French Cooking or Wine Classes

I’ve taken about half a dozen classes at Cook’n with Class over the years and have been happy with all of them https://cooknwithclass.com/. I’ve taken the market class (twice), bread, pastry, and the food and wine pairing (twice). I think I enjoyed the market classes the most as you learn quite a bit while shopping with the chef and the class is small so you get hands on opportunity to prepare the dishes under the guidance of the chef. The Food and Wine pairings are not hands on, but you sit around a table while the chef prepares a restaurant quality meal and a sommelier describes the wine chosen as a pairing and gives you a lot of information about French wines.

I’ve also taken a souffle class at La Cuisine which I enjoyed (https://lacuisineparis.com/). We only had 3 in the class.

I took a market class at Le Cordon Bleu and was very disappointed. The market portion was fine, but the demo by the chef was disappointing. It was a large class so it was difficult to see the chef. There was no opportunity to taste what the chef prepared which I found extremely disappointing. No recipes were provided, so one had to take notes while the translator was talking which also meant it was difficult to follow what the chef was doing.

Le Cordon Bleu is definitely a wonderful experience, even if the subject of the class isn’t particularly what you’re looking for. I took a half-day pastry class there, and the instruction classroom has a view of the Seine. The chef instructor was excellent, as was the translator. I would definitely take another class there. It’s also a great place for lunch.

You might want to check out classes at The Ritz Escoffier. I took a half-day pastry class there in April, and enjoyed it, but found that others in the group were quite advanced at pastry making. I haven’t attempted to make the Paris Brest at home yet. It doesn’t have the ambiance of Le Cordon Bleu, and was definitely a splurge experience.

Paroles du Fromagers in Paris offers cheese making, and wine and cheese pairing classes. It is in co-op cheese shop. David Lebowitz, a former pastry chef at Chez Panisse in Berkeley and now residing in Paris, mentioned the class in his newsletter. I took the cheese making class and really had a great time.

For wine tasting in Paris, O-Chateau on 68 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau was enjoyable. I think I read about it in RS Paris tour book. The staff introduced me to some wines I was not familiar with.

The Galleries Lafayette offers a 2-hour macaron class. Their instructional kitchen is well set-up, and you observe the making of the batter. Everyone gets to fill cookies, and take home a box. It’s a fun and inexpensive class. I was able to make macarons when I got home, though.

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so many classes to choose from and what suits your fancy.
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I second The Cookin with Class option. I’ve done several of their classes ( since 2009) and I’m signed up for three more in a couple of weeks. I have done the La Cuisine class and was not very impressed with it, as a matter of fact I did their sauce class and I’m re-taking one at Cookin with Class because I felt like I get more hands-on with Cookin with Class then with La Cuisine.
I have to admit I prefer the market class over the wine tasking as when you cook, Cookin with Class paired wine with our food, soI felt it was the best of both worlds.

Just returned from Paris and did two wine experiences. One was the Tour de France wine tasting at O'Chateau and the other was a wine and cheese pairing with Les Caves du Louvre. I recommend both. The setting at Les Caves du Louvre was great as it was downstairs and we got to tour the rest of the facility down there including a couple of rooms where you can create your own blend, a place where you can smell the different aromas/tastes of wine and a cool bar area.