A Combined Cooking
and Painting Course
Do you and your partner enjoy taking courses together, but want to do different things?
Or maybe you have a friend who would like to go on a cooking course while you come for a painting course, or vice versa?
Well, here you'll find the best of both worlds: a combined cooking and painting course.
One cooks while the other paints...
So, while your partner or friend paints and draws on the painting course, you could be cooking the gourmet dishes that you'll both be eating later. Over lunch and dinner you'll be able to swap stories about what you've each been up to during the day.
And where better to learn not only the culinary arts, but also the painterly arts, than France: birthplace of some of the greatest chefs and painters in the world.
The cost...
Prices start from just £120 per person. Everything you'll need is included in the cost of a standard five day/six night painting or cooking course.
But, if you only want to come for a day or two, ask about our One, Two and Three day courses.
Either way, contact us for availability.
Your cooking course in France chef, Jim Fisher...
Patiently guided and encouraged by your chef, Jim Fisher, you'll quickly become highly adept in the kitchen. And you won't be punished for every mistake by some starched Fanny Craddock type either - just patient guidance and jovial encouragement from an experienced friendly chef.
- Pre-prep
- Ingredient selection
- Knife skills
- Pastry work
- Butchery
- Fish and seafood cooking
- Cakes, desserts and patisserie
- Sautes and roasts
- Stocks and sauces
- French, Mediterranean, Italian, Spanish classic and regional dishes
and many, many more...
Your painting course tutor, artist Gill Mitchell...
As soon as you meet your painting course tutor, Gill Mitchell, you'll realise that she is easy to get on with. Naturally chatty, brimming with character, and possessing a great sense of humour, she is a born teacher who'll use her enthusiasm and keen eye to guide and encourage you.
- Perspective
- How to 'see' (very important, but much overlooked)
- Chiaroscuro (the juxtaposition of light and dark)
- Preliminary sketches
- Proportion
- Preparing various supports
- Pictorial composition
- Colour basics
among many others...
Chef, Jim Fisher with
art tutor, Gill Mitchell
Budding chef, Colin
cooking for the
first time
Art student, Ellie,
with
her 'Grape Vine'
Make a great
Chocolate Mousse!
A student's rendering
of 'The Window'
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Need a unique gift for someone special?
Then why not send them here on a course?
Infinitely flexible and valid for up to a year from date of purchase, gift vouchers can cover our full range of courses.
So, make someone's day a special one - order a gift voucher now and we'll get it to you today!
• Expert hands-on tuition in English
• All cooking ingredients, equipment and aprons
• An evening meal on the day of your arrival
• Breakfast and lunch each day
• Dinner (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday)
• A meal at our favourite local restaurant on Friday
• Tea, coffee and wine
• En suite centrally-heated accommodation
• Entrance fees to places visited
• Private and secluded pool
• Internet and Email access
• Recipe pack containing all the dishes cooked during your stay
Learn how to cook pastries, breads and soups
Select and prepare the best fish and shellfish
Butcher common joints of meat
Cook classic French and Italian sauces
Construct modern dressings
Master the art of stylish contemporary food presentation
• Hands-on practical tuition with an experienced chef
• All ingredients
• Utensils
• Aprons
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Wine and beverages