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Eleonora e Federico

Cesarina from 2025

My speciality: Tortelloni

I live in: Bologna

Spoken languages: Italian, English, Spanish, French

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I offer vegetarian alternatives
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Eleonora e Federico

We cook dishes from the Bolognese and Romagnola tradition, but we also love to be inspired by other cuisines, which make our table more lively and flavorful. Tradition is our certainty, imagination the means to reinvent it. In our kitchen, seasonality guides the senses, and the search for harmony on the plate is often a topic of discussion between us, as we have shared a passion for good food for forty years — a passion that started in a restaurant!We inherited our love for cooking from our families: Eleonora from her mother, a painter, and her grandmother, a passionate homemaker; Federico from his grandmother, a master of lasagna and crème caramel, his father in passatelli, and the “dada” in the world’s best roast beef.For ten years we ran a shop-laboratory in the center of Bologna, where tradition and creativity met under the porticoes amid aromas, chatter, and the curiosity of passersby and tourists.

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My specialities

  •  Bolognese lasagna
  •  Tortelloni
  •  Rice savarin

Experiences

Reviews

5.0
23 reviews
We had a wonderful time in our class! They were wonderful hosts! We got to choose to make certain pasta dishes and then enjoy them on their wonderful back terrace in what is just a most beautiful and quaint neighborhood! We got to experience a piece of Bologna we never would have without them! Can not recommend this enough to anyone who is from beginner to food/cooking enthusiast! It was fun, informative, and delicious!

E and C - 

Super nice hosts, we learned a lot and are super thankful for the nice evening we had!

Lukas Greber - 

We were welcomed into the beautiful home of Eleanora and Frederico and had an exceptional experience. The cooking class was really enjoyable. The food we prepared fabulous. The passion of our hosts to food was inspiring. This was one of our favourite activities for our 2 weeks in Italy. I recommend highly. Thank you for such a memorable day.

Susan and Jemma - 

Eleonora & Federico were fabulous hosts making our cooking class very memorable. We can’t thank them enough for the warm hospitality we received. We enjoyed the class which was not only very informative but also relaxed. We can’t recommend Federico & Eleonora highly enough!! Again thank you so much Federico & Eleonora!!

Dennis - 

What an absolute treat this was! This experience needs to be on the top of your list when in Bologna. Frederico and Eleonora we next level hosts. Right balance of history, local perspective on ingredients and educational cooking experience. When you are in their home you are not friends, you are family.

Ben - 

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