A Cooking and Painting Holiday in France
Do you and your partner enjoy taking holidays together, but want to do different things?
Or maybe you have a friend who would like to go on a cooking holiday while you come for a painting holiday, or vice versa?
Well, here you'll find the best of both worlds: a combined cooking and painting holiday.
One cooks while the other paints...
So, while your partner or friend paints and draws on the painting holiday, 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 €130 Euros per person and everything you'll need is included in the cost of a standard five day/five night painting or cooking holiday.
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 holiday 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 much, much more...
Your painting holiday tutor, artist Gill Mitchell...
As soon as you meet your painting holiday 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 use of light and dark)
- Preliminary sketches
- Proportion
- Preparing various supports
- Pictorial composition
- Mount cutting
- Colour basics
among many others...
Chef, Jim Fisher, and
artist, Gill Mitchell
Your tutor, artist
Gill Mitchell
Gill (right) with recent student, Finola, and her painting of the cooks collecting herbs from our garden
One of the dishes you
could be cooking:
Salad of Spring Vegetables with an Orange and Walnut Oil Dressing
Guest, Preethi, finding some humour in courgettes (!?)
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Here you'll receive our undivided attention.
We don't rent gites or holiday homes or do Chambre d'Hote to supplement our income
So, our thriving Cooking, Painting and Photography courses run all year round just for you!
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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 experienced friendly tutors
• All ingredients
• Utensils
• Aprons
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Wine and beverages
