While you're vacationing in France, spend a week in the charming setting of a 17th-century farmhouse where you'll learn new skills in Provençale cooking. Hermann and Susan Jenny's guests at Les Tuillières, their B&B in Drôme Provençale, have been requesting recipes and cooking lessons since they began in 1995. Courses are offered April-October, except August.
With Hermann's expertise as a trained chef in classical French cooking and his long career managing luxury hotels, you can be certain of an entertaining experience and fun at mealtimes.
The herb garden and family vegetable patch assure you a health-conscious menu. There's a heated pool for a relaxing swim and 40 acres of fields, woods and stream with a 2 km. nature trail for walking off extra calories.
TYPICAL WEEKLY PROGRAM
• Monday: Arrival. First class at 16:30 to prepare dinner. • Tuesday: Morning visit to local market and picodon cheese center, 11:30 class preparation of light lunch, afternoon free until 17:00 class to prepare dinner. • Wednesday: Morning class preparation of light lunch, afternoon excursion to local winery, Côte du Rhône specialties, afternoon class to prepare dinner. • Thursday: Morning jaunt to traditional provençal market, lunch out in medieval village, afternoon siesta, 17:00 class to prepare dinner. • Friday: Morning visit to internationally well-known potteries of Dieulefit and the old village quarter, home at noon to prepare light lunch, afternoon free, 17:00 class to prepare dinner. • Saturday: Departure after breakfast.
5-day cooking classes (M-F), advanced course in spring & fall
Number of Programs/Year
20
Group Size or S:T Ratio
3-6
Program Focus
French, Healthy/Vegetarian, Vacation, Wine
Faculty
Owner Hermann Jenny, trained chef with Swiss diploma in classical French cooking, career in managing luxury hotels.
Costs
€1,350 (€1,475, €1,100)/wk, includes double (single, triple) occupancy lodging, meals, excursions; €1,800/wk for couple with only one partner cooking. One complimentary night's stay is offered before or after cooking session.
Hermann & Susan Jenny Provencal Cooking at Les Tuillieres
Les Tuillières
Pont de Barret, 26160
France
Phone: (33) 475 90 43 91
Fax: (33) 475 90 43 91
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