Piedmont, hands-on
In Turin you usually learn to make fresh pasta where it has been made for generations: in local people's kitchens. Here you'll find the bookable classes in the city and the surrounding area – with dishes, duration, languages and who they suit.
from€129.00per person
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Cooking classes in Turin are almost always small-scale. You won't find big cookery schools with dozens of places on the booking platforms – instead you cook with just a few other guests or completely privately.
Three formats are common:
At the end you eat what you've cooked. Water and wine are included in most classes – exactly what's included is listed for each option below.
All the classes in the city and the surrounding area that you can book online. Every one of them is offered in English.
| Class | What you cook | Duration | Languages | Price from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasta & tiramisu with locals (Turin) | Hand-made pasta dough, 2 types of pasta, tiramisu | 3 hrs | Italian, English | €129.00 |
| Cooking class with Matteo and Ivan (Turin) | Tagliatelle, tajarin, trenette, ravioli or risotto, tiramisu | 3 hrs | English, French, Spanish, Italian | €95.00 |
| Tagliatelle & Tiramisu Express (Turin) | Tagliatelle with ragù, tiramisu | 2.5 hrs | English, Spanish, French | €58.50 |
| Pizza & tiramisu (Turin) | Wood-fired pizza, tiramisu | 3 hrs | English, Spanish, French, Italian | €70.00 |
| Private pasta class (Turin) | 3 pasta recipes from Piedmont | 3 hrs | English, Italian | €145.00 |
| Private cooking class (Turin) | 3 regional recipes | 4 hrs | English, Italian | €145.00 |
| Market + meal with a Cesarina (Turin) | Market visit, cooking demonstration, 4-course menu | 4 hrs | English, Italian | €139.00 |
| Pasta class at a winery (Villarbasse) | Egg-dough tagliatelle, wine tasting, lunch | 4 hrs | English, French | €108.00 |
| Cooking class in Dogliani (Langhe) | Vegetable flan, tajarin, bonèt | 3 hrs | Italian, English, Spanish | €115.00 |
| Cooking class with wine pairing (Langhe) | Agnolotti, braised dish, desserts | Day option | English, French, Italian, Spanish | €169.00 |
| Agnolotti & tiramisu (Asti) | Fettuccine, agnolotti, tiramisu | 3 hrs | English, Italian | €138.00 |
| Market + cooking class (Alba) | Market visit, 3 courses based on what's at the market | 6 hrs | English, French, Italian, Spanish | €195.00 |
Duration, languages and dishes according to the product pages on 1 October 2026. Live prices, per person.
The classic: you knead the dough yourself, roll it out and cut or fill it. There's usually a tiramisu and a glass of wine too.
You learn to roll out the "sfoglia" – the thin pasta dough – by hand and turn it into two types of pasta. Then you make a tiramisu. You start with an aperitivo of prosecco and nibbles, and the meal comes with water, wine and coffee. The class takes place at a host's home in Turin; you receive the address after booking. Languages: Italian, English. Not suitable for wheelchair users.
from €129.00
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In their flat, Matteo and Ivan show you fresh pasta in various shapes – tagliatelle, tajarin, trenette and ravioli – or risotto, plus tiramisu. Depending on the weather you cook indoors or on the terrace. Maximum 8 participants, recipes to take home. Meeting point: Corso Belgio 71 in Turin. Languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian. Not for children under 12.
from €95.00
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The shorter option with a maximum of 4 participants: you make tagliatelle from flour and eggs and eat them with slow-cooked ragù. To start there's tomino cheese with "bagnetto rosso", a red Piedmontese sauce, and to finish, your tiramisu. Local wine and water are included. Languages: English, Spanish, French.
from €58.50
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Just for you and your companions: at a host's home in Turin you learn three pasta recipes from Piedmont and then taste them, with water, wine and coffee. Good if you want to keep it to your family or as a couple. Languages: English, Italian.
from €145.00
Details & bookingAccording to the product pages, all four classes can be cancelled free of charge up to 24 hours in advance.
Many classes in Turin are run through the Cesarine, a network of hosts who teach in their own kitchens. For you, that means:
If you'd rather know in advance where you're going, choose the class with the fixed meeting point on Corso Belgio.
Two private options from the Cesarine: a classic cooking class and a market visit followed by a meal at the host's home.
Four hours with a host in their kitchen: you cook three regional recipes and taste local red and white wines with them. Minimum 2 people. You agree the menu with the provider after booking. Languages: English, Italian.
from €145.00
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You go to a market in Turin with your host and learn how to spot good produce. Then, in her kitchen, she shows you how she finishes one of the dishes – this is a demonstration, not a hands-on class. Afterwards there's a seasonal 4-course menu with wine and coffee. Languages: English, Italian.
from €139.00
Details & bookingAccording to the product pages, both options can be cancelled free of charge up to 24 hours in advance.
The market at Porta Palazzo would be the obvious place to shop before cooking. However, the big booking platforms currently have no class that explicitly shops there: the market visit with a Cesarina above doesn't name the market.
Our tip: go there on your own before or after your class. Everything about the market is on our page about the Porta Palazzo market. For a true market and cooking day, head to the Langhe: the class in Alba starts with a market visit (see below).
Shorter or more relaxed alternatives if it doesn't have to be pasta.
With the same team of hosts as the Corso Belgio class: you prepare the dough, choose your toppings and bake your pizza in the wood-fired oven. You also make a tiramisu; beer or wine is included. Can be booked as a private group. Languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian. According to the provider, not suitable for people with food allergies.
from €70.00
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One hour at Alberto Marchetti's gelateria on Piazza CLN: the gelato makers show you how they measure the ingredients and make the gelato every day. You taste the fresh flavour and take a tub away with you. Maximum 10 participants; the room is in the basement and can only be reached by stairs. Languages: English, Italian.
from €28.00
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45 minutes at the Choco-Story chocolate museum: with a chocolatier you make pralines and small bars, then visit the museum with an audio guide. From age 7; children aged 7 to 12 only with adults. Languages: Italian, English, French. More about Turin's chocolate on our page chocolate, Bicerin & cafés.
from €39.00
Details & bookingAccording to the product pages, all three options can be cancelled free of charge up to 24 hours in advance.
You'll learn the typical Piedmontese dishes – tajarin, agnolotti, bonèt – mainly in the countryside. These classes take place on site; you arrange your own travel from Turin, except for the class in Alba, which includes a transfer to the market and the kitchen. If you're spending a day in the Langhe and the Barolo area or in Alba anyway, a class fits in nicely.
At a winery in Villarbasse, west of Turin: after a walk through the vineyard and cellar and a wine tasting, you make egg-dough tagliatelle to grandma's recipe and eat them for lunch or dinner. Languages: English, French.
from €108.00
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At the Assiolo Relais near Dogliani, surrounded by the vineyards of the Langhe: with a professional chef you prepare three courses, such as a vegetable flan, tajarin and bonèt. Everyone has their own cooking station, maximum 8 participants. Followed by lunch or dinner with wine. Languages: Italian, English, Spanish.
from €115.00
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A class in the Langhe near Castiglione Falletto: a chef shows you hand-made agnolotti, a braised dish and desserts, with wine from the Barolo area for each course. Recipe booklet included. Languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish.
from €169.00
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In Asti you make fettuccine, Piedmontese agnolotti with black truffle and tiramisu – by hand and with a pasta machine. Then you eat together, with Piedmontese wine or soft drinks. Apron and recipe booklet included. Languages: English, Italian. Not for children under 6.
from €138.00
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A whole day as a private group: you go to the market with a private chef, do the shopping and then cook three courses, which you eat for lunch. Transport, cookware and recipes as a PDF are included; alcoholic drinks and truffles are not. Languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish.
from €195.00
Details & bookingAccording to the product pages, all five classes can be cancelled free of charge up to 24 hours in advance.
You'll come across these names in class descriptions and on menus in Turin. Italian cuisine has been on the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage since December 2025.
Small filled parcels of egg pasta, usually with a meat filling. "Plin" means pinch: the dough is pressed together between thumb and fingers. Classically served with roast gravy or with butter and sage.
Very thin ribbon noodles made from egg dough, bright yellow thanks to all the eggs. Typically served with a meat sauce or with butter and white truffle from Alba.
Piedmont's best-known spoon dessert, a pudding with cocoa and amaretti biscuits. In dialect also spelt "bunét".
Slow-cooked veal in thin slices with a creamy sauce of tuna, egg yolk, anchovies and capers – a classic starter.
A hot sauce of garlic, anchovies and oil, into which you dip seasonal vegetables.
Various boiled meats served with sauces, such as the typical green sauce "salsa verde".
On a food tour of Turin you sample chocolate, antipasti, wine and vermouth at several stops in the city centre – without having to stand at the stove yourself.
Yes, all the classes you can book online are offered in English, many also in Italian, French or Spanish.
Classes in the city usually last 2.5 to 4 hours, including the meal. The market and cooking day in Alba lasts around 6 hours. The gelato show-cooking is over after one hour.
With the Cesarine you cook in a host's flat in Turin, and you get the address after booking. Matteo and Ivan's class takes place at Corso Belgio 71. The classes outside the city are held in Villarbasse, Dogliani, near Castiglione Falletto, in Asti and in Alba.
A class in the city that explicitly mentions agnolotti can't be booked at the moment. Agnolotti are on the programme of the class with Barolo pairing in the Langhe and the class in Asti. In Turin, the Corso Belgio class teaches you ravioli and tajarin.
It depends on the class: at Corso Belgio from age 12, in Asti from 6, at the chocolate workshop from 7. With the Cesarine's private classes you cook as your own group – it's best to clarify the children's ages directly when booking.
There is no explicitly vegetarian class. The hosts do, however, ask you to let them know about dietary requirements and allergies in advance. Mention this right when you book.
In most cases, yes: wine, water and often coffee are included. The pizza class comes with beer or wine. On the market and cooking day in Alba, alcoholic drinks are not included.
According to the providers, all classes on this page can be cancelled free of charge up to 24 hours before the start.
None that explicitly names the market can currently be booked online. The market visit with a Cesarina takes you to a market in Turin without naming it in advance. You can easily visit Porta Palazzo market on your own.
In a cooking class you cook yourself. On the market visit with a Cesarina you watch the cooking and then eat a 4-course menu – it's more of a meal with a demonstration than a class.