Cooking Holidays in France

Well the kitchen is almost completed now and it took a lot longer than we initially expected. With underfloor heating, old  stoves, French Windows and our own chef doing design work way above the michelin requirements, it has been a labour of love all the way! The photos will tell the tale but personally the best job we did was not the new roof on this old 16th century house with links to the Manor of Plessy down the road but the large new French patio doors in the north wall which gives the most amazing view of the valley and the forests at the rear of the property. Our students will have to concentrate hard on their creme brulee's if they are not to be beguiled by the breathtaking views from the kitchen window!

The school doors will open on June 16th offering weekly courses on a wide variety of French and international cuisine. We have already had lots of enquiries from the UK (Sussex, Surrey, Oxford Hampshire) and Ireland (Dublin, Galway, Cork Wexford) and the Channel Island of Jersey and further afield (Germany, Austria, Singapore and Namibia. There is an increasing number of holiday makers who wish not to lie on a beach all day but get involved with an activity vacation and what better activity than learning how to cook better and eat well while on holiday into the bargain! Our students tell us they want to gain skills in a holiday atmosphere mixing with like minded colleagues and making new friends at the same time. Our school will ensure that everyone gets quality time with our Michelin trained chef. Many cooking schools don't let their students get hands on experience but here at the Kerrouet School, we pride ourselves with small classes allowing everyone to get involved in preparing the food and this covers the whole range from basic kitchen skills, visiting  the best food markets in France, purchasing and product appraisal (essential for seafood, cheese, meat and vegetables). French cuisine and wines are world famous and here in Brittany we are within the centre of the best seafood and vegetable markets of France. Students will learn how to bake real bread (essential for healthy living), cook oysters, mussels, scallops, crabs, langoustines, seabass, turbot, sole, skate, monkfish, salmon, seatrout, and a whole world of beautiful and exotic dishes. Check out our website for a wonderful range of mouthwatering recipes which are about to unfold on www.frenchdiningschool.com.