Cooking classes

In Bologna to learn the rules of perfect pasta dough!

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Oriana

Bologna

Duration 3h

Max 8 guests

Spoken languages:  Italian and English

Small Group hands-on cooking class with 2 pasta recipes and tiramisù

Shared Experience
Your experience
  • Lasagna radicchio e stracchino
  • Tagliatelle (homemade pasta) with ragù
  • Tiramisu

I await you in the pulsating heart of Bolognese history and culture, in a part of the city center adored by both locals and tourists. The culinary experience I propose begins with a warm welcome: an aperitif to break the ice. Upon your arrival, you will be able to taste a selection of Parmigiano Reggiano accompanied by balsamic vinegar, to get closer to the authentic flavors of our land. During the cooking course, I will teach you the seven golden rules for preparing perfect pasta dough. Together we will learn how to create delicious lasagna with radicchio and stracchino, giving a creamy and light variant to the traditional baked lasagna recipe. Certainly, there will be tagliatelle, another pillar of our cuisine. And to finish another classic: tiramisu!

Total: €122.00

€145.00 €122.00 
per guest

€61.00 per child

Reviews
5.0
35 reviews
I had a great experience with Oriana, who proved to be an expert cook, a fantastic teacher, and wonderful, engaging host not only in her home but for the city of Bologna as a whole! I learned so much about local cuisine and customs, and had the best time doing it. Top notch all around, cannot recommend highly enough! Grazie Mille, Oriana...bravissima!! Greetings from Boston, SG

Simon - May 2025

Octavia is an amazing host and teacher. We thoroughly enjoyed the evening in a beautiful Italian apartment and brought back skills in pasta making and tiramisu preparation that we didn’t have before. Grazie mille, Octavia! From Bill & Jane, David & Joy, and Sherry & Taylor

Bill Jacobsen - May 2025

Oriana is a wonderful and lovely person, a great chef, a passionate teacher, generous and hospitable to open her home to us (17people) teaching us the love for the perfect pasta!! It was an amazing night full of Italian flavours and Oriana has been an amazing host - we all fell in love with her!

ANKE - November 2024

Oriana was great company & a great teacher-so generous and fun. We came away with so many tips on making authentic Bolognese dishes & delighted at being made so welcome in her home.

Edwina - November 2024

The cooking course was great. Oriana showed us and demonstrated the art of pasta with great enthusiasm and joy. She led our large group (15 people) well and we all had a lot of fun. We had assumed in advance that we would be making a tiramsu. In truth, it was not the case. Oriana prepared it and then we were able to eat it. This doesn't really matter, but it was still a bit disappointing. The timing wasn't that good either. According to the description, it would have been 3 hours. In the end, we were with Oriana for 4.5 hours. To sum up, it was an all-round successful evening and a very instructive course with lots of fun cooking.

Severin Schmidli - November 2024

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Oriana
Cesarina from 2018Location: Bologna    Languages: Italian and English
Oriana, our Cesarina, lives within walking distance of one of the most historically rich and picturesque places in Bologna, the Basilica di Santo Stefano.  Here, in one of the most beloved areas of the historic town, by both Bolognese and tourists, Oriana introduces us to her family: Salvatore, her husband, and their four children that they love to pamper by cooking them healthy meals, while passing on the family recipes. Oriana is originally from Naples, but living in Bologna, she has learned how to make sfoglia, the typical local pasta, and ragù alla Bolognese. She delights in choosing the best cuts of meat to prepare her excellent bollito, or boiled meat, and for the smallest of her daughters, a lover of tortellini, she cooks this local pasta strictly in meat broth.
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