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8 Day Intensive Cooking Course with a Michelin-Star Trained Chef in Moncrabeau
Baron-Figués, 47600 Moncrabeau, France
France Intensive Cooking Course
This on-site, hands-on, immersive course in English and French has been designed by a chef for those with some skill and a lot of passion for cooking. Jerome, a Michelin star-trained chef and a walking encyclopedia of French cooking, will take you on an incredible learning journey over the course of a week. From scratch, you’ll create amazing dishes as Jerome guides you through their ingredients, creation, and presentation. Bread, pastries, pasta, meat, fish, sauces, desserts, and much more. You’ll make these and more, picking up invaluable hints and tips along the way. Jerome will be there to guide you, but this is a hands-on course where you will perform all the tasks required to complete each dish from raw ingredients.
Meet the instructors
Jerome
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Highlights
- Experience an immersive hands-on cooking course
- Get to taste foie gras and learn how to pair wines with food
- Enjoy gourmet dinners, village markets visits, and wine and Armagnac tasting
- All daily meals, drinks, excursions, and tastings are included
- 50 hours of activities and courses in total
- 7 nights accommodation
- Perfect for foodies - Regardless of level, you'll learn a lot
- All dietary needs are catered for
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
8 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: French
Airport transfer available:
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (US$ 197 per person)
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (US$ 197 per person)
Airport transfer available:
Toulouse–Blagnac Airport (US$ 175 per person)
Toulouse–Blagnac Airport (US$ 175 per person)
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
16:00
Check-out Time:
10:00
Facilities
- Swimming pool (outdoor)
- Table tennis
- Barbeque facilities
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Fireplace
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Lounge
- Multilingual staff
- Smoke-free property
- Special menu request
- Terrace
- Free bicycle
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Ironing / ironing board
- Wireless internet
During your course, you will stay in Baron-Figuès which is part of a gorgeous 150 year old farmhouse with five beautifully appointed guest en-suite twin or double bedrooms. And one of the main attractions of this farmhouse is its large open plan traditional kitchen. Guests can sit around the homely table, that seats 14 guests, and share delicious meals. There are also no single supplements for solo travelers to have a private room!
So if you are travelling as a group, this is ideally suited to your needs and offers the wonderful traditional French feel to it. If you are travelling solo, there’s nothing better than the farmhouse, where you will share the accommodation with Caroline and her husband and meet likeminded people who share your passion for the French way of life.
This accommodation combines the wonders of rural Gascony, modern-home comforts of a traditional French farmhouse, and unbeatable food and wine experiences that will stay with you forever.
Program
There will be free time to ensure your holiday is not frantic but rather a relaxing and fulfilling experience. Enjoy wine and Armagnac from limited reserves, and explore all the best Gascony has to offer in this once-in-a-lifetime trip. Take home new skills learned in your hands-on cookery course. Meet new people or come as a group.
The itinerary is for guidance only and is subject to change depending on the group’s needs and wishes but is typically as follows:
Day 1: Arrival day
Arrive in the afternoon to be greeted by your friendly hosts. There is a free collection service from Agen train station. Airport (Toulouse, Bordeaux, Bergerac) collections can be arranged upon request for a supplement.
Settle into your delightful room before getting to know your fellow guests over delicious aperitifs.
Enjoy a social evening with a three-course gourmet dinner served in the farmhouse kitchen along with a short introduction from your hosts about what to expect over the next few days.
-Day 2: Market and boutique wines
This morning after breakfast you will go to a local delightful village market. Coffee and croissants with the locals with a brief history of the ancient kingdom of Henri IV, the future king of France. You will then return to the farmhouse to relax by the pool. A delicious lunch will be served by the pool or in the farmhouse kitchen.
After lunch, you will begin to explore the wines of the region, sampling the best wines you have discovered from local family producers. Learn the differences between the great wines and how to select the right wine to best accompany your meal. This is a wine course like no other – your hosts select only the best wines from the best boutique vineyards in France.
Dinner will be served back at the farmhouse giving you time to relax in the lounge or by the swimming pool or to take advantage of one of the onsite activities such as pool, table tennis or cycling
-Day 3 to 7: Cooking school
After a leisurely breakfast, it’s time to enter the kitchen and begin your culinary experience!
You will focus on preparing delicious meals from fresh local ingredients. You’ll prepare lunch and then dinner. You will occasionally escape the kitchen to visit local markets during the day where your chef will guide you through what to look for in good ingredients.
During this course you will learn to prepare meals from scratch. You’ll do the work, guided by Jerome. This is not a demonstration course.
The course will include:
- Pasta
- Foie gras
- Confit
- Croissants and chocolatines (pain au chocolat)
- Baguettes, breads and brioche
- Macarons and eclairs
- Sauces and stocks
- Fish
- Terrines
- Meats & poultry
- Pâtés
- Stews
- Salads
- Dressings
- Vegetables
- Knife skills
- Selecting your ingredients at the market or store
- Butchery & filleting skills
- Mise en place
- Timing
- Plating and presentation
- Secrets and tips
Day 8: Departure day
- After breakfast, guests are asked to check out by 10 a.m. You will return home with fantastic memories and new skills to last you a lifetime.
Included excursions
All excursions are included in the price.
Instructors
Jerome
Jerome has worked with Andrew Plunian at Le Normandy Deauville, Jean Pierre Peralta at Le Père Alta and Arnaud Lallement at the 3 star Michelin L'assiette Champenoise in the heart of the Champagne region. He currently enjoys working as a private chef and for celebrities in the Côte d'Azur. French Holidays Plus is excited to have him at their home sharing his wealth of knowledge, tips, and experience for hands-on personal teaching.
Location
Lush meadows, rolling countryside, field upon fields of sunflowers, and deep woodland expanses, all with the Pyrenees mountains standing tall in the distance, is what to expect on these unique holidays in the South West of France.
This holiday will take place in Gascony, France. Gascony is an undiscovered region of Southwest France, so there's no chance that you will have to wrestle with crowds when you go to sample the wonders that make this region so special. You will quickly learn why Gascony is famed for its sumptuous local produce and seasonal recipes and you will realize that the locals take their food very seriously.
If you are partial to a cheeky little treat, Gascony is one of the main producers of foie gras. It's not just mouth-watering food you have to look forward to. You can't visit Gascony without trying out the fruits of the vine. Wherever you walk, you will be able to see the many vineyards sprawling over the hills and valleys and discover that the wines are individual, full of character, and exquisite.
Food
The menus can be created to fit any individual needs on request.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
- Soda
- Alcoholic beverages
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Gluten Free
- Organic
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
- Seafood
- Lactose Free
- Whole food
- Other dietary requirements on request
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
What's included
- 50 hours of activities and courses in total (An immersive hands-on cooking course)
- All daily meals, drinks, and tastings
- All visits and excursions (Gourmet dinners, village markets, wine and Armagnac tasting, foie gras, pairing wines to food, etc)
- 7 nights accommodation
- Agen train station and excursions transfers
What's not included
- Airfare
- Airport transfers
- Personal expenses
How to get there
Recommended Airports
BOD
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
120 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 197 per person
EGC
Bergerac Dordogne Périgord Airport
85 km
Transfer not provided
TLS
Toulouse–Blagnac Airport
93 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 175 per person
Arrival by train
There is a free collection service from Agen train station.
Arrival by airplane
- The price for airport transfers is per car, not per person.
Airport: Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
Airport transfer available:
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (US$ 197 per person)
Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Airport: Toulouse–Blagnac Airport
Airport transfer available:
Toulouse–Blagnac Airport (US$ 175 per person)
Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 25% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.
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