Bergamo Pasta & Tiramisu Class: Hands-On Cooking with Cesarina

Make two kinds of pasta and tiramisu in a Bergamo home, then eat what you cooked

A small-group cooking class in Bergamo where you learn to roll fresh pasta by hand, make two iconic pasta types from scratch, and prepare tiramisu in a Cesarina's home. The class runs three hours with a maximum of 12 people, includes an Italian aperitivo with prosecco and nibbles, and ends with tasting everything you made. A live guide speaks English or Italian.

The experience

You arrive at a Cesarina's home in Bergamo: one of the network's carefully selected local hosts who opens her kitchen to teach you family cooking secrets. The class starts with an Italian aperitivo: prosecco and nibbles to settle in. Then you move to the counter and learn to roll 'sfoglia', the fresh pasta sheet, by hand. Your host walks you through the motion and the feel of the dough, showing you how to work it thin enough to see light through it.

From there you make two different pasta types: one filled, one fresh, each with its own technique and its own reason for existing in Italian cooking. You're not watching a demonstration. You're doing the work, your hands in the dough, learning the small adjustments that separate a sheet that tears from one that holds. Then comes tiramisu, the iconic dessert that ends almost every Italian meal. You layer the mascarpone, dip the ladyfingers, dust the cocoa, and by the time you're done you've made something that tastes like you've been cooking Italian food your whole life.

The class wraps with a tasting of everything you prepared, paired with wine and coffee. You leave with the recipes and the muscle memory of how to do this at home. The group stays under twelve people, so there's room to ask questions and to watch your host's hands close enough to learn from them.

What’s included

• An Italian aperitivo with prosecco and nibbles to start.
• instruction in rolling fresh pasta by hand and making two pasta types and tiramisu.
• all ingredients and equipment.
• a tasting of the dishes you made, paired with wine and coffee.
• water throughout the class.

Options for this experience

2 options

Class on making pasta and tiramisuGuide in English or Italian · 10:00

Pasta and tiramisù making, followed by dinnerGuide in English or Italian · 17:00

You pick the guide language when booking.

You see the exact price of each option when you check availability.See dates & prices

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDepartures at 10:00 and 17:00

Book up to10h before

AgesAdult (9 and older) · Child (4 to 8 years) · Infant (under 4): free

GroupUp to 12

Live guideEnglish and Italian

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled if the minimum number of travelers isn't reached. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

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Operated by Cesarine: Cooking Class

Is this one for you?The small-group format means you cook alongside others who share your interest in Italian food, so you pick up techniques by watching your host and asking questions as you work. If you want the class to continue into a shared meal with the group, book the option that adds dinner after the tasting.

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Top questions

What languages is the guide in?

Live guide in English and Italian.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (4 to 8 years); Infant (under 4): free.

What exactly do I learn to make in this class?

You learn to roll fresh pasta by hand, make two different pasta types (one filled and one fresh) from scratch, and prepare tiramisu. The class ends with a tasting of all three dishes you've made, paired with wine and coffee.

How many people will be in the class with me?

The class is small group, with a maximum of 12 people. You'll cook together in the Cesarina's home kitchen, so there's room to ask questions and watch your host demonstrate techniques up close.

What's included in the three hours?

The class includes an Italian aperitivo at the start (prosecco and nibbles), all the instruction and ingredients for the pasta and tiramisu, the tasting of everything you made, and wine and coffee to finish. Water is also provided throughout.

Will I have time to eat what I make, or is it just a taste?

You taste everything you've cooked at the end of the class, paired with wine and coffee. If you book the Pasta and Tiramisù + dinner option, the tasting extends into a full meal with your host and the other guests.