Top Modena Classes & Workshops

There’s no better souvenir to bring home from Italy than the art of home-cooked Italian food. Join a local host in her Modena kitchen and learn how to prepare two different kinds of pasta from scratch on this small-group cooking class, which wraps up with assembling tiramisu. Warm up with a classic aperitivo, then, once you’ve hand-rolled your pasta and prepared your dishes, enjoy them with water, wine, and coffee.

Modena sits in the heart of Italy’s “Food Valley”, known for its excellent local cuisine. Experience the city’s culinary traditions first-hand with this cooking class that begins with a stroll through the market with your host and instructor to select fresh, seasonal ingredients. Then head to her home kitchen for a hands-on pasta and tiramisù lesson, followed by a celebratory meal featuring the dishes you’ve prepared paired with local wines.

Immerse yourself in a private pasta and tiramisu-making class in a welcoming home, learn the secrets of the region's most famous pasta dishes and tiramisu and taste the fruit of your labour for lunch or dinner accompanied by local wines. During this private lesson, you will learn how to prepare 2 pasta recipes and the tiramisu dessert from scratch. Your Cesarina will reveal the tricks of the trade of these iconic recipes. Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test and amaze your friends and family once home with an Italian meal! This experience is suitable for families with children of all ages. Le Cesarine is Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country in more than 120 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

Design your own recipe and try it out with this culinary experience. First, you'll pick out three to five local ingredients at an area market. Then you'll take them to the home of your host to learn how to cook the Cessarina way, developing your own recipe. Then comes time to eat and sample local wines before calling it a day.

This private Modena cooking class and market tour gives you an inside look at everyday life in a vibrant Italian city. After picking up fresh ingredients from the market alongside your guide, head to a local home to prepare three regional dishes side-by-side with your private teacher. Sip regional wines as you enjoy your lunch or dinner.

travelers try to create dishes, fresh pasta linked to our traditions, entering a 'family atmosphere and relaxing where then you can enjoy every single dish in serenity' and joy. Here we will prepare together two types of fresh pasta, tagliatelle tortelloni. lunch or dinner with typical appetizers, the two pastas and Tiramisu 'all accompanied by a typical wine of our land and water, coffee' and liquors

Set in the heart of the Emilia-Romagna region, Modena is home to some of Italy’s most delicious cuisine. Discover the tastes, secrets, and ingredients of Modenese cooking during this private, hands-on cooking class in a local home. Prepare a delicious 3-course meal from start to finish and then enjoy the fruits of your labor accompanied by local red and white wines during this private experience.

All'Azienda Agricola Umileterra di Castelvetro di Modena, the hosts welcome you with a herbal tea or a coffee and a sweet treat, and tell you about their farm. Then you go to the kitchen, everyone to their own station: you knead the dough, you prepare the filling, you roll it out with the rolling pin and you close the tortelloni by hand, as is done in Emilia. We finish at the table with the pasta you prepared, usually with butter and sage, along with an aperitif rich in focaccia, savory tarts, frittata, local cheeses, and homemade preserves.

Learn to prepare fresh pasta from scratch, create delicious fillings, and master traditional Italian techniques. After cooking, sit down to enjoy your homemade ravioli paired with a glass of fine regional wine. A perfect culinary experience for food lovers visiting Italy!

Discover the culinary heart of Emilia-Romagna with an immersive food experience near Modena. Begin with a guided tour of a local Parmigiano Reggiano dairy in Gargallo, where you'll learn the secrets behind this world-famous cheese. Watch expert cheesemakers turn fresh milk into Parmigiano Reggiano DOP using centuries-old methods, and taste different aging stages in the cheese aging rooms. After the tour, visit the farm shop to buy Parmigiano Reggiano and other local products. Then, enjoy a home-cooked lunch featuring regional specialties: Parmigiano Reggiano, cured meats (Prosciutto, Coppa, Salame), warm tigelle bread with spreads, and Lambrusco di Santa Croce wine. End with a homemade dessert, Italian coffee, and a digestif. This experience is perfect for food lovers and cheese enthusiasts seeking to explore Modena and Emilia-Romagna’s rich culinary heritage.

Delve into Modena’s rich culinary heritage with this immersive experience that blends tradition and flavor. Begin your adventure at Casa Giusti, Italy’s oldest balsamic vinegar producer, where you'll explore historic cellars and taste exceptional vinegars crafted over 400 years. Next, visit a local Cesarina’s home for a live cooking demonstration, enjoying a three-course Emilian lunch that showcases the unique flavors of Giusti balsamic vinegar. This experience is perfect for food enthusiasts eager to savor authentic Modenese hospitality and culinary artistry.

A day from the garden to the table at Azienda Agricola Umileterra, in Castelvetro di Modena, with mother and daughter who cultivate following biodiversity and seasons. After the welcome tea, you receive a basket, gloves, and an apron and go to the garden: you learn to recognize aromatic herbs, plants, and seasonal vegetables and pick what will be needed in the kitchen. Then you cook together, including homemade pasta, and you finish with a lunch or dinner based on what you prepared.

This experience is made unique thanks to the familiar and welcoming environment. You will find yourself in contact with the hostess, in the green of the Emilian countryside, immersed in an oasis of peace and pampered by tradition. In addition, in addition to learning how to make pasta, you will also visit the vinegar cellar of the Malagoli Daniele family and taste their balsamic vinegars. Finally, you will taste your creations while indulging in a pleasant moment in serenity.