional Italian cuisine. Every Cesarina has been carefully selected by experts to host gastronomic events in their own homes with local produce and refined menus, the result of authentic local recipes, handed down from generation to generation.

Learn the secrets of the most famous dishes of Leccese cuisine
Taste the fruit of your labour accompanied by a glass of local wine
Immerse yourself in a cooking class at the Cesarina's home

Important to know

Know in advance:

In order to match you up with your perfect local home cook, please indicate if you have any food intolerance or allergy, the neighbourhood you are staying in and how do you plan to travel to your local's host home. Please provide this information directly to the local operator. You'll find the contact details in the voucher after booking
Once the local operator has received all the information, they will send you all your host details, including telephone and full address