For beginners, quick courses well done at Cook and Go
The goal ? Twist our basics by preparing a simple and quick dish. In addition, we take it away at the end of the course. We love the "6 good little dishes" formula:we cook 6 recipes at once in 1.5 hours for €39 (cauliflower salad with coriander, crunchy salmon with pesto, etc.). In Paris, Lyon, Marseilles and Grenoble. www.cook-and-go.com. And also… L’Atelier des chefs and its formula 30 min lesson, plus 30 min tasting with the cook (€15). In Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Nantes, Lille, Dijon, Strasbourg, Aix-en-Provence, Toulouse and Rennes. www.atelierdeschefs.fr.
For the adventurous, lessons in cooking seaweed at What’s for Dinner
The goal ? Make dishes with organic and trendy ingredients:seaweed, agar-agar, vegetable milks or agave syrup. The opportunity to explore new flavors so trendy in Paris and Niort. http://web.me.com/degorce/whats_for_dinner/Ateliers_de_cuisine.html. And also… Discover molecular cuisine in Paris, at the Académie des cinq sens:3-hour courses (€99), beginner or advanced level, where you learn, for example, how to make a brie mousse with truffle juice or a calvados apple sorbet with liquid nitrogen! www.academiecinqsens.com.
For those with a sweet tooth, courses to pass their macaroons at the Lenôtre amateur school
The goal ? Become the queen of cupcakes, strawberries, macaroons and other black forests. Yum ! You can choose to learn the basics of pastry, work on a theme:creams, pasta, biscuits... Or focus on a great classic:the mille-feuille, the opera, etc. (from 80€). In Paris, at the Pavillon Élysée Lenôtre or in Cannes, at the Café Lenôtre. www.lenotre.fr. And also… In Toulouse, L’Atelier de cuisine gourmande and its “ Tea Time ” formulas, macaroons or cannelés (2 h 30, €79), www.coursdecuisine.net. In Lille, Les Toquées and the "around chocolate" class (2 hours, €50), www.lestoquees.com. In Marseille, the lessons of master pastry chef, chocolatier and confectioner Jérôme Cellier. From 15 to 55€ per lesson, www.cerisesurlegateau.fr.
For perfectionists, courses with a starred chef at the Ritz Escoffier School
The goal ? Step up a gear and wow our guests with ultra-refined dishes. In Paris, the Saturday workshops last 4 hours, the time to cook a complete chic menu (yum, the scallops roasted in a casserole dish with kefir leaves!). Most ? The palace atmosphere, the precious advice of great chefs and the sought-after recipes. From €150, www.ritz
paris.com. And also… In Lyon, the Philippe Lechat workshop, at the Paul Bocuse halls. The must ? The " market freaks " course:we choose our products to cook them (3 hours, 88€), www.philippelechat.com. In Valence, Scook, the school of chef Anne-Sophie Pic:sharp but accessible dishes that you want to do again at home. www.scook.fr (€99 for half a day).
