Crab, duck, lamb, sea bass, Lyonnise, Salardaise, tatin, tartare, vacherin
4 night Cookery break
Join us for an exciting four-day cookery course designed to elevate your entertaining skills and transform your dinner parties into memorable events. If you have a passion for hosting friends and family or simply want to refine your culinary techniques and add delightful dishes to your repertoire, this course is perfect for you. We’ll share professional tips and tricks to make hosting effortless, covering essential aspects like forward preparation, precise timing, and portion sizing. Discover how to spend more quality time with your guests, all while impressing them with your culinary prowess. Prepare to enhance your cooking skills and elevate your entertaining game!
Example Itinerary
DAY 1 Friday
Day 1 Friday After your arrival at Bergerac Airport, we’ll take you on a charming 30-minute drive to our lovely home, “Les Caulins.” Once you arrive, we’ll give you a quick tour of the house before you kick back, relax, and enjoy a drink to help you unwind. As the evening rolls in, join us at 7 PM for a welcome dinner featuring aperitifs and canapés, followed by a delightful 4-course dinner paired with the best local wines. It’s going to be a wonderful night filled with good food, great company, and lots of laughter!
Canapés & local pink fizz
Prawns, potatoes, monkfish cheeks, dill, lemon
Boned & rolled roasted duck breast, Lyonnaise, green beans, onions, lardons
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
Crispy sea bass fillet, lemon hollandaise, crispy shallots
Grilled bavette alloyau steak, potatoes Salardaise, grilledCaesar’s
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
Crispy crab & remoulade cake, sweet espellte sauce & lettuce wraps
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.
Allergies & Intolerances. We will be tasting and eating many different products that the area we live in is well known for. Clearly if you have an allergy to mushrooms do not book a course that involves mushrooms and truffles; Equally if you do not eat seafood there is no point attending our fish and shellfish course. Please inform us of all allergies before you book and pay any deposit. Itineraries cannot be changed with short notice.
Pricing & reservation
What’s included?
accommodation in a room with a 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.
Transportation throughout the weekend.
What’s not included?
Please note that flights are not included in the package. If you would like to hire a car, it’s not necessary as we will provide transportation throughout the weekend. Our location is conveniently situated 35 minutes from Bergerac Airport and 80 to 100 minutes from Bordeaux.
Travelling from Bordeaux to our location is quite straightforward. The new tram system, which is located just outside the airport terminal, offers a direct route to Bordeaux’s central train station. From there, you can catch a direct train on the Bergerac-Sarlat-la-Canéda line, alighting at Ste Foy la Grande. We would be pleased to pick you up from the station, which is just a 15-minute drive north of our location.
The price per room based on 2 people sharing is £2150.00
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.
