Cooking Class in Lucca: Make Pasta & Tiramisu with Mamma

You make the pasta instead of ordering it, and you eat what you cooked.

A 3-hour hands-on cooking class in Lucca where you learn two fresh pasta recipes and tiramisu from scratch in an Italian family home, then share a 3-course lunch or dinner with local wines and espresso. The class is led by a host from Cesarine, Italy's network of home cooks operating since 2004, and kept to a small group. A market tour option lets you shop for ingredients with your host before the class begins.

The Experience

You arrive at a local home in Lucca and step into a kitchen where an Italian Mamma walks you through making ravioli and tagliatelle by hand—two pasta shapes you'll shape and sauce yourself. The class runs three hours, and you work with real ingredients and kitchen equipment, not a demonstration you watch from a stool. Cesarine hosts are selected for their knowledge of regional recipes and their willingness to teach, so the pace moves at your speed and the focus stays on what you're actually making, not on performing for a group.

If you book the market option, you'll go shopping first with your host to pick out the best local ingredients before heading to the kitchen. That adds context to what you're cooking—you see where things come from and what matters when you're choosing them. Without the market tour, you start straight in the kitchen with everything ready.

Once the pasta is shaped and the tiramisu is assembled, you sit down to eat. The meal is a full 3-course lunch or dinner with local wines, water, soft drinks for kids if needed, and Italian espresso at the end. You're eating what you made, alongside the host and the small group—usually other travelers who showed up for the same reason you did. Public transportation stops are nearby if you need to get back to your hotel.

What’s included

• All ingredients and kitchen equipment.
• apron.
• 3-hour hands-on instruction in two pasta recipes and tiramisu.
• 3-course lunch or dinner.
• local wines.
• water and soft drinks.
• Italian espresso.

Good to know

Public transport nearby

Operated by Cesarine: Cooking Class

Is this one for you?You'll roll up your sleeves in a local Lucca kitchen, make fresh pasta and tiramisu from scratch, and share a meal with your new friends and your Italian host family.

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Top questions

Can I choose which pasta shapes to make in the Lucca cooking class?

Ravioli and tagliatelle are the two recipes you'll learn, and the pasta shapes can vary according to your preferences, so you have some say in what you're making.

What's included in the meal after the cooking class?

A 3-course lunch or dinner with local wines, water, soft drinks for children, and Italian espresso are all included; you eat what you've cooked together with your host and the group.

Is the market tour part of every cooking class in Lucca, or is it optional?

The market tour is optional—you can add it on to shop for ingredients with your host before the class, or start directly in the kitchen if you prefer.

How many people are usually in the group for this cooking class?

The class is kept to a small group so the host can give proper attention to everyone learning and making the pasta and tiramisu.

What language does the host speak?

The host leads the class in English or Italian, depending on the group.

Do I need to bring anything, or is all the equipment provided?

Ingredients, kitchen equipment and an apron are all provided for the class—you just bring yourself and your appetite to cook and eat.