Modena Food Lab (0059) is a cooking class in Centro Storico, Modena.
Editorially verified September 29, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Private tortellini classes are arranged at least 24 hours ahead, with mornings and weekends preferred; the dated group pasta courses often sell out early.
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.
3 hours
Learn to create the famous Pasta and Tiramisu at a local's home, guided by an expert cook. Savor these Italian classics with fellow enthusiasts.
Address: Viale Muratori 75/A, 41124 Modena
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.
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.
Maria Luisa Nicolini teaches fresh pasta in her home on Via Emilia Est in Modena: three hours rolling tagliatelle and tortelloni, then a meal of the pasta al ragù with Modenese starters.
TipRing 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.
