Cesarine: Dining & Cooking Demo At Local's Home In Bologna

Paola was fantastic! Very welcoming and kind. We are so appreciative that she adjusted her schedule to fit us in at the last minute. She gave us so many insights and helpful tips for making incredible pasta. She was very patient in helping us learn and refine the techniques that we will be able to take home and use for trying to make it on our own. She said we passed but have to come back for a follow-up next time we are in Bologna and possibly learn some more recipes 😀

My family and I scheduled this pasta class with high hopes and Paola did not disappoint! We entered her lovely home in the center of Bologna and felt welcomed and comfortable. Paola is learning English and had a translator with her who we also loved (thank you Agnese!). We were immediately put to work making tiramisu, pumpkin gnocchi and tagliatelle ragu. Paola had done quite a bit of preparation so everything was ready for us. She was organized, clean, and kept us all busy. We enjoyed the meal (which was so much food!) at her dining room table and stayed chatting for quite some time, never feeling rushed. It was a wonderful experience that I will not soon forget. We arrived home in the US and my teenagers asked if they could make "Paola's pumpkin gnocchi" this week. Paola was the perfect host and I would love to go back and learn more from her, she has so much knowledge. Paola, we will be back - next time lasagna and pizza dough! Grazie mille!!

Loved this experience! It was intimate and fun. Paola gave great guidance and the food we made together was delicious. Preparing our meal in a real Italian home kitchen/setting sets this experience apart from the other pasta making classes. We were treated like good friends but left as family. #WarmandElegantdiningexperience #Highlyrecommend #Wonderful #TwoPastasand Tiramisu #Fantastico

We thoroughly enjoyed both our meal and visit with Cesarine Margherita! We traveled to Italy to visit our college-aged daughter completing her semester studying abroad in nearby Florence. Bologna is a scenic town convenietly located nearby (40-minute train commute), and our Cesarine's lovely home was conveniently located in the heart of Bologna. We enjoyed an excellent four-course meal with tradional Bolognaise recipes (including the famous, delcious sauce!), and as we prepared and enjoyed our meal together with Margherita, we appreciated learning some fantastic cooking tips for Italian cuisine while learning more about Bologna and Italian traditions. I would highly recommend this experience to anyone, especially families, as our family will always cherish this very special and memorable Thanksgiving meal we celebated together with lovely Cesarine Margherita. Thank you & grazie!

Elena & her husband made us an absolutely amazing dinner! Delicious! Thank you very much for a most memorable evening. We enjoyed the food, wine & attention to detail.

Our experience with Paola was exceptional! In addition to her friendly welcome and charming manner, she is an excellent teacher who explains the steps behind pasta-making and the rationale behind them, clearly and confidently. We thoroughly enjoyed both the learning component (Lasagne with Homemade Green Pasta and Bolognese style Ragu and Bechamel Sauces) and the dining experience at Paola's well-appointed table. She even included lovely homemade treats and Lambrusco wine with the meal! As retired educators and avid home cooks ourselves, we felt very fortunate to have such a fun-loving and encouraging teacher as Paola!

Alessandra C., and this experience was excellent. Alessandra had an appetizer waiting for us with great wine. She was kind and patient when teaching us some new skills and explained the process of making the food while providing some history along the way. Her home was cleaned and all the food was delicious. I can't wait for my next trip to Bologna to cook with her again!

My husband and I had the most amazing time with Barbara and Paola! From the very first moment we met till the end, they made us feel at home. The food they prepared was so delicious!!! They even shared the recipes with us which was very kind. I totally recommend this activity to everyone 💯 💯 💯. Excellent!!! We are vey happy with this booking!

Taking a cooking class with Paola was a fantastic experience. This was our first class with a Cesarine hostess, and we were totally impressed. From the moment we arrived we knew this was going to be a terrific experience. Paola was lovely, and her home was beautiful. It was like visiting a friend. We loved every moment of cooking, loved everything we ate, and were totally impressed with the skills we learned. Paola's english was perfect, and she explained every step in a simple and understandable manner. The table was beautifully set, and Paola added her own touches to our food, to make the meal complete. I was pleasantly surprised when the tiramisu I made turned out perfectly! We look forward to our next Cesarine class, and would highly recommend this to others. A MUST DO when in Bologna.

Amazing experience! Food was delicious and Elena and her husband Saverio, were very kind and friendly. You can tell they have lot of experience delivering these classes and everything was very well organized. The house is beautiful and they have an awesome terraze. I definitely recommend it!

Surpassed our wildest expectations, charming home to learn to cook in, our host was so patient and sharing with her vast knowledge of cooking, in particular with the authentic Bolognese experience. We left feeling like family, and would recommend Oriana to anyone interested in taking a private cooking class, no matter what level of expertise. So grateful to have had this experience, and will fondly remember this day forever.

We very much appreciated the warm hospitality and delicious dinner at Paola’s home. Great demonstration of making pasta. I highly recommend this experience.

After the trip to Italy, I finally have time to provide my feedback to you about my dinner experience with your host Nicoletta Biroli. First of all, it's nothing like what we have expected, very disappointing! The hosting environment, the dinner area, is very small, no define dinning area, right in front of her kitchen. The weather was very hot (no fan or air conditioning), with mosquitos flying around. My daughter and I are very sensitive with strong reaction to mosquito bites. WE GOT MANY OF THEM THAT NIGHT. The food was terrible! She showed us what is on the menu, all area was cross out except appetizer, main course and dessert. For Appetizer, each of us were served a small spinach quiche. It was so small that I can finish in one bite. See attached picture. For dinner, we were served a plain Saffron Rosotto. For dessert, we were serve a personal size pear pie. She served us a bottle of wine which was a very cheep wine, as I can taste like vinegar. After couple of zips, my daughter immediately felt sick and having a strong headache, which is often caused by drinking low quality wines. We stop taking the wine immediately. We specially asked in the dinner reservation to have an English speaking host. She doesn't speak or understand a word of English. As such, we had a hard time communicating, only through Google Translate. This dinner experience was very unpleasant which is still lingering in our mind. I am not a person to write bad reviews and often choose to overcome bad impressions. However, I really want to bring it to your attention this time, as you may not aware of the details of each host's actual performance. I don't think this host should be qualified on your company's host list. For this bad experience, I want to ask you for the full refund of this dinner payment as you didn't deliver what you are promise to deliver. Please investigate this further and to honor our request.

Our beautiful host couple was lovely and very kind to our children and to welcome us into their home. We loved the pasta making demo - would have loved some tips on the rest of the meal it was so good! Best tiramisu I’ve ever had. Only downsides were our hosts kept ducking out for a cigarette and coming from a country where kids and smoking don’t mix, nor do smoking and food, this was very off putting. Also it was listed in the booking there was a bag and apron to take as a souvenir but we didn’t receive these. Overall a lovely family friendly experience. Couldn’t eat for the rest of the day!