Discover the “cuisine of the sun” on a market-to-table cooking week in Provence. Learn to cook like the French of Provence with a professionally French-trained chef during this five-day food-lover’s week. Your week will include four hands-on, full-meal cooking classes, market tours, guided visits to food, wine and pastry shops, a fun introduction to Provencal and Southern Rhone wines, a wine & food-tasting evening, and a food and wine excursion to the picturesque Luberon Valley with lunch at a Michelin-starred restaurant.
This cooking week is for small groups, limited to a maximum of six people. Daily classes are held in Aix-en-Provence and you will have the chance to tour and shop the Aix-en-Provence daily market and the town during its big market days with Chef Kathy. Accommodations are not included in the package price, but we can customize this package to also include accommodations.
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DATES AND PRICING
2023 Dates:
- June 12 – 16, 2023 (FULL)
Private group bookings are still open for 2023.
Cooking Week Price:
$2,850 USD per person
Maximum Group Size: 6 people
2023 Private-Group Vacation Pricing:
In 2023, this vacation is also open to private-groups. Private-group pricing for this cooking week is listed below.
We also have private, all-inclusive cooking weeks that include accommodations in Aix-en-Provence. Please contact us for more details.
For a group of 2 or 3 people: $3,200 per person
For groups of 4 – 6 people: $2,850 per person
For groups of 8 or more, please contact us
BOOKING AND PAYMENT:
- To secure your spot on this trip, a non-refundable, transferable, deposit of $750 per person is required.
- The remaining balance is due 90 days prior to vacation start date.
- You can make payments by credit card, debit card or bank transfer.
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ALL THIS IS INCLUDED IN YOUR COOKING WEEK IN PROVENCE:
- Four full-meal market-to-table cooking classes ~ All are hands-on in a small group setting
- 8 meals – 5 lunches, 3 dinners, wine included with meals
- Market Day Tours in Aix-en-Provence – Shop the market in Aix-en-Provence with Kathy during the town’s daily and big market days, meet the vendors and learn how to shop a Provencal market
- Experience a truly Provencal apero-dinatoire. Your welcome dinner to the cooking week will be this typical light dinner with glasses of Rose’ and Sparkling Wine
- Introduction to Provence and Southern Rhone Wine class with a guided wine-tasting and food & wine pairing
- Lunch at a Michelin-Starred Restaurant
- Full Day in the Luberon Valley – The full-day visit will include visiting two Luberon Valley villages, lunch at a Michelin-starred restaurant, and a winery visit and tastings, and round-trip transportation from Aix-en-Provence
- Pastry shop visit and guided tasting
- Cheese shop visit and guided tasting – Over the course of the week, you will taste at least 15 French cheeses
- Each guest will also receive a Food Lover’s Odyssey apron and recipe Ebook that includes 60 of my favorite French & Provencal recipes.
**Airfare, accommodations, transportation to Aix-en-Provence, travel insurance, meals not mentioned above, and expenses of a personal nature (souvenirs and other personal items) are not included in the cooking week package price.
For the Provence Cooking Week, you should plan to arrive in Aix-en-Provence the afternoon before Day 1 of the week and to leave Aix-en-Provence the day after Day 5 of your week.
Welcome Champagne Apero – Before your cooking week begins, Chef Kathy invites you to an evening apero with Champagne and Rose’ wine. You’ll be able to meet fellow cooking-class guests and mingle over this classic Provencal evening of wine and gourmet nibbles.
(Apero Time: 6:00 – 8:30pm)
Day 1 ~ Introduction to the Cuisine and Markets of Provence
- Meet Chef Kathy in Place Richelme, the location of the daily market in Aix-en-Provence. Learn about the market and its history as you shop with her for some of the ingredients for today’s cooking class.
- The cooking class location is just minutes from the daily market. Together you will make a Provencal lunch, making a starter, main dish, vegetable side and dessert. You’ll enjoy a Provencal wine with your first and second courses. Class will end once the meal is over, at about 4:30pm.
(Class Time: 10am – 4:30pm | Meals Included: Lunch)
Day 2 ~ Market Tour on Big Market Day in Aix – Pastry Visit & Tasting – Cheese Shop Visit – Lunch together in Aix – Afternoon Cooking Class with Southern Rhone Wine Introduction and Pairing
- Meet Kathy this morning, this time on the Cours Mirabeau, to start our tour of the Grande Marche’ (big market day in Provence). Kathy will explain what big market day is and lead you along all five parts of the market that wind around the entire historic center of Aix-en-Provence. You’ll meet and talk with vendors and shop for ingredients for the day’s cooking class.
- You’ll also visit a local pastry shop and sample Viennoiserie before your market tour and visit a boutique fromagerie. Kathy will purchase some cheese for the evening’s food, wine & cheese pairing.
- After the market tour, we will have lunch together at a bistrot in Aix-en-Provence.
- After lunch you’ll have time to relax from the morning’s activities before our afternoon cooking class begins.
- Today during class, learn the secrets of the French vinaigrette and make two very typical Provencal dishes, les petits farcis and a Nicoise salad. Included in your meal will be the famous French cheese platter and an introduction to Southern Rhone wines. Kathy will pair each course with a different wine from the region.
(Market Tour & Lunch Time: 9:30am – 2pm and Afternoon Class: 5:00pm – 9:00pm | Meals included: Lunch, Dinner)
Day 3 ~ Day in the Luberon Valley – Michelin-Star Lunch
- Today we’ll take a break from the kitchen and spend the day in the lovely Luberon Valley. Visit two villages named the most beautiful in all of France, Lourmarin and Roussillon. We’ll have lunch at a Michelin-Starred restaurant in the Luberon countryside and visit a winery to taste more Provence red and rose wines.
(Daily Excursion Timing: 9:30am – 6:00pm | Meals Included: Lunch)
Day 4 ~ The Fish Monger – Mediterranean Cooking Class
- Meet Kathy this morning in Place Richelme. Together you will meet the local fish monger and purchase fish and seafood for today’s meal. Stop at the daily market on the way to the cooking class to pick up the remaining ingredients needed.
- Today class is all about the sea as you learn to make Provencal classics, a “baby” bouillabaisse,” Shrimp in Pastis and a classic French dessert. Lunch will be what we make in class and accompanied by local white and Rose wines.
(Class Time: 10am – 4:30pm | Meals Included: Lunch)
Day 5 ~ Market-to-Table Cooking Class – Farewell Dinner in Aix-en-Provence
- Meet Kathy in the morning for our final day at the market together. Shop for the ingredients for today’s three-course, market meal.
- After the market visit, you will create together a Provencal market-based meal and French dessert. Lunch will be what you made together paired with Provencal wines.
- This evening you will meet together in the center of Aix-en-Provence for your farewell dinner with Kathy at one of her favorite restaurants in town.
(Class Time: 10am – 4:30pm and Dinner 7:30pm – 10pm | Meals included: Lunch, Farewell Dinner)
NOTE: Sequence of classes and activities may vary. The final itinerary will be provided one month before the start of your cooking week.