Milan: Pasta and Tiramisu Small Group Cooking Class with Wine
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Milan, Italy
- 3 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Don’t just eat Italian food on your Milan vacation, learn how to create it, too. This small-group cooking class puts the spotlight on two classic plates—fresh pasta and tiramisu—that are favorites of both locals and travelers alike. Take part in a lunchtime class to help your personal chef prepare dishes from scratch, while learning about Italian ingredients and the Milanese culture. Wine and soft drinks are extra perks.
- Enjoy a cooking class in convenient central Milan restaurants
- Experience the local culture through its food, with a hands-on activity
- Meet like-minded travelers in a small-group class, capped at 12 people
- Use new culinary skills to recreate fresh pasta and tiramisu at home
Sample Menu
Main
Fresh Pasta
Fettuccine with tomato sauce and ravioli ricotta and spinach with butter and sage with prosecco, red wine, white wine and non-alcoholic beverages.
Dessert
Tiramisu
What's Included
- LunchPasta and tiramisu with wine and soft drinks
- Tips
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Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- Not recommended for people with egg allergy
- Not recommended for Vegans
- Not recommended for Lactose Intolerants
- Not recommended for Gluten Intolerants/allergic
- PLEASE NOTE: We offer substitutes for people with allergies or food preferences, but the instructions will always focus on the traditional recipe (containing gluten, dairy and eggs). We cannot guarantee 100% free of cross contamination.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers
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You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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I had such an amazing experience at this cooking class! The wine was excellent, and the pasta we made was absolutely delicious. Francesco was AMAZING!! I can’t say any more good words about how fantastic he was. The class was not only fun but also very educational, I came away with a real understanding of Italian culture and traditions. It was the perfect balance of learning, tasting, and enjoying. Highly recommend!
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The hands-on experience immerses you into an old world Italian kitchen. The instructor is the consummate expert, detailed and an inspiring coach. Our food was amazing! We left with extreme pride, smiles and full stomachs. What a remarkable time!
Our printed materials sent us to the wrong address. This happened to at least two other groups as well.
The teaching part was fine and fun.
Then the dinner (we were each supposed to be eating the pasta we had made) was so slow. Many mixups later we were finally served. Our wine didn’t arrive until well after the entree. There didn’t seem to be enough staff.
It seemed unorganized. A disappointment.
Easy to follow directions and very fun! The food was great and I've used the recipe to do it again twice at home so far
Enjoyable well executed cooking class. Hands on with the perfect number of participants. Excellent chef, both knowledgeable and warm I. Her interactions.
The pasta-making class itself was a fun experience, but I felt the instructor could have been more engaging and encouraging. Unfortunately, I didn’t feel like we were taught very much throughout the class, and the instructor seemed more focused on pointing out what we were doing wrong rather than encouraging us and helping us improve. I think a more positive and hands-on teaching approach would have made the experience much more enjoyable.
Nourchen was friendly, knowledgeable, helpful, and very easy to work with.
Thoroughly enjoyed her cooking class.
Not worth it. Over priced. Event not as described. Didn’t even enter a kitchen, we only made the dough and didn’t learn anything about the sauces. Only one glass of wine. Saving grace was meeting other people but can definitely find better cooking classes.
Great experience, and recommend for anyone in Milan that has a spare night! We did 2 pasta dishes and a tiramisu, along with a glass of house wine
Our host was welcoming and friendly. She was organised and patiently talked us through each step. After making the pasta and tiramisu we were seated outside to dine with our fellow chefs to enjoy our efforts
Phenom experience! Too hot though and no air conditioning- be forewarned if you go during the hot summer months!
Outstanding! Our teacher/chef was personable, knowledgeable and entertaining!!! We thoroughly enjoyed this experience and highly recommend it! The restaurant was also very charming and welcoming! Kudos all around!
My daughter and a friend completed this cooking class today. They enjoyed themselves and the group they were with but said the lady running the class was very unfriendly and it made them feel very uncomfortable.
Amazing time! Highly recommended for anyone! The pasta was soooo goooood! Can’t wait to make it when I get home.
My partner and I still had an enjoyable morning overall. We were welcomed with a glass of Prosecco on arrival and enjoyed another glass of wine with lunch, which was a lovely touch. The pasta we ate was delicious, and it was nice meeting other travellers.
Unfortunately, the experience didn’t live up to what was advertised.
The itinerary states you’ll go “behind the scenes” to see how an authentic Italian restaurant is run, but we never set foot in the kitchen or learned anything about the restaurant itself.
The tiramisu section was particularly disappointing. Rather than learning to make it from scratch, the mascarpone mixture had already been prepared. We simply dipped the biscuits in coffee and assembled the layers. We weren’t shown how the mascarpone was made, weren’t given a recipe, and didn’t really learn anything that couldn’t have been found in a quick online search.
The pasta-making was enjoyable, but it also felt incomplete. The ingredients were already measured out for us, and although we made the pasta dough and shaped the pasta ourselves, we weren’t taught how to cook it or prepare the sauce. Once we’d finished, the staff took our pasta away, cooked it for us, and served it with a pre-made sauce. I was hoping to leave knowing how to recreate the entire dish at home, but instead I only learned one small part of the process.
The description also mentions learning the difference between pasta fresca and pasta secca, but this wasn’t covered during our class.
Our instructor was pleasant and helpful, but the class lacked enthusiasm and interaction. It felt more like she was taking us through the motions than sharing a passion for Italian cooking. A little more energy, storytelling and explanation would have made the experience much more engaging and memorable.
Overall, we still had a nice afternoon, enjoyed the food, and appreciated the social atmosphere. However, if you’re booking this expecting a genuine, hands-on cooking class that teaches you how to prepare authentic Italian dishes from start to finish, I think you’ll leave a little disappointed. The experience is enjoyable, but the advertising sets expectations that simply aren’t met. For the cost I’d definitely shop around for something more authentic.
The class was good and the pasta we made was delicious. The reasons for 4 out of 5:
1. The class is in the inside of a restaurant, not in the kitchen. Trying to hear the instructor over the noise of the restaurant was sometimes difficult.
2. The restaurant is not air conditioned. It was quite hot. Thankfully there were bottl s of water on the table.
3. We didn’t actually make tiramisu. The teacher made everything; we just constructed it. And her verbal delivery could have been a little better. For example she had this huge mound of mascarpone and just said “now I will add the mascarpone to the sugar and egg yolks.” It would have been nice if she explained what mascarpone was etc. My grandson looked at me and said “what’s mascarpone?”
4. The instructor never introduced herself to the group and the instructions were almost robotic. Luckily we had a great group so that made the experience more fun. At the end, while we were enjoying our pasta and wine, she just waved goodbye and left. It would have been a nice touch if she asked the group what we thought of our pasta etc. She may have had other things on her mind. She didn’t seem to have the personality of other cooking instructors I’ve had.
I was travelling solo in Milan for a long weekend so decided it might be fun to do a cooking class. It was interesting to learn more about Italian food and we got to prep two pasta dishes as well as making tiramisu. You don't actually cook the pasta (I guess it's not practical from a kitchen space perspective) but you do make the pasta from scratch. I enjoyed the class and the food was very tasty topped off with a nice glass of wine.
Great experience. My first time making pasta and tiramisu, and I must say it was very therapeutic! Thanks for having us :)
Great experience learning about pasta and tiramisu. Simple, well executed, and a delicious sauce afterwards.
This was a very fun filled experience! Nino was patient and explained why the recipe was done a certain way. We will be trying these recipes at home. Thank you!
We had such an amazing time, the chef was really kind and informative. She helped us when needed and encouraged along the way. After the making of the food, we all sat down and ate as one big family. We talked the entire time a got to know each other and where we were all from. I would definitely rebook this class again.
Fun! Decent instructions, a little repetitive and could use a little more actual hands on instruction during the pasta making. Food was delicious though!
Fun evening! Pasta we made was very good, nice texture, and a generous portion. Great set up and well run class.
We loved this class! We made two different types of pasta and a tiramisu! Our guide was so fun and it was so easy to follow along.
The experience was well worth doing. Great instruction on how to prepare pasta. The restaurant then cooked it, coated it in an authentic sauce and then we ate with some wine. What could be better.
So fun learning the basics of pasta and tiramisu! My 4 teenage boys said it was one of the highlights of our trip to Italy! Delish lunch!
We absolutely enjoyed our time at the restaurant learning how to cook pasta and tiramisu! We met some lovely people and just had a ball! Highly recommend if you like doing that sort of thing.
Fun experience! Easy to follow along and we were given such good guidance that we'll now be able to make our own pasta at home. Our instructor was helpful and personable. I took my 3 young adult children and they really enjoyed the experience.
After our pasta cooked, we sat with the class and ate together, such a unique experience.
I needed to find a shorter experience in Milan due to my travel schedule with my family. This was the perfect fit! My family truly enjoyed this activity and we all would highly recommended it. Ask for Shima and you won’t be disappointed. Her English is amazing and was so much fun.
We had a wonderful time at the pasta and tiramisu making class. Alba was just wonderful - so warm and friendly, as well as knowledgable and a great teacher! The whole group was really lovely too and we thoroughly enjoyed spending an evening together. The location of the Come Na Vorta is perfect by the canal and the whole experience was really excellent value for money. Couldn’t recommend it highly enough. Thanks!
This was an amazing experience. Alba, the instructor, is a sweetheart. She did a magnificent job and was incredibly patient. I attended this class with my adult children on Mother’s Day. We along with everyone else in the group, enjoyed this so much. We even celebrated the birthday of one of the ladies attending the class. The group that was taking the class with us were such nice people. They were from England, Australia and the US. By the end of the class, it felt like we were having dinner with our family. This was the best Mother’s Day I’ve ever celebrated.
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