Team Building Activity: The Ultimate Pasta-Making Competition

Name: Team Building Activity: The Ultimate Pasta-Making Competition
Brand: Classpop!
SKU: 30020-competitive-pasta-making-challenge
Price: 69.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.3658536585366 (41 reviews)

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Dive into the world of fresh pasta in this hands-on team building activity. Under the guidance of Chef Deanna, you'll learn how to prepare authentic pasta from scratch and flavorful sauces to pair with it.

To begin the class, you'll learn the time-honored recipe to make homemade pasta dough using flour, eggs, olive oil and salt. Then, you'll master the technique to knead the dough and shape it into pasta noodles. As the pasta cooks, transform crushed tomatoes into a classic marinara sauce flavored with onions, garlic, basil and oregano. You'll also learn how to make a creamy Alfredo sauce with heavy cream, butter and Parmesan cheese. Finally, break into groups to test your culinary skills and improve communication and collaboration as you work together to make a unique pasta dish by mixing in ingredients like chicken, sausage and mushrooms.

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Pasta Dough

With flour, egg, olive oil, salt and water

Marinara Sauce

With crushed tomatoes, onion, garlic, basil, oregano and salt

Alfredo Sauce

With heavy cream, garlic, butter, Parmesan cheese and flour

Various Mix-in Ingredients

With chicken, sausage, shrimp, mushroom, spinach and more

Cooking classes on Classpop! are designed to be fun, social events. Feel free to purchase wine or beer at the venue to enjoy during the class.

Minimum Guests 10
Maximum Guests 50
Event Duration 2 hours
This is a BYOB venue and alcoholic beverages are not available for sale. You are welcome to bring beer and wine to enjoy during class.

Reviews Guests Left For Other Experiences

Gail

11 Jan 2026

Chef Deanna was great and making the pasta was fun but I agree with the other reviews that said the class was too crowded. I think there were 23 of us in a very small room. Four people to a table that was about 3” long and 2” wide. Only 2 pots of water for cooking the pasta and two pasta rollers for thinning and cutting the pasta. There was a lot of waiting.

Deanna

09 Jan 2026

We had such a great time. Chef Deanna and her cute little assistant made the experience perfect.

Cheryl

09 Jan 2026

We had so much fun and our meal was delicious!!!

Stephanie

08 Jan 2026

great fun class

Mario

18 Dec 2025

Was a blast

Yash

18 Dec 2025

It was amazing!!

Bren

15 Nov 2025

Great class! Chef Deanna is a great instructor - very patient and positive! Very fun and delicious!

Michelle

07 Nov 2025

Fun experience!

Kathy

06 Nov 2025

Chef Deanna gave a one-of-a-kind pasta experience. Whenever we needed help, she was there, guiding and explaining her seasoned culinary methods. She was very personable and taught us many cooking tips to bring home. I would love to be taught by her again in the future. I feel very confident in making home made pasta with my husband now!

Tanner

21 Oct 2025

Did not say it was a couples class. Had to share my cooking station with a random person and cook with them.

Sue

21 Oct 2025

The experience was truly fun. The pasta dish was really good. I do feel that because of the cost per person for the class, a complimentary bottle of wine per couple would have been nice.

Bianca

16 Oct 2025

Great class and she showed us how easy making pasta could be. She handled the large class well and had options for us to make the dishe our own with seasonings, vegetables and lemon. I enjoyed learning a new skill. I was solo but the couples seemed to really enjoy cooking together. I will look for future classes to try another dish.

Stacy

26 Sep 2025

Was a great class with a great instructor! Linda was a great assistant 🙂

Shiro

25 Sep 2025

So much fun and my meal was delish! Can't wait to teach my nephews and nieces.

Julie

09 Aug 2025

Very enjoyable evening! We learned a lot of great tips on cooking the pasta and sauce from Chef Deanna. Highly recommend!

Christine

31 Jul 2025

Chef Deanna was awesome! She’s an amazing chef & willing to share her cooking skills with all of us. We never made homemade pasta before & we did it. Our bolognese sauce & pasta were very tasty. Great venue at Grape Vine Springs Winery.

Gaither

31 Jul 2025

Oh what a great experience this was!!! Will definitely sign up for a future class; you should too 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

Margot

05 Jul 2025

My husband and i enjoyed this class. As we followed Chef Deanna's directions, she was readily available to help us when needed. Delicious dish with extra dough to take home for a second meal. Glad not all 20 showed up as the room was already crowded with the 16 present that night.

Roger

27 Jun 2025

We received the class as a gift, otherwise would have never known about Chef Deanna. We drove an hour, one way, to the class but it was worth it. She did an excellent job!

Dawn

26 Jun 2025

We had a great time making pasta! Chef Deanna was very friendly and helpful to everyone. She had the class down, keeping everyone busy.

Muriel

29 May 2025

We really enjoyed cooking with chef Deanna. We learned a lot and the result was amazing.

Lori

20 Feb 2025

Fun class and made some yummy pasta. At times it was a bit chaotic, probably too many people in the class. Chef had it all well laid out and explained all the steps.

rene

16 Feb 2025

Class was great, but there were so many people that there was a long wait at stations, and it felt like the chef was trying to be in too many places at once. Also, maybe another location would be more accommodating since the breakers kept tripping.

Aaron

16 Feb 2025

Very great class! Loved Diana great personality , she made it easy and fun!!!

Polo

16 Feb 2025

Not worth the price. No protein or sauce involved. No seating area to eat. Breakers kept going out due to all the electric heating plates being plugged into one outlet... Host was not a good vibe and did not explain gracefully the process. Not enough tools for everyone at once. Long waiting times for some. Eating on plastic and styrofoam at the end... not good. Not quality.

Erik

16 Feb 2025

Great class chef Deanna has a wealth of knowledge and was happy to help us every step of the way. It was a great date night!

michael

14 Feb 2025

Super fun night. We learned a lot of new tricks and techniques to making pasta. And it was best pasta I've had. I would recommend to any and all to do this class. We will be making pasta at home in near future.

Lisa

13 Feb 2025

What a great class! My husband and I had a great time learning to make pasta bolognese. Chef Deanna was fabulous!

Arlene

11 Feb 2025

It was a great class, the people were warm, and Chef Deanna worked the room so that everyone would understand at every step.

Janelle

09 Feb 2025

Loved it!

Matt

19 Jan 2025

Class was terrible, awful and not even close to worth the money. Lady who ran the class didn’t have enough equipment for everyone. It felt like we were taking a cooking class in a 3rd grade class room. Very little instruction and education was given. Lots of down time. And no snacks! Everyone in the class was starving. Couldn’t the instructor have brought bread or even bar snacks. Have to buy your own drinks so not sure what you get for the money. We ended up leaving early.

Ashley

19 Jan 2025

Chef Deana is amazing! This was so fun.. my wife and I had a blast learning a new, super tasty recipe we will definitely cook at home. 10/10 recommend for couples who love to step outside their comfort zones!

John

19 Jan 2025

Overall good experience. Great atmosphere and the chef was very knowledgeable and personable. Only complaint would be equipment. Not enough of everything for all stations.

Erica

06 Jan 2025

While I enjoyed learning how to make pasta…the experience pretty much ended there for me. The space was extremely small for the 20 of us there. She didn’t have enough equipment, the 2 hour class took 3 hours because of it. She wasn’t ready on time with class started. I don’t feel like enough food was there. I honestly wouldn’t do this again with her, I MIGHT be willing to try class pop again but with like WWWAAAAYYY less people.

Kei

02 Jan 2025

Chef Deanna was both knowledgeable and encouraging throughout the entire class. She offered detail oriented techniques and reassurance of satisfaction. I had no idea what to expect while taking this course but it all was worth it. I cam with the idea of having a good time and I left with that and great memories. I most definitely would take another class with Chef Deanna!

Nina

30 Aug 2024

Chef Deanna was amazing, fun and very knowledgeable! The meal was incredible!!!!!

Melanie

02 Aug 2024

What a fun class! We had fun getting out and learning something new. We can hardly wait to practice making some pasta. Thank you Chef Deanna! That was such a well constructed class!

Emma

17 May 2024

This class was a gift from my daughters for Mother’s Day and we thoroughly enjoyed it! You could tell Deanna is very knowledgeable and has had a great deal of experience as a chef. It was a lot of fun and so enjoyable to eat something so tasty! Thanks for a wonderful class, Deanna🩷 From Tanya and Emma

Margaret

04 Apr 2024

I really enjoyed our class with Chef Deanna! It’s a more casual cooking class with it taking place at a brewery and only cooking the main dish. What I loved was that because it was such an intimate setting, we could ask as many questions as we had! Chef Deanna was super knowledgeable, personable, and helpful, and the dish was DELICIOUS!!!!

April

25 Mar 2024

The chef was very nice. However, the class itself was not worth the cost. We made noodles and sauted a few items. That was it. There was no appetizer or dessert. We ended up stopping after the class to get more food. We have attended several cooking classes. This one did not go well and it left a lot of room for improvement.

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Brian P

14 Dec 2023

Chef Deanna takes pride in what she does! She aims to get to know your taste in food. She will emphasize "it's all about you" and make sure everything is fulfilled!

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