French Cooking & Culinary Internships in France

Gastronomicom International Culinary Academy:
Situated in the picturesque town of Agde, on the Mediterranean Coast in the South of France, Gastronomicom International Culinary Academy is a long-established, globally-renowned school of culinary arts. We provide French cooking and pastry Certificate and Diploma programs (taught in English) to students from around the world. Courses are taught by chefs and teachers with amazing skills, and years of culinary arts experience. Gastronomicom also teaches French Gastronomy and refined Michelin star cooking techniques at our culinary arts school in Miami, Florida.

Culinary Arts Courses for Local & International Students:
- Taught in English. Optional French language classes available

Gourmet French Cooking / Pastry Programs:
- Duration: 4 weeks / 1 month

We offer Gourmet programs of 4 weeks duration in French Cooking and French Pastry. You will enjoy 30 hours of hands-on training - 15 hours cooking lessons + 15 hours pastry lessons per week.

Gastronomic Programs + French Language Classes:
- Duration: 8-weeks or 12-weeks:

We offer 8-week or 12-week Gastronomic programs with 30 hours of lessons per week, including 15 hours per week of "hands-on" cookery classes or pastry classes and 15 hours per week of intensive French classes. Study options include:

- French Cooking + Intensive French
- French Pastry + Intensive French

Full Gastronomic Program:
- Duration: 3 months of classes & 4 month internship

The full program consists of a 3 month gastronomic course as listed above + 4 month training course (internship) in a luxury Hotel restaurant in France.

One-Year Diploma Programs:
- Diploma in Gastronomic Pastry
- Diploma in Gastronomic Cooking

Two-Year Diploma in Gastronomic Food and Beverage Management:

Specializations include:
- Cooking & Pastry
- Restaurant Management & Wines

Course Entry Requirements:
- You are between 18 and 60 years old, and very motivated by the food, beverage and gastronomy industry.
- You also wish to learn the French language or improve your French language skills (European students do not need any visa)
- For non-native speakers of English: Your level of English is minimum 600 points in TOEIC or 550 points in TOEFL.

Testimonials:
"At Gastronomicom, I learned an incredible amount about pastry cooking and improved my level of French, and it is my goal to wrap up that training with one more final month of classes there and an internship working in a pastry kitchen afterwards. I am so looking forward to returning, and am determined to make this new Gastronomicom experience even better than the first."
- Emma

"I wanted to give you a brief update on my new internship. It is AMAZING! I get along great with the sous chef and other employees. We're like a little family. My Chef tells me he is very pleased with me...I have been learning so many cool things and I am so thankful."
- Inqu

"I would like to thank you so much for your great support and dedication! What I have caught from a distance and what I have noticed during my visits to Cap d'Agde tells me that we absolutely made the right decision when we decided for Gastronomicom.

It is amazing what Viroshna has learned in the course of the last six months and how she has grown towards her aim. She has always been speaking enthusiastically about the school and the teachers. It's especially the three of you who have always been there for help and support which means a lot for the well-being of a young person on sort of an adventure so far away from home."
- Torsten