Bookings close 21 June.

If you’ve been curious about raw cultured fruit and vegetables but felt unsure about how to bring these foods into your life, this is the workshop for you.

From dry-salting cabbage to make kimchi and sauerkraut, to pickling carrots and cucumbers, and fermenting seasonal fruits into delicious fizzy drinks, we’ll cover a variety of traditional ferments […]

Cooking class and lunch; the taste of Lorraine, France.

Learn how to cook onion soup gratinée, and a warm mulled wine with cinnamon.

Class begins promptly at 10.30am.  Please come to class at least 15 min earlier as tea or coffee is offered on arrival. This is a hands-on cooking class, all ingredients and materials, cooking equipment, […]

Join Damian, his family and dogs for a truffle hunt then cook experience in search of the wondrous black truffle.

Be guided through the process of finding truffles with the help of the dogs and then deciding on what is ready to harvest.

Along the way you will be enlightened on the facts, and some of the […]

Join Damian, his family and dogs for a truffle hunt then cook experience in search of the wondrous black truffle.

Be guided through the process of finding truffles with the help of the dogs and then deciding on what is ready to harvest.

Along the way you will be enlightened on the facts, and some of the […]

Cooking class and lunch: the taste of Languedoc.

Learn how to make the famous “Chef Christophe’s cassoulet”; fragrant white beans cooked in a sauce with a garnish of meat; duck confit, lamb navarin and smoked pork belly.

Class begins promptly at 10.30am.  Please come to class at least 15 min earlier as tea or coffee is offered […]

Join Damian, his family and dogs for a truffle hunt then cook experience in search of the wondrous black truffle.

Be guided through the process of finding truffles with the help of the dogs and then deciding on what is ready to harvest.

Along the way you will be enlightened on the facts, and some of the […]

Celebrate the local truffle season; learn how to make a beautiful chestnut and truffle velouté  and for dessert; fresh truffle crème brulée.

Class begins promptly at 10.30am.  Please come to class at least 15 min earlier as tea or coffee is offered on arrival.

This is a hands-on cooking class, all ingredients and materials, cooking equipment, aprons […]

Join Damian, his family and dogs for a truffle hunt then cook experience in search of the wondrous black truffle.

Be guided through the process of finding truffles with the help of the dogs and then deciding on what is ready to harvest.

Along the way you will be enlightened on the facts, and some of the […]

Celebrate the local truffle season; cooking class and lunch.

Learn how to make the spectacular Tournedos Rossini; beef fillet, foie gras and fresh truffle.

Tournedos Rossini was created for Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) that giant in the world of music. Gioacchino Rossini was accepted by everyone as a great artist, but among his friends, he was also recognized […]

Join Damian, his family and dogs for a truffle hunt then cook experience in search of the wondrous black truffle.

Be guided through the process of finding truffles with the help of the dogs and then deciding on what is ready to harvest.

Along the way you will be enlightened on the facts, and some of the […]

Join Damian, his family and dogs for a truffle hunt then cook experience in search of the wondrous black truffle.

Be guided through the process of finding truffles with the help of the dogs and then deciding on what is ready to harvest.

Along the way you will be enlightened on the facts, and some of the […]

Cooking class and lunch; the taste of Burgundy, France.

Learn how to make beef burgundy – Bœuf bourguignonaccompanied with home-made pasta pâtes fraiches.

Class begins promptly at 10.30am.  Please come to class at least 15 min earlier as tea or coffee is offered on arrival.

This is a hands-on cooking class, all ingredients and materials, cooking equipment, aprons […]

Cooking class and lunch; the taste of Rhône, France.

Learn how to make a chicken galantine from scratch!

Class begins promptly at 10.30am.  Please come to class at least 15 min earlier as tea or coffee is offered on arrival.

This is a hands-on cooking class, all ingredients and materials, cooking equipment, aprons and recipes are provided.

A glass […]

Cooking class and lunch; the taste of Auvergne, France.

Learn how to make lamb shank with flageolets, French beans.  For dessert learn how to make a traditional apple tart -tarte aux pommes sur compote.

Class begins promptly at 10.30am.  Please come to class at least 15 min earlier as tea or coffee is offered on arrival.

This is […]

French patisserie cooking class and lunch – Paris Brest.

Learn how to make the famous French dessert Paris Brest; choux pastry and praline cream. Created in 1910 to commemorate the Paris–Brest–Paris bicycle race begun in 1891.

Class begins promptly at 10.30am.  Please come to class at least 15 min earlier as tea or coffee is offered on […]

French patisserie cooking class and lunch – chocolate and raspberry tart; tartelette au chocolat et framboise.

Class begins promptly at 10.30am.  Please come to class at least 15 min earlier as tea or coffee is offered on arrival.

This is a hands-on cooking class, all ingredients and materials, cooking equipment, aprons and recipes are provided.

A glass of […]

French patisserie cooking class and lunch – traditional French Christmas log – Bûche de Noël.

Class begins promptly at 10.30am.  Please come to class at least 15 min earlier as tea or coffee is offered on arrival.

This is a hands-on cooking class, all ingredients and materials, cooking equipment, aprons and recipes are provided.

A glass of French […]