Traditional Pasta Making Class in Parma
Description
What makes this experience special? It happens in the heart of Parma—the Food Valley’s iconic city and a true home of fresh pasta. Meet us directly at the address provided (no train, no transfers) and join a real hands-on class : you’ll make pasta dough from scratch, shape different pasta styles, and craft handmade ravioli filled with carefully selected seasonal ingredients, using traditional techniques. Choose the option that fits you : • Pasta-making class only : cook together, then take home all the pasta you made. • Class + tasting : after cooking, enjoy a relaxed tasting of local products, a glass of wine, and homemade tiramisu. Small-group setting means personal guidance, plenty of tips you can reuse at home, and time to ask questions—while discovering why Parma’s cuisine is famous worldwide!! Authentic, flexible, and centered on sharing—this is Parma through its most iconic tradition.
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- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Reviews(14)
Fantastic experience. Brilliant, kind, supportive, professionally trained teacher. Wonderful venue. Great recipe and techniques taught. Fun all the way around.
They canceled this the night before via What’s App message and not through Viator. Claimed they will refund me. They did not refund me. Then, they claimed they contacted Viator to refund me, which they didn’t. I did not receive my refund until I personally contacted Viator with screenshots of text message evidence showing they canceled.
We would like to clarify that your refund was received within the timeframe established by Tripadvisor’s refund policy. The suggestion that we failed to refund you is therefore misleading. The refund process and processing times are clearly governed by the platform’s policies, which should be reviewed before booking and before making claims about a refund being withheld. Once the cancellation was processed, the refund was issued according to the applicable terms and timeframe.
Thank you to Virginia and her mum Nadia for a great pasta making class and dinner experience. Lovely setting in their home within a medieval village (about 40 min drive from Parma), a fun pasta making class for our family, followed by a lovely dinner on their rooftop terrace. We had such a great time! Highly recommended.
What a great day learning about pasta and truffles .. making pasta from scratch and creating amazing truffle ravioli and fettuchini in a beautiful setting!
My wife and I had a wonderful experience learning how to make pasta! We would absolutely do this again. Thank you to Virginia and Nadia for hosting us. We highly recommend this class!
This class is wonderful and Virginia is an excellent instructor! I have made traditional egg & flour pasta for a number of years, but her approach was a revelation! We were lucky to have done the class at her home in a beautiful Medieval village in the heart of the prosciuto production zone of Parma. After learning the simplicity of making the pasta we then made a variety of ravioli - the general term for filled pasta - in many shapes such as tortelloni, mezaluna and sun shapes. We also learned how to use a pasta press corectly and with half of the dough we also made the simple long pasta that is generally called tagliolini or ribbon pasta. Virgina along with her mother then prepared a delicious lunch with the ravioli and pasta that we prepared. Highly recommend this for its authenticity and her wonderful teaching style! If you can attend at her home, definitely choose that option as the atmosphere is just very special!
We signed up for a cooking class at $199 and it was canceled due to not enough people signing up. The class operator said the refund was issued but it never showed up on my credit card. I communicated with both Viator customer service and the class operator and was told by the operator it was refunded while Viator told me the operator refused to refund my money. I finally disputed this to my credit card company and it was my credit card company that refunded my money for me. I will never use Viator again based on them refusing to refund my money when they are the ones that canceled the class.
The refund was issued directly by me immediately after the cancellation, and you were also provided with screenshots clearly confirming that the refund had been processed. This shows that everything was handled transparently and in good faith on our side. For this reason, it’s a bit unfair to leave a negative review for a class you did not attend, especially when the issue was due to an unforeseen circumstance and the refund was correctly issued. That said, I do understand your frustration, and I’m sorry the experience did not meet your expectations.
Wonderful experience. Fun, great food and wine
Thanks so much, Virginia, for welcoming us in your mountain home for a cozy and relaxed pasta experience for my husband and our two daughters ages 9 and 12. There were also two other lovely Canadians in the class. We made two types of pasta, a ravioli stuffed with spinach (or herbs?) and ricotta and then a flat pasta. Everyone got a chance at kneading the dough, using the pasta machine, and cutting the ravioli. The kids were super into it and Virginia was calm and patient. She included everyone in the process. Then we sat down to a nicely set table (by Virginia’s mom) and we tasted an amazing vegetable/onion tart made by her, some local cheese, our delicious pasta and a tiramisu Virginia prepared just for us! We also had some sparkling wine! If you have the opportunity to do the class in Calestano-do it for the beautiful countryside and a sneak peek at a very picturesque village. This was a perfect family experience! One tip: Her place is small so just make sure your kids are actually interested in making the pasta and keen on the whole process from start to finish as there is not much room to run around.
This was the perfect way to spend part of the day in Parma. Virginia was an incredible teacher and made this such a special experience. I’d recommend this to anyone looking for a great lesson on pasta making and a delicious meal!
