Food & Wine Tours

Market, Cook and Dine in Bologna Centre

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Paola

Bologna

Duration 4h

Max 6 guests

Spoken languages:  Italian, English, French

Follow your Cesarina in a local market tour and challenge yourself with a hands-on cooking class

Private Experience
Your experience
  • Mortadella cream with traditional bread
  • Tagliatelle ith ragù
  • Traditional dessert from Bologna

With this experience, you'll get to join Paola, one of our Cesarine in the city center of Bologna, as she shops in a local market, watch her make typically Bolognese preparations, and sit down to dine on a three-course meal, served with local wine.

The experience start with a visit in the vibrant local market of Bologna.

Then you can enjoy an exclusive cooking demo and taste authentic Bologna recipes treasured in family cookbooks passed down by real Italian Mammas

After the course, immerse yourself in a private lunch or dining experience at Paola's home.

During the summer, you can enjoy the lunch or dinner in a faboulous garden. Local wine and coffe is included!

Total: €189.00

€189.00 
per guest

€94.50 per child

Reviews
5.0
77 reviews
We had such a fun night learning pasta making techniques and how to create light and perfectly sweet tiramisu from our warm and welcoming hostess Paola! She created an unforgettable experience for us and we would highly recommend adding a stop at her beautiful home to your Bologna itinerary!

Ed and Anne - May 2025

I attended the cooking class with my 13yo daughter, because we were both curious how the proper ragú al bolognese is prepared. With Paola not only we learnt two types of ragú but also two types of pasta. In her lovely house and beautiful kitchen she led us through the process with love and patience. She also prepared some delicious antipasto. Paola is a great cook, perfect teacher and really good companion for a chat, too. I hope, Paola had great time with us as we had with her. Thank you very much! Hope to be back soon for other delicious recipes. P.S. I have already cooked your ragú and tried the mortadella mousse. Marvelous! ❤️

Blanka - May 2025

How lucky of us to find Paola. It was the Saturday before Buona Pasqua and there on https://cesarine.com/en was the perfect menu that we were seeking for our Bologna cooking experience! What made it perfect? The chef, her menu, the location, the environment, the instruction, and the history of each item we prepared together. What a beautiful day we had with Paola in her lovely kitchen learning how to make “real” Bolognese sauce and creating beautiful pasta to serve it on. We had so much fun getting to know each other. All was capped off with a lovely lunch served in her beautiful home. We now have both the knowledge and understanding of what it takes to create what Bologna is so famous for. Paolo, thank you again for such a delightful day.

Marti e Robert - Florida, USA - April 2025

Abbiamo seguito un meraviglioso corso di cucina con una padrona di casa meravigliosa. Ci siamo divertiti moltissimo a cucinare con Paola e sicuramente torneremo per seguire un altro corso. Grazie mille.

Monika & Joachim - April 2025

It was an amazing experience. Paola was a wonderful host and was great at teaching us how to make the pasta and also shared the recipes. In addition, the tiramisu was really delicious. I would definitely recommed taking a class with Paola.

Lisa Elick - April 2025

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Paola
Cesarina from 2018Location: Bologna    Languages: Italian, English, French
Want to enjoy the finest flavours of one of the world’s most iconic cuisines, right at the city gates of Bologna?  You can! Paola lives at Porta San Felice, near Bologna’s original city walls.  Enjoy a special lunch and dinner during the summer in the garden of this gourgeous house in the city center of Bologna.
  In this tranquil location our Cesarina takes us on a journey through the flavours of Bologna’s local traditions, from mortadella to ragù alla bolognese. “I love cooking, because it brings together family traditions and the joy of sharing food with other people”.  
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