Gastronomicom:
Gastronomicom French Gastronomy School is located in the south of France in the coastal resort town of Cap d’Agde, on the Mediterranean seaside between Montpellier & Perpignan. Cap d’Agde is located close to Beziers Airport, about 120 km from the Spanish border. It is set in a wonderful landscape, with beautiful beaches, palm-trees, excellent Mediterranean food and the most important vineyard in Europe. The climate is extremely pleasant and very sunny year round.
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Our Certificate Courses are conducted in English:
Type A. We offer 3 different 1 month courses called Gourmet programs for 4 weeks with 30 hours of lessons per week, including "hands-on" cookery classes or wine tasting and visits to wine cellars. All the week-ends are free: 1 - French cooking + intensive French; 2 - French Pastry and sugar decoration + intensive French; 3 French Wines + Intensive French.
Type B. We offer 8 different 3 month courses called Gastronomic programs for 12 weeks with 30 hours of lessons per week, including "hands-on" cookery classes or wine tasting, visits to wine cellars and 3 organised professional and touristic excursions (2 in France and 1 in Spain). All the week-ends are free and you have 1 week holidays to visit France.
1 - French cooking + intensive French
2 - French pastry and sugar decoration + intensive French
3 - French and European wines + intensive French
4 - Fine dining food and beverage + intensive French
5 - French cooking + intensive French + 4 months training course (internship) in a luxury Hotel restaurant in France
6 - French pastry and sugar decoration + intensive French + 4 months training course (internship) in a luxury Hotel restaurant in France
7 - French and European wines + intensive French + 4 months internship in a luxury Hotel restaurant in France
8 - Fine dining food and beverage + intensive French + 4 months internship in a luxury Hotel restaurant in France
Entry Requirements:
You are between 18 and 60 years old, and very motivated by food and beverage and Gastronomy. You want also to learn French language or improve your French language. European students don’t need any visa! For non-native speakers of English: Your level of English is minimum 600 points in TOEIC or 550 points in TOEFL.
Accommodation:
Students are accommodated in apartments for 4 persons, with 2 twin bedrooms, living-room, kitchen, bathroom, separate toilet and a terrace to sit or eat outside. The city center, the shops and the beach are about 6 minutes walking from the Resort. A bus ligne (bus stop in front of the entrance of the Resort) brings you every day to Agde Railway station if you want to visit the cities nearby!)
Features:
You will learn or improve your French language with our intensive French lessons and at the same time you will learn a lot about French cooking or French wines or French food and beverage. You will have the opportunity to stay in a very sunny region with an exceptionally mild climate, at the seaside, near Montpellier and at only 120km from the Spanish border. You will visit the beautiful vineyards of the biggest wine region in Europe and taste the excellent wines produced there!
You will be together with students from other nationalities and you will have the chance to discover other cultures. Our students in the past have come from the USA, Canada, France, UK, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Norway, Spain, Mexico, Venezuela, Nepal, South Africa, Kenya, Tunisia, Mauritius, Hong Kong, Kyrgyzstan and many other countries. If you have a student visa you will be able to practice for 4 months in the kitchen or in the dining-room of a luxury Hotel-restaurant in France.
