Market Tour and Cooking Class in Modena: Learn 3 Regional Recipes

You make three dishes from scratch in a home kitchen, not a cooking school.

A private cooking class in Modena where you shop the local market with a Cesarina home cook, then prepare three authentic regional recipes in her kitchen and eat them with local wines. The class runs 4.5 hours and includes all ingredients, utensils and instruction. Your guide speaks English or Italian.

The Experience

The morning starts at the vibrant local market with your Cesarina, who shows you where to find the ingredients for the day's recipes. You'll visit traditional food shops that locals use, learning what makes each ingredient matter for Modenese cooking. This is not a tourist walk. You're shopping for a real meal you'll cook in the next few hours, and your guide points out the seasonal produce and regional specialties that define the cuisine.

Back at the Cesarina's home, you move to the kitchen where each participant gets a full workstation with utensils and all the ingredients already measured out. Over the next few hours, you make a seasonal starter, fresh pasta (choose between tortellini, lasagna or tagliatelle), and a traditional Modenese dessert like torta Barozzi, zuppa inglese or tiramisu. Your host reveals the techniques and tricks that make each dish work, and you do the hands-on work (rolling, shaping, layering) rather than watching a demonstration. The class is small and private, so there's room to ask questions and adjust to your pace.

When everything is ready, you sit down to taste all three courses you've made, paired with a selection of local red and white wines. Water and coffee come with the meal. The Cesarina network operates across Italy with over 1,000 home cooks, so the experience is rooted in real domestic cooking, not a commercial kitchen.

What’s included

• Private guided market tour with a Cesarina home cook.
• private cooking class where you prepare three regional recipes.
• all ingredients and kitchen utensils.
• three-course meal of what you've cooked.
• local red and white wines.
• water and coffee.
• local taxes.

Days and timesDaily · 10:00

AgesAges 9+ · 4 to 8 years · Under 4 — Free

Meeting point and pickupNo pickup · ends where it startsMeeting point, per the operator: “This experience will be held in a local’s home. For privacy reasons, you will receive the full address of your Cesarina host after you have booked. We will cont…”

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24h before the start. After that, no refund.

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Operated by Cesarine: Cooking Class

Is this one for you?Book this class if you want to cook in a real home kitchen with a local host rather than in a commercial cooking school, and if you're comfortable with a morning market visit followed by several hours of hands-on work in the kitchen.

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Top questions

What languages is the guide in?

Live guide in English and Italian.

Can children come?

4 to 8 years; under 4, free.

What exactly do I cook during the class?

You make three dishes: a seasonal starter, fresh pasta (tortellini, lasagna or tagliatelle, depending on the day), and a traditional Modenese dessert such as torta Barozzi, zuppa inglese, rice cake or tiramisu. Your Cesarina chooses based on what's in season and available at the market.

Do I need cooking experience to join?

No prior experience is required. Each participant has their own workstation with all utensils and pre-measured ingredients, and your host teaches the techniques as you go. The class is designed for curious cooks of any level.

What's included in the price?

The class includes the private market tour, all ingredients and utensils, instruction from your Cesarina, the three-course meal you prepare, local wines, water and coffee, plus local taxes. You bring nothing but your appetite and willingness to cook.

How long does the whole experience take?

The class runs 4.5 hours from start to finish, covering the market visit, cooking instruction and the meal itself.

Is this a group class or private?

It's a private class, so it's just you and your Cesarina (or your group if you book for multiple people). You won't be joined by other travelers.