Padova Cooking Experience: Venetian Family Recipes

Discover Venetian cuisine with Catia! Visit a historic market, make Bigoli pasta, and enjoy Cicchetti and Tiramisù. A culinary journey through tradition.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Via Tre Ponti, 49/3516 - We’ll create fresh pasta from scratch, including a regional variety called Bigoli, made with a hand press, and Ravioli with a seasonal filling, followed by Tiramisù. We’ll visit the oldest covered market in Europe, located in Padova, known as “Sotto il Salon” under the Great Hall. This is the ground floor of the Palazzo…
What's Included
  • Alcoholic beverages
Meal Options
  • Bigoli - Bigoli serviti con sugo a base di verdure di stagione a km 0 . Tutti prodotti freschi tipici del territorio
Additional Information

I am Catia, your host. Together, we will explore Venetian traditional food through my family recipes and its history. We will visit our historical market, one of the oldest in Europe. I will share the history of the market, and you will see the vibrant stalls filled with fruits, vegetables, and spices. After that, we will go to my house and make pasta…

Location
Piazza delle Erbe
Padova Centro Storico
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Maps86704
Jul 23, 2025
Cooking lessons in Padua in Veneto - A culinary and cultural discovery of Padua from the market to the garden of Catia with preparation of delicious regional specialities
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179tomasm
Jul 1, 2025
Great time with a great person and delicious food! - I don’t know where to start with this experience. Is it from Catia’s amazing hospitality, great knowledge and warm character or from amazing food with incredible taste or priceless hands-on cooking experience with her own recipes. But I know for sure that this is one of the musts if you visiting Podova (Padua), you want to not only eat but to learn to make such delicious food and learn about Padova from the local people. Can’t recommend enough to meet Catia and spend time with her, she is amazing! P.S. There is one thing I would like to advise everyone! There’s going to be a lot of great and delicious Italian food, so don’t go there with after having a hefty breakfast!
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M4675zupeterh
Jun 29, 2025
Best part of our trip! - Catia was incredible! She was knowledgeable, friendly, attentive, and a patient teacher. By the end of the class we were stuffed and gained lots of skills for making two kinds of pasta and Tiramisu. She went above and beyond to accommodate me (as a vegan) which was so kind and generous of her. She was very sweet with our 9 yo son and 11 yo daughter, making sure they enjoyed themselves too. I recommended her to my friends whom we traveled with and they booked with her for the next day. It was truly a unique authentic Italian cooking class!
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Federica_87t
May 30, 2025
Wedding party and bigoli! - I organized the bachelorette party by Catia proposing to the bride and friends a cooking class! What about... we had a great time!!! Catia is a friendly and nice hostess, excellent cooking teacher. With her we learned how to make bigoli al torchio, stuffed pasta and chocolate cake. The satisfaction of finally being able to eat everything we have prepared in a place surrounded by nature... is priceless! Congratulations!
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Milesleschen
Sep 17, 2024
Fantastic cooking class - Fantastic cooking class. Catia is enthusiastic, responsive and very skillful. Highly recommended to anyone looking for an authentic cooking experience in Italy.
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G2383lqpeterb
Jul 25, 2024
Fantastic cooking experience in Paduva with the family! - We had a fantastic cooing experience at Catia's house! She showed us Padua's centre and we prepared a 3 course meal. Super!
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From $140
up to 8 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).