On this cookery course we will teach how easy entertaining and dinner parties can be. If you love to have people round for dinner, enjoy cooking for friends or simply want to be able to do it better and add some lovely dishes to your repertoire, then our 4 day cookery course is perfect for you. We will teach how easy hosting dinner parties can be. Tricks of the trade, forward preparation, timing, portion size & spending more time with your guests.
Example itinerary
DAY 1 Friday We will pick you up at Bergerac Airport and take the picturesc 30 minute drive to our house “Les Caulins”. A quick tour of our house, relax, kick off your shoes, have a drink & settle in. We will meet at 7pm for aperitifs, canapés and a 4 course dinner with local wines.
Canapés & local pink fizz
Prawns, potatoes, bacon
Duck breast, fondant, green beans
Local cheese
Crème brulée
Of course local wine
DAY 2 Help yourself to; continental breakfast, croissants, toasted mais bread, house Jam, tea, coffee Juice, eggs if you wish etc….
A visit to Ste Foy la Grande street market to get some wonderful fresh ingredients especially white asparagus, strawberries & shellfish. We’ll have a meander around the market and a coffee in one of the cafés. Back to the house for lunch and ready for some cooking in the afternoon.
Afternoon prep; Quick knife skills just to check you’re not going to injure yourselves. Onions, tomato concassé, lamb prep, shellfish, tatin, salmon gravadlax
Cocktails & canapés
Les Caulins Fruits de mers
Grilled bavette & potatoes Salardaise, grilled Caesars
Local cheese and fig marmalade
Pear tart tatin
DAY 3 Help yourself to tea, coffee Juice, & if you would like Emma’s beautiful scrambled eggs and truffle….
Todays prep; Vacherin, asparagus, goats cheese potato cakes,
Late Lazy French Sunday Lunch / Dinner French Sunday lunches are celebrated for the way people take their time to enjoy multiple courses of food accompanied by good wine and good conversation. We start with aperitifs and canapés, followed by whatever is in season. Cheese follows and a typically Ice Cream.
Cocktails & canapés
Salmon tartar, gravadlax, smoked salmon
Carre of lamb board
goats cheese potato cakes, sun dried tomato salsa
Cheese and quince
Strawberry vacherin
Local wine
DAY 4 Monday Help yourself to; continental breakfast/ warm croissants, toasted mais bread, house Jam, tea, coffee Juice, etc….
A visit to Maison Guingets chocolate shop/factory and a visit to Duras and our local market . A coffee at our local café Sylvies.
Back at the house a lunch of award winning Goats Cheese that has been made just 2km from the house by the wonderful shepherdess Stephanie.
After a lunch a tour at one of our local vineyards.
Cocktails & canapés
Lobster, mimosa, hazelnuts & capers
Easy chicken fricassee
Local cheese and fig marmalade
House profiteroles
DAY 5 Help yourself to; Continental breakfast/ Croissants, house Jam, Tea, Coffee Juice, etc…depart for the airport.
What’s included?
4 nights’ accommodation in a room with super king size bed, Egyptian cotton bed linen, flat screen TV English channels, en-suite bathroom with walk in showers;
All meals breakfast, nibbles, lunch & dinner.
All aperitifs & wine with meals. Coffee, tea, biscuits and cakes.
All ingredients for the cookery course.
Bergerac airport pick up
What’s not included?
Flights are not included. We are 35 minutes from Bergerac airport & 80-100 minutes from Bordeaux.
The price per room based on 2 people sharing is £1995.00
Single occupancy £1595.00
3-6 persons on each course
Please note; Depending on seasonal changes, weather and the availability of local products menus are subject to change. Gourmet weekends are not cookery school weekends. We will be cooking for you. So you just relax and enjoy great food.
Interested in this weekend? Then please complete the form below; name, how many people? and it is always good to know where you are coming from.