Terroirs by Adeline

I am pleased to highly recommend Terroirs by Adeline Bourgogne's cooking class in Beaune, France.  We have been coming to Beaune and the Cote de Beaune and Cote de Nuits for over 20 years and we had heard many times how great the cooking schools are in the area learning the intricacies of great French cooking.  So on our last trip, we did one with one of Adeline's competitors and enjoyed it.  Then Covid hit ending our trips to France for close to 4 years.  In planning this year's trip we told our guy Stevie Bobes of Wineambasseur.com we wanted to do the cooking school this time also but now he recommended Terroirs by Adeline and we are so happy we chose her and her team.    Both schools we have attended follow a similar model.  You start your day with Adeline in the town market which on Saturday is fairly large and you walk around meeting vendors and selecting the fresh ingredients needed to prepare Adeline's recipes for lunch.  You select vegetables, cheese, sometimes fresh foie gras and the list goes on.  You then follow Adeline back to her "lab" as she calls it to start working for your supper so to speak.  Adeline's "lab" is an oxymoron.  It is a full scale fully equipped professional kitchen with all of the most modern appliances and cookware imaginable along with a large prep area and dining area.  Outside is an extensive herb and vegetable garden to use with your lunch.  Once you get started there is a team effort to make lunch and Adeline asks what everyone's skill set is and then assigns duties accordingly.  Having surgical experience I am a fairly decent slicer and dicer so I got to do that prep.  While doing all of this Adeline is passing around glass after glass of wine so frankly when it was time for lunch I needed a nap.  We had a wonderful freshly made gazpacho for a starter, a crispy skin fish with vegetables, and then dessert.  There were 7 of us in the class and we had to have had at least 7 or 8 bottles of wine, many of which were Premier Cru or better.   And then after lunch more wine while Adeline and her helper clean up.  There are many advantages to using Adeline, first of which her prices per person were 30% less than the last school we attended.  We like the group approach as opposed to standing by yourself essentially just preparing your own meal.  As we left Adeline provided us with all the recipes plus some we had not prepared so we left with plenty of information.  The only thing I would have improved as I for one would have liked to remain in the Saturday Market a little longer to see more things, shop more, and meet more locals.  As we age we had way too much wine and could have spent time in the Market instead of drinking so much wine and I recognize many disagree with that.   Overall it was an outstanding day and I cannot recommend Adeline higher to you.  

Terroirs By Adeline

9 Av. de L'Aigue 21200

Beaune, France

06 17 38 46 72 Use+33 first if calling on US Phone