Any Macaron making class recommendations?

Check out La Cuisine Paris which is a cooking school catering to English speakers. I haven't taken their macaron class but have taken others and can recommend them. They are located on the Right Bank right across from Notre Dame. Their website has a schedule of their offerings and you can book online, too.

My daughter & I will be taking the macaron baking class at La Cuisine Paris in about 2 weeks. I'll post when we come back & let you know how it went. Learning to bake macarons was her top request on the Paris portion of our trip.

There is no requirement to be in Paris. Have you tried making macarons at home? I did it once, a few months back, and the results were quite good - just plain almond with vanilla butter cream. However, with a new found appreciation of why they are comparitively expensive to buy, I vowed never to do it again. It is a fiddly, fussy, frustrating and time consuming procedure. Buy a box and enjoy them with a nice view of Paris.

I've taken the macaron class at La Cuisine Paris and I loved it! The school is in a central location, class sizes are small, they are conducted in English and they're very hands on. I've taken several classes there and I've been pleased with all of them. Plus, you get to take home a box of your creations at the end of the class.

hmmm - A choice between learning to make something fussy and complicated at home by yourself or in Paris from a professional. I know I'd pick the experience of doing it in Paris.

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Have tried making at home and we love to bake so very excited to learn from the professionals in Paris! A fun thing to do as well as the sights and museums!

We just returned from our trip. My daughter & I had our macaron baking class at La Cuisine Paris on July 11th. It was lots of fun! Chef Eric taught the class. There was a total of 8 in the class with various cooking/baking experience. All ingredients were measured out & ready for us, so we went straight to making the macarons. My macarons were not the most perfectly shaped (think tear drop shaped rather than round!), but they tasted good. The class ended up making 3 different flavors & they were all shared at the end of the class. We each ended up with a box containing about 12 macarons. I would certainly take another class here if I come to Paris again.

Thanks Halloween we signed up for the class you took. That is what I was looking at and good to have some feedback.

LaCuisine classes are everyone's favorite here. My questions to those who have taken their classes, have any of you ever cooked or baked using their recipes at home? and how did they turn out? I am interested to know as I am thinking about signing up our daughter for their classes. Thanks

Another vote for La Cuisine - I've taken so many classes there over the years that they know me by name now! It's an excellent school, and all the instructors are great and speak excellent English. I've thoroughly enjoyed every class!

Someone asked about if I tried the recipes when I returned to the US. Didn't try the macarons at home, b/c as someone said they're tricky and fussy (and I'm a pretty good cook)! I tried to make croissants after that class but I think our US ingredients are quite different from the European ones (processing of wheat, butterfat in butter, etc.) My "croissants" were very nice crescent rolls but not croissants. But I've solved that problem - Trader Joe's has excellent frozen croissant dough, pain au chocolat, and almond croissants. You just let them rise overnight and bake them in the morning - miam! Hint - let the dough rise for the lesser time suggested.

So glad I found this thread. Was on the fence about booking a croissant class at La Cuisine and because everyone had so many nice things to say, we just booked! Thanks everyone! Merci!!

Thanks for all the comments - just booked at La Cuisine and just bought the Trader Joes croissants :-) . I so love this site just to hear everyone's experiences!

LaCuisine classes are everyone's favorite here. My questions to those who have taken their classes, have any of you ever cooked or baked using their recipes at home? and how did they turn out?

I've taken several classes at La Cuisine Paris. The experience itself was fun enough to justify going, but I've since made macarons (lots!), Crème Brûlée, and fougasse. I have both macarons and Crème Brûlée in my freezer right now😊. Tarts are next on my list.

The classes are taught using ingredients and equipment we would use in our homes. That makes baking it back home in my kitchen easier. The one big thing that I don't have at home that the school has is the person who keeps coming to the sink and washing and putting away all of our dishes and equipment . . . sigh.

My wife and son took the La Cuisine Macaron class about 5 years ago. My son has made macaroons several times at home since then. He has gotten very proficient and turns out very decent ones. We have a regular kitchen, nothing fancy. He has also made them in his small Berkeley apartment. So yes, you can do it back home.

Well we took the class and loved it. Learned so much and we have made macarons twice now at home and they turned out better. Friends have been blown away at how professional they tasted. Such a fun experience for bakers out there!