
3 hours
Modena: Fresh Pasta Cooking Lesson
Take a traditional cooking lesson in Modena and make fresh pasta with a local cook in a welcoming setting.
Fresh pasta lesson with Maria Luisa Nicolini is a cooking class in San Lazzaro, Modena.
Editorially verified September 29, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Ring Nicolini at Via Emilia Est 163 and take stair B; her assistant Ilaria helps at the lesson, and cancelling up to a day ahead is free.

3 hours
Take a traditional cooking lesson in Modena and make fresh pasta with a local cook in a welcoming setting.

5 hours
Tour the vibrant local markets and immerse yourself in a private cooking class in a local home with a certified Italian home cook. You can learn local recipes before t...

3 hours
Have a fresh pasta cooking class, in a local home, with a certified home cook. Learn local recipes and taste everything you make with wine included.
Address: Via Emilia Est 163, 41121 Modena
Modena Food Lab on Viale Muratori teaches the Modenese sfoglia by rolling pin, then tortellini, tortelloni and tagliatelle, tasted with a glass of Lambrusco, plus a calendar of evening courses.
TipPrivate tortellini classes are arranged at least 24 hours ahead, with mornings and weekends preferred; the dated group pasta courses often sell out early.
Il Tortellante, the Modena workshop where young people with autism make fresh pasta by hand, including tortellini for Bottura's restaurants, opens sessions for visitors to fold alongside them.
TipThe April 2026 volunteer-day session was booked by email or WhatsApp; the Bottega on Via Borelli sells the tortellini Tuesday to Saturday.
Tenuta del Cigno, the Malpighi family farm on Modena's southern edge, runs a tortellini master class with a Lambrusco welcome and a walk through the old balsamic lofts before the pasta.
TipBook through Acetaia Malpighi's tourism office on +39 059 467725; a class needs a minimum group, usually four to six people, before it runs.