Cookery/Wine Classes Cannes

Cookery/Wine Classes

A dish cooked by yourself in half an hour costs 15€ and you eat it afterwards with your fellow classmates. This is the cookery school of Les Apprentis Gourmets cours de cuisine, 6 rue Teisseire (near the Marche Gambetta) in the centre of Cannes. Expert chefs will guide you through the process so even complete novices will gain from the experience. A three course meal for one takes an hour and a half and costs 50€ as does a two course dinner for two which takes an hour.

There is also an hour's wine course for 25€.(see also Cave Croisette)

Tel: 04 93 38 78 76

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LeNôtre, 63 rue d'Antibes, is a traiteur (sells cooked food) but also runs a cookery school upstairs. Two hour or three hour classes cost between 70€ for one dish and 145€ for a three course meal. Adolescents (ados) can have a 50€ lesson and children as young as seven can cook for 45€.

Tel: 04 97 06 67 67

L'Oasis La Napoule

This two Michelin starred restaurant in La Napoule has started its wine and cookery school. Wine course with sommelier Pascal Paulze cost 40€ - 65€; patisserie with Francois Raimbault costs 65€ including afternoon tea; and main dishes with Stephane Raimbault cost 85€, including preparation and eating it with a glass of wine or 150€ including lunch. Bookings - telephone 04.92.97.31.83 or email cecile.martinez@oasis-raimbault.com

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Le Moulin de Mougins has opened its cookery school. Average price of lessons is 70€. Children's cookery courses are every Wednesday afternoon and cost 20€. Tel 06 63 01 83 09 or see web site www.moulinsdemougins.com

L'Amandier in Mougins it open a cookery school under its restaurant in September. Each session of two and a half hours costs 50€. Subjects taught by bi-lingual teacher, Chef Denis Fetisson, include vegetables, pasta and risotto, cooking methods, patisserie, meats and fowl (60€),fish and seafood (70€) and a three course meal (80€). The joy, or not, is eating what you have produced afterwards.

Tel: 04 93 90 00 91

Email: lamandierdemougins@wanadoo.fr

Website: http://www.amandier.fr/amandier/programme.htm

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