A Culinary Vacation in Southern France
A culinary southern vacation in France with chefs & wine experts as your guides for a hands-on, fun & convivial learning experience
- Do you wish you had more time to devote to your passion for cooking?
- A 6-day culinary tour including hands-on French cooking classes in the company of a professional chef will allow you to pursue your passion and sharpen your skills all in a fun, relaxed, & convivial setting.
- Are you looking for a vacation that is more than just seeing sights?
- The Week in Uzès is a culinary holiday that gives you the perfect balance between cultural & culinary experiences. Not all your time is spent in the kitchen, we’ll visit local markets, meet producers, & give you plenty of time to enjoy that French joie de vivre.
- Are you tired of the same holiday experiences and want something new, that is fun and informative?
- Here is your chance to live French culture through this delicious hands-on cooking holiday that will not just give you a book of recipes but tools that can improve the skills of even seasoned cooks and a deeper understanding of France through its cuisine.
- Walk away with more than just recipes.
- Discover the hidden secrets & techniques chefs have known for years
- Deepen your knowledge and love for French cuisine & wine
- Spend a culinary vacation in southern France with fellow food & wine lovers exploring new tastes & sharing in a unique cultural experience.
Who We Are
We are Chef Eric Fraudeau & Yetunde Oshodi-Fraudeau, chef creators of French Cooking School, Cook’n With Class Paris. Together we bring you over 40 years of experience in hospitality and the culinary arts to share with you our passion for food, travel, & culture in our week-long culinary vacation in southern France. We’ve seen that when travelers are afraid of not fully understanding the way people eat, they will often gravitate towards the old and familiar. We wanted to challenge visitors to dive deeper into French culture by taking a bigger bite out of its cuisine.
A Unique Culinary Experience in Southern France
- This is not a large group tour! We only offer tours in small groups of between 6-8 people
- Our week is created by professional chefs with food & wine lovers in mind
- Our years of working in and living in France are brought together to offer you an enriching experience
- You will be guided by a professional chef through classic and modern recipes, learning skills that you can apply to your home cooking. Whether you are an occasional or avid cook there is something for all food & wine lovers to enjoy during this magical week.
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Highlights
Your culinary vacation in southern France includes:
- 7-night accommodations in a beautiful French country guesthouse
- French continental breakfasts each morning
- Welcome dinner expertly prepared by Chef Eric & including select French wines
- Private wine tours with a WSET certified wine educator
- Private tastings, culinary & cultural excursions
- 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 7 dinners including dinner at a select restaurant chosen by your chef, unlimited tastings
- Transportation to and from the guesthouse & school and for all organized excursions
- Exclusive guided French market tours
- Hands-on French cooking experience including, bread-making, soups, salads, stews, Provencal dishes, French desserts
- Small group sizes (maximum of 8 students), with up to 2 non-participating guests per session*
- You don’t have to be a chef! All cooking levels welcome
- You don’t even have to cook! A non-participating guest is welcome when traveling with a participant in a shared room. Please inquire.
- Learn expert techniques from a professional chef in English in a convivial and friendly atmosphere
- Your own Week in Uzes recipe e-book to recreate your recipes at home
- Private transportation to and from Avignon TGV on arrival and departure date
For the Culinary Vacation of a lifetime. View a sample program below.
*We can accommodate up to 2 non-participating guests sharing a room with a participant. Please ask us for more details.
Week in Uzès Sample Program
A French culinary holiday in southern France that actually gets you cooking. You’ll cook as much or as little as you like but the focus of our culinary holiday is the food and wine of the south of France.
Our French culinary vacation in Southern France is your chance to treat yourself to a culinary experience you will not soon forget. You can expect an exciting week including private wine tastings, wonderful French recipes to remake at home with a cooking experience you’ve come to expect from chef Eric Fraudeau & Cook’n With Class Experiences.
The following is a sample program for our Week in Uzès – a French Culinary holiday in the South of France. The program is subject to change due to weather or the availability of our partners. A more definitive program will be given to you on the day of your arrival. Barring any changes in weather and the desires of the group, this final program will be what you can expect for the week. We ask that you try to be understanding about any slight modifications that will not affect your overall enjoyment of the program.
While we adjust our program based on season, weather and the availability of our producers and tour partners here is a sample of one of the prior programs we held.
Saturday arrival
DAY 1:
Pick up from Avignon TGV at 3:30 PM to bring you to your French country guesthouse
Arrival at the guesthouse around 4:30 PM
Welcome dinner cocktail at around 6:30 PM at the guesthouse
To get you excited about the week ahead, we have arranged a “cocktail dinatoire” at the guesthouse around 6:30 PM. A chance to get to know Eric and Yetunde and your fellow participants and discuss the wonderful week ahead. No other dinner plans will be needed.
DAY 2 (Sunday):
1st day of class – Market Day 1
After a continental breakfast, we’ll head off to explore the covered market of Nîmes where we’ll select not only what we will eat for today’s lunch but also get a crash course into the fresh produce that adorns the menus of prestigious French restaurants and our homes. Upon our return to the house, we’ll prepare a light lunch from our market find. After lunch, we’ll get started on some prep for the next day’s lesson.
Optional light supper at home or a Free evening to yourself
DAY 3 (Monday):
Pont du Gard
Continental Breakfast after which we’ll dive into our first full day of cooking preparing today’s lunch menu. We’ll do some cooking and prepping after lunch before our late afternoon excursion.
Excursion of the day: Take in the magnificently preserved UNESCO World Heritage site – The Pont du Gard. This is not to be missed. We’ll enjoy wine over a light apéritif while enjoying this magnificent site.
Optional light dinner at the house or evening free.
DAY 4 (Tuesday):
Wine appreciation day
Start the day with a French continental breakfast at the guesthouse.
Winery Tour – Discover the wines of our region with a visit to two of our local wineries rich with tradition and a passion for good quality wines. Our WSET Level 3 wine educator will be your guide on this full-day tour. You’ll visit one winery in the morning after which you’ll enjoy a delicious lunch at a restaurant selected by our wine specialist.
After lunch, your wine guide will take you to explore a second winery and discover more unique wines of the region.
Optional dinner at the guesthouse or evening free. If preferred we would be happy to offer suggestions for any dinner reservations or you can refer to our restaurant suggestions.
DAY 5 (Wednesday):
Market day in Uzès
The morning will start with a French continental breakfast at the guesthouse. We’ll then head off to Uzès’s “marché des producteurs” (Farmer’s market), taking place on the Place aux Herbes. Take in this beautiful medieval city and shop like a local with chef Eric, for seasonal produce to take back to the kitchen. You will prepare a 4-course luncheon and also prep for tomorrow’s outing. After our lunch break, we take you to visit a working farm where they make the best cheese in the region. Get ready for some chèvre cuteness.
Optional light dinner at the guest house or evening free, post our apéritif
DAY 6 (Thursday):
Déjeuner sur l’herbe
Start the day with a French continental breakfast before an early morning of bread-making. Bake baguettes we’ll take along with us and get excited for the fabulous picnic lunch that you’ve prepared. You will be whisked off to a secluded location for a casual and delicious afternoon.
Optional light dinner at the guesthouse or evening free
DAY 7 (Friday):
Final cooking day
The morning will start with a French continental breakfast at your French country guesthouse. The lesson of the day including preparing lunch. We’ll break just after lunch so you are free to rest or explore.
For our final evening together, we’ll enjoy a quick apéro before we head off for a fabulous dinner at one of our favorite restaurants.
DAY 8 (Saturday):
Departure Day
A French continental breakfast will be served at the guesthouse before check-out and pick up at 10 am for the return to Avignon TGV.
(Please note that this is a sample itinerary to give you an idea of what to expect during your week in Provence).
For this all-inclusive 7-day Culinary Vacation in Southern France you’ll pay just 3995euros/person*
*Based on double occupancy rate. Single occupancy is at an additional 578 euros
A Culinary Holiday in Southern France made for Food & Wine Lovers
- You’ll enjoy 6 days of hands-on cooking lessons, 7 nights accommodations in a French country guesthouse, private exclusive tours with expert guides, French wines, French cheese, French markets, and that certain joie de vivre
- You will walk away with new skills, sharpened by the hands-on cooking lessons
- Your understanding of French cuisine and French wine you have enjoyed on previous trips or in your country of residence will be deepened through our tastings and excursions
- You will be filled with memories to last a lifetime and might even seek such adventures again in your future travels
Your Experience Creators
Yetunde Oshodi-Fraudeau
Owner/Sales & Marketing
I’m Yetunde, creator of your culinary adventures in France & Spain. The world and its cultures have always fascinated me. And what better way to experience a culture than through food? We are our best selves when we share a meal. And mealtime is at the heart of most homes. I wanted to create a program that would be enriching both in and out of the kitchen. With chefs, producers, and wine enthusiasts all eager to share their know-how & skills with our participants we have designed a program that will bring you countless memories, valuable skills, and stories to share when you get home. I have worked in food & hospitality for over 20 years and I want you to say, Let’s Eat The World
Chef Eric Fraudeau
Chef/Culinary Expert
I’m Chef Eric Fraudeau. Since I started my culinary career at 15, food has been my passion. My wife, Yetunde & I opened our French cooking school to welcome food & wine enthusiasts to Paris back in 2007 offering hands-on cooking classes that went beyond just another fun thing to do in Paris. My approach has always been simple: anyone truly can cook and my team of professional chefs & I are more than happy to share our knowledge with you so you can use your new (or honed) skills in your everyday meal preparation. It’s not about memorizing recipes. It’s about techniques you can apply at home. Come join us for a fun, convivial, & delicious culinary adventure of a lifetime.
Are you ready to treat yourself to a week filled with great French food, fabulous French cooking, French wine & French cheese tasting, exploration, and discovery?
Our culinary Week in Uzès would not be right for you if you don’t like to cook, travel, or meet interesting people.
But of course, and if spaces are available, if you are accompanying an enthusiastic cook as their food and wine-loving partner, you are more than welcome to join us as a non-participating guest*
What better time than now to treat yourself to the culinary vacation of a lifetime. So what are you waiting for?
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