Bologna Local Pasta Cooking Class, Ragu, Spritz, Wine & Gelato
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Bologna, Italy
- 3 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Put a Bolognese slant on an Italian food experience, with this small-group cooking class, hosted by locals who are passionate about their cuisine. After a welcome aperitivo of pignoletto wine and Bologna snacks of mortadella meat and crescenta focaccia, you’ll make tagliatelle pasta from scratch to accompany a homemade ragú. A self-made Casoni spritz is among the extra perks. Just note: This class isn’t suitable for children or anyone with special dietary needs.
- Bypass the tourist food, and create a meal that a Bolognese would eat
- Learn to create a Casoni spritz, an Emilia-Romagna region cocktail
- Enjoy cooking in a sociable small group, limited to just 10 people
- Discover newfound cooking skills and recreate fresh pasta at home
Sample Menu
Starter
Welcome local wine Pignoletto
Starter
Mortadella, Piadina and Spritz
we'll have a typical local aperitivo and we'll learn how to make a proper spritz while hand making Tagliatelle
Main
Hand Made Tagliatelle with ragu, parmigiano and red wine San Giovese
Dessert
Caffe, Amaro & Mistery Gelato
What's Included
- Air conditioning.
- Pasta and Spritz workshop.
- 2 instructors.
- Spritzs.
- Fresh local and Km0 ingredients.
- Welcome aperitif of Piadina and Mortadella.
- Glasses of local Pignoletto sparkling white wine.
- Glasses of local Sangiovese red wine.
- Pasta tagliatelle with home-made ragù sauce.
- Takeaway for your leftovers.
- Unlimited water.
- Moka coffee and a digestive bitter.
- Gelato with balsamic vinegar.
- PDF recipes send it via viator chat.
- Ragù preparation is not included in the class due to limited time.
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Piazza Galileo GalileiP.za Galileo Galilei, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
You'll receive the correct house number and doorbell in Piazza Galileo Galilei
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.What To Expect
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- The ragù preparation is not included in the class due to limited time; however, the ragù is 100% homemade.
- Please, inform us about your dietary requirements as if present any sever food allergies we might not able to host you. Pesto sauce will be available for vegetarian participants.
- This activity is NOT suitable for VEGANS or GLUTEN INTOLERANCE, any dietary requirements could result in you not being able to participate.
- To ensure the best experience for everyone in the class, guests arriving more than 15 MINUTES after the scheduled start time will NOT be able to join the cooking class. Late arrivals miss an important part of the introduction and preparation, and joining the class at that stage would disrupt the experience for the rest of the group.
- If you have special mobility needs, such as requiring a wheelchair or crutches, please be aware that there is a large flight of stairs. Unfortunately, we do not recommend this experience for individuals with these needs.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 13 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
This was one of the best things we did during our 4 week trip to Spain, Italy, and Greece. Stephania and Stephania were great teachers and so much fun! Working together and getting to know the other “students” was the best part, and the drinks certainly didn’t hurt any as we made our tagliatelle together! The food, the wine, and the laughs made this a wonderful experience! We can’t wait to make our spritzes and pastas at home.
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A wonderful team of Luca and Kate made the experience fun and enjoyable. Luca was funny and engaging. I would highly recommend this activity.
Response from Host, Oct 2026
Luca and Kate clearly decided that making pasta should be as entertaining as it is delicious! 😂
We’re so happy that their energy made the class such a fun experience and that you enjoyed Luca’s sense of humour along the way. If you’re already planning to make fresh pasta at home, we’d say the lesson definitely did its job!
Thanks for cooking, laughing and eating with us. We hope your homemade pasta experiments go brilliantly! 🍷
It's engaging and informative! The food was AMAZING. My partner says it was the best meal he ate during our 2 week Italy stay.
Response from Host, Oct 2026
The best meal of a two-week Italy trip? That’s quite a compliment for our pasta class! 🍝 We’re thrilled the cooking experience was both engaging and informative, and even happier that the final result earned such high marks at the table.
There’s something particularly satisfying about sitting down to eat pasta you’ve just made yourself. We hope the recipes inspire a little Bologna-style cooking back home too!
Luca and Martina were amazing. From when we were greeted at the beginning to all the way when they hugged and kissed us goodbye, they were friendly, informative and funny. I’m not a cook, and even though I made it, the food was amazing (and the drinks). Felt welcomed just like you would if you were at nonna house for dinner. Highly recommend.
Response from Host, Oct 2026
Luca and Martina seem to have gone all-in on the Italian welcome! ❤️ We’re glad their warmth, stories and sense of humour made you feel at home, and the Nonna’s-house comparison is one they’ll be very happy to hear.
And congratulations on making the pasta even if you don’t consider yourself a cook. That’s a pretty convincing success story!
The cooking class was very informative and fun. Kate and Martina met us at the entrance and were great in leading us through the class with detailed instructions. In the end, we received the recipes for everything we made. It was clear that they were very experienced and were able to support everyone with different levels of cooking experience, and also they made effort to get to know each of us.
Valentina and Gabriele were fantastic. Our family had an amazing time. Highly recommended, 5+ stars, food was delicious!
Kate and Valencia were fantastic! I would highly recommend doing this activity. Learned a lot and was a great way to learn a bit more about the Italian food culture.
Traveled from Florence to Bologna. Easy to navigate to the location. The ladies were wonderful and patient with the group. The food, drinks and activities worth the trip. Would highly recommend if you have never made pasta.
What a great activity! Kate and Klara made the class fun and the flow between prep, cooking and eating was perfect. Overall a wonderful experience I would do it again the food we made was REALLY good!!
Fun time and learned the technique so we can make it at home. Kate and Phil were fun and excellent teachers.
Response from Host, Sept 2026
Fresh pasta skills to take home, plus Kate and Filippo keeping everyone entertained... sounds like a very successful cooking class! 😄
We’re thrilled that you enjoyed learning the techniques and felt confident enough to recreate them at home. That’s exactly what we hope guests take away from the class, along with a full stomach and a few good memories.
Thanks for cooking with us in Bologna. We hope your next homemade pasta night goes brilliantly! 🍝
Francesca and her partner were great!! Patient and helpful, they showed us howto make pasta and spritzes. And then the best part? We ate what we made. I would recommend this class to anyone who wants to learn about Italian cuisine and have fun at the same time.
Loved this class! Amazing and so happy to have been able to make fresh pasta. The instructors were the best! I wish I remembered their names :(
Very good experience. Nice group, engaging hosts. Interesting to learn about the intricacies of making pasta. Drink free-flowing, food excellent quality. Would recommend.
Fabulous experience! This was a great class with great teachers and food and drink. I would highly recommend :)
This experience was so fun and easy going! My friend and I had Francesca as our teacher. She was amazing! She had such witty fun humor and you could tell she loves cooking. She was so welcoming and never made you feel like you were doing something wrong! Even at the end of class she gave us recs on where to go in the city. You could tell she wanted us to have the best experience we could have in Bologna.
We had a fantastic time! Claudia and Lucrezia were phenomenal teachers, and made the whole experience incredibly fun and informative. We had a lot of pasta (and drinks!) to eat and plenty to take home. Altogether, it was a great way to spend time on a Sunday morning.
Claudia and Luclezia were amazing!! Learning to make Aperol spritzes and tagliatelle pasta was great fun. They were entertaining and funny too. We asked tons of questions and they happily answered them all. I could not recommend them and the class any higher. Great job!!!
Phillippo and Claudia were incredible, super knowledgeable, very friendly. I loved the class and would recommend to anyone looking for a genuine experience
This was such a fun experience! Really great instructors, alcohol and jokes flowing the entire time, and a really fun group. The food was delicious and my partner and I learned a lot. 100% must do experience, really fun and really good value. We loved it!!!
This class was a great experience, I loved it and had a lot of fun with my friends learning to make pasta. We also enjoyed the aperol spritz making.
Great experience. Claudia and Valentina were awesome. Pasta came out perfect and the bolognese sauce was exceptional.
Great, easy pasta class perfect for your entire family. Pasta cooking along with spritz making. A little dessert, coffee, and aperativo served afterwards. The class moves quick. The two hours goes by even faster!
Fantastic evening with Luca and Philips and all the other nice people attending the event, thank you for an amazing evening
This was one of the highlights of our trip to Italy! Both the instructor and her assistant were warm, patient, and made the class so much fun. Everything was hands-on, interactive, and easy to follow.
What made this experience truly unforgettable was how incredibly kind they were to my son, who is on the autism spectrum. They naturally adapted to his needs, made him feel included, and gave him an experience he absolutely loved. As a mother, that meant more than I can express.
Highly recommend this class to anyone visiting Bologna!
Response from Host, Sept 2026
What a beautiful review to read! ❤️ We’re so happy to hear that the cooking class was one of the highlights of your trip to Italy, and even more touched to know that your son felt comfortable, included, and had such a wonderful time with us.
Creating a relaxed and welcoming environment for everyone is something that means a lot to our team, so hearing that the experience was so special for your family truly made our day. We’ll be sure to share your kind words with our instructor and her assistant, they’ll be absolutely delighted!
It was a pleasure having you with us in Bologna, and we hope to welcome you back one day for more pasta-making and happy memories! 🍝❤️
Lucia and Jaya were our hosts and instructors. They were very organized, knowledgeable, and patient with our group. We will never buy store bought pasta again. Although we did not make the ragu, they shared the ingredients and plan to send us the recipes.
We loved the company of our classmates from different countries and enjoyed eating our very own homemade pasta.
Highly recommend doing this to anyone visiting Bologna.
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Amazing! Francesca and Frederico were fantastic teachers and gave us such a warm welcome to Bologna. They were patient and helpful for everyone, we learned so much! I would recommend this class to anyone visiting the city.
Really good value, good fun, lots of tips and skills. Would highly recommend. Enjoyed the tutors, was fun
Fun class and the drinks and food were delicious. Our two chefs Claudia and Lucreztia were wonderful.
Fantastic experience with good food and a relaxed authentic atmosphere. The presenters were friendly and helpful.
Such an amazing experience with Luca and Catala (hope I spelled it right ) . Met some cool people , made some new friends, and learned to make amazing pasta , argued and drinks .
Excellent experience to learn how to make local style food while learning the history of the region. Great for groups, families or solo travellers! Francesa and Kate were wonderfully patient with us!
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