Learn to make fresh pasta in a traditional Pasta Shop in Bologna

About this tour

Spend three hours in a working Bolognese pasta shop learning to shape and roll fresh pasta alongside two practised makers. You'll work through foundational techniques in a professional kitchen that feels approachable and unhurried, picking up methods passed down through generations. The workshop scales to your experience—whether you've never kneaded dough or cooked regularly—and wraps with a proper meal featuring what you've made.

Highlights

• Roll and shape pasta by hand in a functioning artisan workshop
• Learn from two experienced pasta makers working daily
• Techniques unchanged for centuries, still taught this way
• Dinner included with your fresh creations
• Personalised instruction regardless of cooking background

What to expect

You'll arrive at the shop and move straight into hands-on work. The two guides will demonstrate foundational moves—how dough feels, how to read it, how to coax it into sheets and shapes—then you'll have a go yourself. They'll watch, adjust your grip or pressure, nudge you toward the feel of it rather than rigid rules. There's time to ask questions and make mistakes. After a couple of hours, you'll sit down to eat what you've made alongside wine and other dishes. The space is a real workspace, not a classroom, so you're learning how it actually happens.

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