Walnut Grove Cooking School

The Walnut Grove School was fabulous. Maynard & Benedict were excellent, patient, teachers. Their recipes were great and they were very organized in their presentations, etc. There was plenty of hands on participation. Everything was very clean, neat and well presented. There were only six of us in the class, which was great. We were treated exceptionally well. Our accommodations were fabulous. I am a very picky person and I can't find anything bad to say about the trip. Bravo !!!! The International Kitchen Chicago staff was great. We had quite a few questions and you were always helpful and quick to respond to our needs. I have already referred many of my friends to your website. Keep up the great work !!!!! Robert W., RI

This was an excellent course - casual, yet very informative. The key features were excellent instructors, plenty of hands on work as well as demonstrations, fabulous meals, a very quiet and relaxing rural environment, very good facilities and a well thought out program. Above all, I was looking for relaxation, and I got that in spades. The duration was very well calibrated for my purposes. I learned a lot in a short period of time, and had a lot of fun doing it. One of the reasons I chose this particular course was the excellent and detailed course description provided on [The International Kitchen] website, a description which proved in the actual event to be very accurate. I was quite impressed with the prompt response time and courteous accommodation I received from your staff. It was a blast. Keep up the good work. Earle M., Canada

We came to France to learn to cook Five short days that’s all it took Maynard and Benedict will definitely be glad Five days like this could drive a chef mad! Amongst it all we’ve put on weight We must go home to compensate Patricia H.

Maynard and Benedict have certainly exceeded any expectations I may have had before coming to the course. Bravo! I will certainly encourage our friends & family to follow suit. Boys, remember me when you are rich and famous. Emily Q.

"One of the best courses I've done, cleverly structured so that your confidence really increases as the week progresses. It's great fun too." Jenni Muir, author of 'A Place to Cook' and 'Cooking School Holidays' [We are particularly proud of this quote, as this was about the 30th cookery course that Jenni has been on - she was in the process of writing the book "A Place to Cook" and therefore had to attend a lot of cookery courses!! She was also, at the time, the chairperson of the British Guild of Food & Travel Writers".]

I chose Walnut Grove because the program promised more learn-by-doing cooking than other other cooking schools, whose approach seemed to be learn-by-watching. The course lived up to its promise, with plenty of personal coaching by Maynard and Benedict. C D, MI