Reach for the Michelin Stars
Too posh for regular cookery schools? Already an accomplished cook or just keen to learn how to cook like the masters? GoLearnTo.com’s new range of cookery courses with Michelin Star chefs are guaranteed to give you kitchen envy.
You’ve cooked three course menus in Tuscany, paella in Spain and learnt to make tarts like a French woman in France and now here’s your chance to learn from the masters how to cook like a Michelin star chef.
GoLearnTo.com have launched a new range of cookery holidays all taught by Michelin star chefs. The focus here is on fresh, local ingredients, full of flavour and presented Michelin star style giving you professional skills adapted to a domestic environment – so no scary F words then.
And before you reach for your French dictionary – all classes are taught in English alongside French.
Star gaze with these chefs:
Chefs Franck Putelat, Robert Abraham and Jean-Marc Boyer in the Languedoc region, France:
Cook with three of France’s finest chefs, exploring regional delicacies, fine wines and delicious produce from the Languedoc region, a perfect way to enjoy the real French house party experience.
- Chef Robert is the Midi-Pyrenees Chef of the Year 2009 and he is used to producing food that is highly acclaimed by both the Michelin and Gault Millau guides.
- Franck has won, amongst a Michelin star, the Bocuse d’Argent prize, regarded by chefs as the most prestigious championship award for French cooking in the world.
- Jean-Marc’s experience includes 12 years at the 3* Ambrosie under Bernard Pacaund and the Ritz and has been awarded his own Michelin Star.
- When not leading hands-on classes, the chefs run their own renowned gourmet restaurants in Carcassonne and nearby towns.
Week, midweek and weekend gourmet breaks available from £365 including accommodation and tuition.
Chef Rene Berard in the Bandol wine region of France between Provence and the Cote D’Azur:
Learn to cook in a magnificent 19th century country house ‘La Bastide des Saveurs’. Get kitchen envy in this countryside kitchen complete with vegetable allotment where you will cook with the fresh Provencal herbs and seasonal vegetables grown in the gardens
- Born in the village, Chef Rene's superb and richly innovative cuisine is based on the traditional flavours and fragrances of Provence and the Mediterranean.
- Using only the finest local products and teaching in an informal, fun and friendly way, Chef Rene deserves his Michelin star status.
Chef Jean-Marc Villard in Lyon, the gastronomic capital of France:
Combine a visit to either the famous Halles Paul Bocuse indoor market or one of Lyon’s wonderful outdoor markets to pick up fresh produce for your cooking course with the famous Chef Jean-Marc Villard in his own home in Lyon.
Chef Jean-Marc also goes that one step further to teach you the artisan art of baking French Macaroons.
- Jean-Marc’s long list of accomplishments includes experience at Alexadrin - a one star Michelin restaurant and Oasis - a three star Michelin restaurant.
- Jean-Marc also worked for a number of years with the famous Lyonnais chef Paul Bocuse.
Chef Yves Terrillon cooking with flowers in Grasse, France:
In the wonderful medieval hilltop town of Tourettes in Grasse, famed for its violets and roses you will discover wonderful gourmet secrets of cooking with flowers in this beautiful boutique cooking school, creating an original 3 course menu of floral and Provencal recipes
- After many years of experience cooking with the finest of chefs in both Michelin star and Gault et Millau accredited restaurants, he decided to open his own cookery boutique where he could share his knowledge and techniques with visitors and locals alike.
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