What to do and see in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna: The Best Cooking Classes

June 15, 2021 Randal Brittian

While crowds of tourists fill Venice, Florence and Rome, Bologna remains relatively quiet in comparison. This medieval university town is charming, historic and fun to explore… and you'll find Bologna's local cuisine is light-years away from the American deli meat bearing the city's name.
Restaurants in Bologna

1. Bluone - Food and Wine Tours in Italy

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Bluone - Food and Wine Tours in Italy

Bluone is a family company based in Bologna. Since 1995 we have organized food and wine tours in Italy: We will take and guide you personally to Emilia Romagna, Umbria, Le Marche, Piemonte, Prosecco area, Puglia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia to taste the best local wines and the mouthwatering delicatessen in each region.

2. Taste of Italy

Via G Modena, 40127 Bologna Italy +39 347 155 0839 [email protected] http://www.taste-of-italy.com
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Taste of Italy

Italian cooking lessons in an Italian home! We are happy to teach you how to prepare authentic Italian dishes and although we are friendly, we are also quite serious about teaching you the right way to make these dishes and ensuring that you will be able to replicate these back home. Your success back home is our objective. We are professional and experienced but not stuffy or arrogant. Our specialty is pasta making, the old fashioned way; the way the Italian grandma's still make it (with a wooden rolling pin and board)! You will make several pasta shapes and sauces and won't miss anything! We also teach how to cook with local specialties like Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, Traditional Balsamic Vinegar, Bologna Mortadella and Prosciutto from Parma. We cook with fresh seasonal produce, meats, and seafood. Lessons are personalized and held in small groups (1-3, up to 6 if related or close friends) to assure plenty of one-on-one attention. Our hands-on cooking lessons are held in a home setting. No surcharge for single participants or private lessons. Discounts for children. Lessons available in English, Spanish or Italian.

3. Bologna Cooking School

Via Cesare Boldrini 6, 40121 Bologna Italy +39 334 232 4787 [email protected] http://www.bolognacookingschool.com
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Bologna Cooking School

A real Bolognese home cooking school in Bologna from "native Bolognesi." The better way for being able to appreciate the "Cucina Bolognese."

4. Taste Bologna - Bologna Food Tour

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Taste Bologna - Bologna Food Tour

Your most intimate introduction to Bologna food and culture. Walk through the historical shops and the places where food is excellence and stop to taste local delights hard to discover on your own.

5. Delicious Bologna - Bologna Food Tours

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Delicious Bologna - Bologna Food Tours

We offer a walking guided food tour in the city center of Bologna. You will discover the real essence of Bologna, the food, through several degustations of typical products in the best places of Bologna.

6. Traveling Spoon

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Traveling Spoon

Traveling Spoon provides travelers with private, authentic food experiences, from homemade meals to cooking classes and market tours, with local hosts in their homes.

7. Cook Italy

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Cook Italy

Latest Update: I am open for classes and market tours in Bologna as of August 2020! I have been running classes since 1999 and I plan to continue. I have always only taken very small groups and given the Covid -19 crisis, I guarantee you will only shop and cook with your family or travelling companions, not with people you don't know. For market tours and market shopping, we'll avoid narrow and crowded streets and still shop at some top purveyors for Bologna's renowned gastronomic products and its superb quality fresh produce. In my well-ventilated open space apartment, social distancing is easy and I will have ample supplies of medical masks and sanitising gels on hand for you. If you can't get (back) to beautiful Bologna just yet, then as you'll see from my Tripadvisor reviews, I am offering on line classes, both group demo classes and private classes tailored to your requests. Email me to enquire about the possibilities, I'll be waiting to hear from you. Carmelita

8. Emilia Delizia Food Tours

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Emilia Delizia Food Tours

Emilia Delizia wants to welcome you to Bologna and Parma with their incredible historic and food heritage, visitors will not be disappointed by Emilia Romagna with litterally hundreds of hidden treasures. Emilia Delizia is a company committed to introduce these treasures to the discerning visitors. Emilia Delizia organises private and group tours for those who want to discover how Parmesan cheese, traditional balsamic vinegar, Parma ham, culatello ham and Parma, Modena and Bologna's sparking wines. Emilia delizia also offers amateur cooking classes in Bologna such as fresh pasta making, meat and fish, bread, pizza, cakes and dessert, for who wants to discover this ancient tradition of good food. Patrons can also partecipate to wine tasting and food matching experience.

9. Il Salotto di Penelope

Via San Felice 116/g In Fondo Al Cortile A Destra, 40122 Bologna Italy +39 051 649 3627 [email protected] http://ilsalottodipenelope.it
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Il Salotto di Penelope

We are a cookign scool in a professional kitchen, we offer every day classes in the morning and in the afternoon for people who are interested in Bolognes and Italian food tradition. You prepare all recipes by scratch and enjoy the meal with what you made. The classes are by appointment

Reviewed By 742st_phanel

In October 2018, I had the pleasure of taking a cooking class with Valeria and Barbara, two wonderful ladies, passionate about their craft and equipped with a great sense of humour. The class itself is done in a very professional setting (large kitchen, big table easy to work on etc) but in a very relaxing ambiance. Their passion is contagious and you will not only acquire a skill but also learn to love making food from Emilia-Romagna. I highly recommend spending a few hours at the Salotto di Penelope and if time permits, take the market tour prior to the class. The tour provides you with very useful information on local products that you can use when you go back home. I am already planning my next visit....

10. Eatwith Bologna

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Eatwith Bologna

EatWith is the world’s leading community for authentic food experiences with locals, in 130+ countries. Through dinner parties, supper clubs, cooking classes, and food tours in private homes and special venues, EatWith connects hand-selected local hosts with travelers seeking unique, immersive food experiences.

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