Make traditional handmade pasta from scratch with a local chef!

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Make traditional handmade pasta from scratch with a local chef!

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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
Where to Meet
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Duration
3 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 10 guests
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Accessibility
Stroller Accessible
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Language
English, French, Spanish, Italian
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Digital Ticket
Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Learn the art of authentic pasta making with a seasoned chef! This hands-on class lets you craft pasta from scratch, using a rolling pin, under expert guidance. Perfect for all skill levels.

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10 meals

Experience Details

It's not a demonstration, it's a real hands-on class of 3 or more hours where you will make and understand all the steps, guided by my 19-years experience in teaching.

Handmade pasta is made using only the rolling pin (never talk with me about machines!) and it a real art, maybe not immediate but challenging and you will be really proud of your work.

Sample Menu

MAIN
Handmade pasta
We can make: - tagliatelle - tortelloni - ravioli - lasagne
MAIN
Meat courses from the local tradition
We can make zucchini stuffed with meat, cotoletta alla bolognese, meatballs and peas
DESSERT
Typical italian dessert
We can make tiramisù, panna cotta, chocolate salami and chocolate cake

What You Get

Lunch

Good To Know

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available

What You’ll Experience

A minimum number of two persons is necessary. We will make handmade fresh pasta and all the other dishes from scratch in a warm and professional real kitchen. It's not a demonstration, it's a real hands-on class of 3 or more hours where you will make and understand all the steps, guided by my 15-years experience in teaching. Handmade pasta is made using only the rolling pin(never talk with me about machines!) and it is a real art, maybe not immediate but challenging and you will be really proud of your work. At the end of the class you will have learned all the tricks of the local chefs so, when back home, you can astonish your friends with your amazing cooking. You can choose all the dishes we will make so PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE BOOKING in order to decide together what we are going to prepare. We can make tagliatelle with ragù (bolognese sauce), tortellini, tortelloni with ricotta, ravioli, lasagne, starters, second courses and desserts. The classes are for very small groups, so everyone can try hands-on. We will work in a kitchen in a real warm Italian home. On request, before the class we can have a market tour to learn everything about typical products and make good shopping

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Largo Respighi 8, Largo Respighi, Bologna Città Metropolitana di Bologna Emilia-Romagna, Italy, IT, 40126

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End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund.

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Reviews
4.6
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Polaris was extremely...
September 19, 2025

Polaris was extremely knowledgeable and thorough. Take the extra hour to go to market with her. She will teach you quite a bit. Also, cooking lesson was very good

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Unique and Tasty Experience in the Heart of Bologna
February 22, 2025

Amazing experience in the heart of Bologna! This cooking class was everything we wanted and more. Ilaria was a lovely host and it was great hearing about her life and her passion for cooking. In ad...read more

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Great Experience!!
May 17, 2024

My husband and I had a great experience learning how to make tagliatelle, tortelloni and bolognese sauce. Ilaria is the best she explained the type of ingredients she uses, she demonstrated all of ...read more

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Excellent experience that made me love cooking
January 06, 2020

The cooking class with Ilaria made me understand cooking. I did not like cooking before. My girlfriend pushed me to the cooking class. With the help of Ilaria I understood that cooking is more than...read more

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Wonderful experience
October 24, 2019

We had a wonderful cooking class with Ilaria in September. We had many emails going back and forth and she was always so quick to respond. We planned this class with some friends who were in Bolo...read more

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