Italian Cookery Course is a cooking class in Bologna.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Book a week ahead online; the classes run Tuesday to Saturday 10:00-14:00 and the group is capped at 8.
Address: Via Galliera 27/A, 40121 Bologna BO
Casa Artusi in Forlimpopoli, 30 minutes from Bologna by train, is the cooking museum and school in Pellegrino Artusi's hometown, running hands-on classes.
Tip: Book three weeks ahead online; the classes run weekend mornings 09:30-14:00 and include the museum entry.
La Vecchia Scuola Bolognese is the city's most-cited sfoglia school, founded 1993 by Alessandra Spisni, with hands-on tortellini and tagliatelle classes.
Tip: Book three weeks ahead online; the classes run Monday to Saturday and the morning session is the most popular at 90 euros.
Cesarine Bologna is the network of Bolognese home cooks teaching the sfoglia pasta tradition in their own kitchens, with hands-on tortellini and tagliatelle.
Tip: Book a fortnight ahead online; each class is hosted in a different home and includes a long Bolognese lunch with the host.
Bluone Cooking Classes in Bologna's Centro Storico is the small-group cooking school from Lori De Mori, with hands-on sfoglia, tortellini-folding and ragu.
Tip: Book three weeks ahead online; the classes run Tuesday to Saturday 09:30-14:30 and the group is capped at 6.
Italian Days Cooking Class in Bologna runs the half-day hands-on tortellini-and-tagliatelle classes at the Hotel I Portici, with the sfoglia rolling lesson.
Tip: Book a fortnight ahead online; the classes run Monday to Saturday 09:30-14:00 and the group is capped at 12.
Bologna Cooking School in the Centro Storico is the small-room cooking school with hands-on classes in Bolognese pasta, ragu and lasagne, plus a daily.
Tip: Book a week ahead online; the classes run Tuesday to Sunday and the group is capped at 10. English-speaking instructors.
