Dordogne
Breaks
Relaxed friendly hands-on COOKING, PAINTING & DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY courses in the Dordogne, France
Bombel • 24290 • St Amand de Coly • Sarlat • Dordogne • France           GPS: N 45° 01.915 / E 001° 15.295          Tel: 0033 (0)553 302405

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/Five 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.

Skills you'll be learning on your COOKING course in France include:
  • 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.

Skills you'll be learning on your PAINTING course in France include:
  • 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...






 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




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Now in it's 7th year!

After 7 years, even in these difficult times, our courses are more popular than ever!.

Which means, I suppose, that you all still like to get away for that much- needed break.

And, if that includes great value activities such as cooking, painting or photography, well, we have just the thing for you!



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Five day/Five night Cooking, Painting & Digital Photography courses include:

• Expert hands-on tuition in English

• All ingredients, aprons, equipment, paints, paper, and art equipment, use of our camera, Photoshop, PC, etc, etc...

• An evening meal on the day of your arrival

• Breakfast and lunch each day

• Dinner (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday)

• Wine with meals

• Tea, coffee and snacks throughout the day

• 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

• Art and photography take-home packs

Some of the things you'll be doing on the cooking course:

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

Our day courses:

• Hands-on practical tuition with experienced friendly tutors

• All ingredients

• Utensils

• Aprons

• Breakfast

• Lunch

• Wine and beverages