cookery vacation

Duration: 9 DAYS

Location: Aude, Occitanie

Price: From 1995€ /pers

When can I come?

Available throughout the year. The only question you need to ask of yourself regarding availability is “How soon can I get here?”. We operate throughout the year with places obviously in highest demand during the peak summer season. Please contact us for availability.

Why do I choose a Cookery Course Vacation?

Becoming a true “cordon bleue” is never easy, but by choosing our cookery vacation you will be taking the first of many steps in the right direction, whilst also experiencing true French regional cuisine at its finest and most authentic. Our highly experienced chefs will teach you some of the techniques utilised in fine dining as well as those mouth-watering home cooked dishes that will remain etched in your minds and taste buds thereafter. Allowing you to provide the perfect French dining experience and topic of conversation on those special nights in with family and friends.

Our ingredients are all locally sourced from artisanal farmers and local market traders insuring the freshest and highest quality ingredients go into every dish.In France the one thing we don’t joke about is our food. We guarantee that you will leave us having enjoyed an enriching experience, in regards to our tutors, our facility and its location in one of the most beautiful and culturally rich parts of the world.

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All the trips are bespoke according to your willings!

We provide a variety of options to meet your needs, should you not quite find what you are looking for, please contact us via the details listed and we’ll create a bespoke package that is truly just perfect for you.

DAY 1

Airport or train station transfer (to be quoted according to where you will arrive)

DAY 2

Visit of Lastours Castle (hking 2 hours) in the morning + lunch in a local restaurant + Cookery class in the afternoon (5pm) and diner

DAY 3

Visit of the Medieval fortress “la Cité de Carcassonne” + lunch in a local restaurant + Cookery class in the afternoon (5pm) and diner

DAY 4

Chocolate workshop (10AM) and lunch in a traditionnal restaurant + Visit of two vinyards and wine tasting in the afternoon, meet with the wine maker and share his passion for vines and wines.

DAY 5

Traditionnal outdoor market in the medieval town of Revel, lunch at leisure in the town + Visit of Sorèze village and St Ferreol lake

DAY 6

Day free at leisure, you can enjoy the book village of Montolieu and discover its many libraries, book museu and restaurants ! You can also go for a walk in the beautiful nature as Montolieu is perched in the black mountain, footstep of the Pyrénées mountain.

DAY 7

Traditionnal outdoor market in Mirepoix (beautiful medieval town) + cookery class in the afternoon (5pm) and diner

DAY 8

Visit of Castenlnaudary in the morning (Canal du Midi, local traditionnal artisanal potter) + lunch in a restaurant where the speciality is the Cassoulet (the dish that symbolises Castelnaudary is called “Le Cassoulet”, this hearty stew is made with pork sausage, duck confit all surrounded by savory soupy white beans…Cassoulet gets its name from the dish in which it is prepared, a cassole. This is a casserole like dish made from a mixture of clay from the Lauragais region around Castelnaudary that is particularly heat resistant)

+ Cookery class at 5Pm and diner

DAY 9

Transfer to your airport or train station (to be quoted according to the place)

The accomodation can be in a french house, a bed and breakfast or a hotel, please ask for a quotation accordingly)

Cookery holiday in the “Pays Lauragais”

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