This cooking course begins on the Friday early evening with champagne followed by a six-course gourmet dinner where you will have the opportunity to get to know your fellow guest/participants and sample the style of food you will be learning to cook for the rest of the course. 

The rest of the week comprises of; 

Saturday morning we will go shopping in the beautiful market in Laval. 

We will spend the morning like the locals, exploring all the fresh seasonal specialties the market has to offer.  Immerse yourself in full French culture with a Market Tour. 

Afternoon will be hands-on in the kitchen, preparing dinner, including , butchery, fish prep, knife skills, sauces, seasoning techniques etc, with a couple of demonstrations.

Sunday and Monday it will be in the kitchen with a mix of hands-on and demonstrations. including making pasta, bread making, sous vide technique, sugar and chocolate work, pastry, and dinner preparation. 

Tuesday is the last day in the kitchen and you are encouraged to use all your new skills in creating that night’s dinner.

After lunch we will go to visit the thousand year old medieval town Vitré (or Fougères for returning customers), historical places with beautiful chateau and cobbled street, time to relax and do some (more) shopping, 

Then it is back in the kitchen for the finishing touches of cooking and presenting dinner. 

This cooking course is concluded with another six-course dinner.

The aim of this course is to build on each of the clients existing skills so that they leave feeling very confident, with a far greater understanding of ingredients & techniques so that they can take their cooking to the next level.