Tastes of Provence:
Enjoy a gourmet tour or a quality cooking course in France with Tastes of Provence! Located in Aix-en-Provence in southeastern France, Tastes of Provence provides themed tours, cooking classes and pastry classes for adults from around the world.

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Why Take a Culinary Tour of Provence?

You will receive a unique insight into this magical region from your gourmet guides. You will stroll through the historic streets, tasting local specialties, visit food shops, and learn bits of history as you go.

Every tour includes a trip to the 700 year old marketplace of Aix-en-Provence, where you can meet the local farmers and sample their amazing food products.

Culinary Tours / Cooking Classes:

• Cooking Course (4 hours)
Enjoy top-quality cooking classes, visit the local market and enjoy a meal. Experience the French “art de vivre”!

• Pastry Class (2.5 hours)
In this class, you learn to prepare 2 to 3 typical French desserts from scratch and enjoy tasting them with your classmates.

• Gourmet Tours:
- Market Tour: Dazzle your senses and your tastebuds with this morning farmers’ market tour.

- Farmers Market & Food Shop Tour: Enjoy an immersive morning farmers’ market and local food specialists tour that will dazzle your tastebuds and your senses…

- Private Tour: Afternoon Delights - In this special family tour, you will discover the Aix-en-Provence of your dreams.

You will receive a copy of the Foodies’ Guide to Aix en Provence which is packed with shopping and restaurant suggestions, local wine information, dining out tips, and seasonal recipes!

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Address: Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France

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Ducasse Education, Paris

Courses / Programs

• Improve your cooking prowess with an intensive culinary arts course taught in English or French by world-renowned chefs!

• Ducasse Education is a top culinary and pastry school that provides short and longer-term cooking programs to locally-based students, French students, and international students.

• Our two schools are Centre Formation Alain Ducasse, situated in Argenteuil, a north-western Paris suburb, and Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Pâtisserie, in Yssingeaux in south-central France.

• At Ducasse Education, you get to learn from top level chef instructors in hands-on classes (maximum of 12 students). Our courses also provide unique professional experience within a French restaurant.

• Ducasse Education was founded by Alain Ducasse - the legendary award-winning chef & restauranteur, whose restaurants had a total of 21 Michelin stars in 2014.

• Our four fully-equipped professional kitchens offer students the opportunity to improve existing skills or to develop new cooking techniques.

• Dedicated to training, they are the dream kitchen of any cook, and the ideal tool for performing creative, quality cooking.

Student Testimonial:
"This program satisfied my needs, I learned the techniques that I'm looking for, I worked in a different way with excellent chefs and they gave me their knowledge in the best way"
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Professional Culinary Programs

• Culinary Arts Diploma: 6-month skills-building + 3-month internship (taught in English & French)

• Expert Diploma in Culinary Arts: 3-month skills-building + 3-month internship (taught in English)

• Bachelor Degree in Culinary Arts: 3-year program in English & French, with internships

• Short-term / 2 Month Culinary Programs

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French Dining School

Courses / Programs

• Located in Kerrouet, 1 hour from Rennes, in the Brittany region of North West France, French Dining School provides short cookery courses in French, European and Scandinavian cuisine.

• Menus will vary depending on markets and the season but in general the class will undertake food preparation for full lunch or dinner each day for a maximum of five days.

• Course features include starter, main course and dessert with wine, expert guidance on specialist areas including seafood, cheeses, meats, sauce preparation, wines, the vegan option, organic cooking and the use of knives and kitchen equipment.

Cooking Classes in North-West France:
- Taught in English

• Five day Cooking Courses
• Small Cookery classes
• Hands on cooking experience
• Modern European cuisine classes
• Visits to the best food markets in France

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Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Pâtisserie

Courses / Programs

• Founded in 1984, the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Pâtisserie (ENSP) provides quality pastry and baking arts education to both prestigious chefs and students from all over the world.

• Situated in Yssingeaux in south-central France, ENSP has been recognized by top pastry professionals worldwide as France’s leading school in pastry and baking arts.

• The school is owned by Yves Thuries and Alain Ducasse who are highly-influential chefs in the culinary world today.

• With almost 30 years of solid experience in transmitting best practices and skills, our programs are delivered by a team of highly skilled professional instructors in a top notch environment utilizing state of the art equipment and upscale ingredients.

• Our classes are limited to 12 participants maximum with one aim in mind: Total success of our students.

• At the end of our programs, we deliver a certificate which is highly recognized by worldwide professionals.

• In addition to our baking arts and pastry arts programs, we provide continuing education for professionals, as well as tailor-made short programs that can be taught either on our school or at the clients' premises.

French Pastry Arts Diploma Program:
• 5.5 months practical training + 2 months of internship

Superior French Pastry Arts Diploma:
• 2 months practical training + 2 months of internship

Bachelor in French Pastry Arts:
• Duration: 3 years

French Chocolate & Confectionery Arts:
• 2 months practical experience + 1 month optional internship

French Bakery Arts:
• 2 months practical training + 1 month optional internship

French Pastry Campus Program:
• 2 months practical training + 1 month internship

Pastry Arts Master Class:
• Duration: 1 or 2 days

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Ferrandi School of Culinary Arts, Paris

Courses / Programs

Located in the heart of Paris, Ferrandi School of Culinary Arts provides quality education in the fields of French Cooking and French Pastry to local and international students from around the world - from secondary vocational education to continuing education for professionals.

We offer intensive cooking and pastry programs taught in English that include internships. In addition, we provide week-long training courses in specialized areas of French Cuisine and French Pastry / Breads, half-day pastry courses, and customized cookery courses for professional cooks, pastry chefs, bakers and caterers.

On successful completion of your training, including the internship, you will be awarded a Certificate of Successful Completion, from Ferrandi and the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

At Ferrandi, it is our philosophy is that theory is best integrated when it is accompanied by hands-on practice. This is why 70% of course hours on our Intensive Professional Programs are spent in the kitchen or lab.

With top-notch learning facilities, our pedagogy is based on hands-on practice, individual and team work, and personalized guidance by qualified instructors, who all have significant, top-level industry experience with Michelin-starred chefs and other prestigious employers.

Intensive Professional Programs - taught in English:
- French Cuisine: 5 months (660 hours) + 3 to 6 month internship
- French Pastry: 5 months (660 hours) + 3 to 6 month internship
- French Bread Baking: 10 weeks (340 hours) + 2 month internship (optional)

Training Weeks:
- French Breads and Viennoiseries
- Classic Pastries
- Chocolate and confiserie
- Cuisine bistronomique & more..

Half-day Pastry Courses:
- Choux pastry: sweet and savory variations
- Introduction to the Macaron

Customized courses for professional cooks, pastry chefs, bakers and caterers

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Le Gargantua, Gascony

Courses / Programs

Learn traditional French culinary skills with a cooking holiday in south west France!

Located in the beautiful region of Gascony, just 1 hour drive south east of Bordeaux and 1.5 hours north west of Toulouse, Le Gargantua provides hands-on cooking classes and patisserie classes taught in English to students from around the world.

The owner Marlene Deparis teaches classic French cuisine and French pastry by explaining the interaction of ingredients within each dish, not by following a recipe to the dot.

You can learn about all kinds of traditional French dishes and techniques on our seasonal cooking courses, from stews and sauces, bread to pâtés, quiches, and mousses.

In addition, you can choose to learn to make classic French pastry like macaroons, eclairs, croissants or millefeuilles on our patisserie courses. We even offer to show you how to prepare confit, foie gras, and rillettes on our fat duck course.

Patisserie Courses:
- 5-night Residential Patisserie Courses
- 3-night Residential Patisserie Courses
- 1-day Patisserie Courses
- Half-day Patisserie Courses

Seasonal Cooking Course Holidays:
- Spring; Summer; Autumn; Winter

Fat Duck Course:
- 3-night Residential Course

Cooking Events:
- 3-night Residential Fish Cooking Course

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Pauline Fraisse Art & Culture

Courses / Programs

Conveniently located in Central Paris (11th Arrondissement), Pauline Fraisse Art & Culture provides a range of year-round and summer art, drawing and painting courses to students from around the world.

Courses are taught in English and French for adults, art students, part-time artists, and children from beginner to advanced levels.

Mediums include drawing with colored pens & pencil/ ink, sketching with pencil, watercolor painting, acrylic painting, mixed media & oil painting.

We teach you how to make your own "travel sketchbooks", how to illustrate stories, how to develop painting and creative skills in a fun and pleasant way.

Subjects and themes include traditional French architecture, modern architecture, modern life, real life, still life, motion, imagination.

Some classes take place at the studio, while most are outdoor workshops taking place in different areas of the city each time.

Art Classes in Paris for Adults & Children:
- For beginner to advanced level

- 4-hour workshops in Paris, throughout the year
- 3-hour workshops in-class and throughout Paris
- Regular 1-day "Drawing and Writing around Paris" workshops
- Private classes / Customized lessons for adults, professional artists, art students, families..
- Private classes at the Louvre (unavailable in July & August)
- Customized Classes for groups of 1-3 children
- Painting day-trips in Giverny (home of Claude Monet in northern France)
- Corporate / Team Building workshops

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