French Cooking Class & Market Visit, Paris

4.8 (4 reviews)
Prepare a three-course meal alongside a skilled chef in their home after shopping for the best ingredients at a nearby market.

Overview

Join a professional chef for a culinary adventure in Paris. Start by walking to a local market, where you'll select fresh ingredients for your meal while learning about French market traditions. Next, head to your chef's apartment, where you'll learn to cook a delicious three-course lunch with recipes that you can recreate at home. This experience, perfect for food lovers, culminates with a sit-down meal to feast on your creations.

Highlights

  • Explore a traditional Parisian market with a skilled chef
  • Select fresh, local ingredients for your lunch
  • Enjoy a hands-on cooking class in a Parisian apartment
  • Learn to cook French recipes and enhance flavors using expert techniques
  • Sit down with your fellow chefs to lunch on the three-course meal you prepared 

Know before you go

Duration
4.5 hours
Recommended for
All ages
Group
Small group, 8 people or less
Food & Drink
Lunch Included. Wine

What you'll do

The fun begins after connecting with your chef, a seasoned expert in classic restaurant techniques and home cooking. You'll start at a vibrant local market, the air filled with the scents of fresh produce and the chatter of vendors, as you follow your instructor, weaving through the open-air stalls that offer a peek into French market culture.

Once your basket is full with the freshest seasonal ingredients, you'll head back to your chef's Parisian apartment, just a short walk from the market. Here, in a well-equipped kitchen, you'll learn to cook a classic French three-course meal. Whether you're a seasoned home cook or a complete novice, the chef will demonstrate techniques and share tips on enhancing the flavors of the ingredients you picked and won't shy away from providing hands-on guidance. What's more, the recipes are designed to be simple, so you can easily recreate the dishes at home and impress your family and friends. 

The lesson is as engaging as it is educational, allowing you to ask questions and get personalized advice. Once the final touches have been made, it'll be time to sit for a feast of your creation, accompanied by fine local wine, before bidding farewell to your chef and their home. 

Start times

  • Daily

What's included

  • Market visit
  • Three-course cooking class
  • Wine
  • Recipes

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Traveler reviews

4 total ratings, 3 with reviews
4.8
Feature ratings
Quality of Experience
4.8
Guides, Drivers and Staff
4.8
Transport
4.8
Karen
Karen p.
Newark, NJ | Reviewed on May 11, 2024
This was such an amazing experience. Our chef was awesome. We went to the market to shop for all our ingredients. She was very knowledgeable. She educated us on special crops and history of French food. We went back to her place to cook. She gave us step by step instruction and had our Delicous meal together. By the time we were done we felt like family and didn’t want to leave. Read more

This was such an amazing experience. Our chef was awesome. We went to the market to shop for all our ingredients. She was very knowledgeable. She educated us on special crops and history of French food. We went back to her place to cook. She gave us step by step instruction and had our Delicous meal together. By the time we were done we felt like family and didn’t want to leave.

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Mary
Mary V.
Ahwatukee Foothills, AZ | Reviewed on Oct 24, 2023
Chef Fred was kind and friendly and it was great fun to chat while walking to the subway to ride to the market and then shopping for the ingredients once we decided on our chosen meal. Getting to cook in his Parisienne kitchen and learn delicious recipes was a fun experience and one of our favorite activities in Paris! Plus he promptly emailed them for us to try at home. Read more

Chef Fred was kind and friendly and it was great fun to chat while walking to the subway to ride to the market and then shopping for the ingredients once we decided on our chosen meal. Getting to cook in his Parisienne kitchen and learn delicious recipes was a fun experience and one of our favorite activities in Paris! Plus he promptly emailed them for us to try at home.

Quality of Experience
Learning to cook and then eat some delicious French food was a great experience.
Guides, Drivers and Staff
Chef Fred was exceptional and we would highly recommend this fun activity!
Transport
We walked and then rode the subway.
Pradeep
Pradeep B.
Bellevue, WA | Reviewed on Apr 16, 2023
Chef Miriyam was such a joy to be around. The excitement she shared while talking about the farmed produces in France to the cheese to introducing to us the French culinary ( parisian style of cooking) was such an amazing experience. Our kids enjoyed how she explained everything. We loved her class and the hosting services she did. We loved Miriyam and miss her " AllieAllie" . Read more

Chef Miriyam was such a joy to be around. The excitement she shared while talking about the farmed produces in France to the cheese to introducing to us the French culinary ( parisian style of cooking) was such an amazing experience. Our kids enjoyed how she explained everything. We loved her class and the hosting services she did. We loved Miriyam and miss her " AllieAllie" .

Tips for future travelers

I would say if you are a bit older and have walking issues or have little kids this would not be an ideal one for you. Because we have a going to the market in metro and then choosing the fresh produces and then coming back to her cooking studio. Which is like an hour plus trip and then an hour plus for the cooking class. So just keep that in mind before planning this class.

Quality of Experience
Miriyam had so much to talk about the French culinary, the spices that she used and how flavourful her food was.
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