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Passionate Provence: An Intensive Cooking "Stage"
St. Remy-de-Provence
Named one of the “Best of Provence,” Andrew Harper Hideaway Report, June 2002.
If you want a little less cooking and more touring during your cooking holiday in France, please see our other 6-night program with Chef Pascal, Bonjour Provence at Domaine de Valmouriane.
About the location: Martina and Philippe Capel are a wonderful young couple. Their energy and dedication are obvious in every aspect of the hotel and restaurant. Martina, a graduate of a Swiss hospitality school, had always dreamed of owning her own hotel. She moved to Provence, met Philippe, and together they found the lovely four star Domaine de Valmouriane. It is an enchanting place of just twelve rooms on a parklike property of six hectares. This is an idyllic countryside retreat in the foothills of the Alpilles mountain range, located just outside of St-Remy de Provence, one of the most fashionable towns of Provence.
About the lessons: Chef Pascal Volle, the young and enthusiastic chef of the hotel’s popular restaurant “Le Saint-Georges” will guide you through Provençal recipes, assisted in translation by Philippe. Just a few of the dishes you may prepare are lobster cannelloni, herbed Provencal rack of lamb, and asparagus with salmon. Your morning lessons will concentrate on the preparation of a complete menu, including fabulous French desserts! In the evenings you will have the opportunity to cook with Chef Pascal in the kitchen of “Le Saint-Georges.”
Price Per Person
US$2100 per person based on double occupancy
US$800 single supplement
Tour Dates
On request any week for a minimum of one person.
Join a week others have confirmed: April 20-26, June 1-7.
Unavailable: January 4-February 5, October 23-November 4, November 15-December 9, 2010.
What's Included
- Six nights accommodation in standard double room
- Daily breakfast
- Five cooking classes, followed by meal with wine
- Opportunity to stay in restaurant kitchen all day and observe or assist with dinner preparation
Transfers are not included, but can be arranged for an additional cost. During free time, a cab ride to St. Remy is approximately 15 Euros (US$23) each way. We are also happy to help you with a low-cost rental car.
Other Regions in France
- Arrival on your own at the Domaine de Valmouriane. Settle in to your accommodations.
- Dinner on your own and overnight.
- Breakfast.
- After breakfast, participate in your cooking class with Chef Pascal. During the class, which will last about 3 hours, you will learn to prepare many traditional and seasonal Provenç dishes. (Wednesday’s class can be preceded by a visit of the open-air market with Chef Pascal.)
- Lunch to follow based on your efforts.
- In the late afternoon and evening, feel free to join Pascal at the hotel’s restaurant to continue your culinary education for as long as you want!
- Dinner on your own (although if you cook late with Pascal, he will make sure you don’t go hungry!)
- Overnight.
- Breakfast and departure.
