May 13-20: The French Table with Patisse FULL
May 20-27: The French Table Present Burgundy (2 PLACES LEFT)
June 4-11: The French Table with Accoutrement FULL
June 21-29: The French Table Presents Beautiful Bordeaux FULL
July 4th-11th: The French Table at Chateau Bosgouet FULL
July 18th-25th: The French Table with Luscious Affairs (FULL)
August 1st-8th: The French Table at Chateau Bosgouet (4 PLACES LEFT)
August 15th-22nd: The French Table Presents "In the footsteps of Julia Child" (FULL)
September 5th-12th: The French Table at Chateau Bosgouet (2 PLACES LEFT)September 20-27: The French Table presents "A Champagne Adventure" (4 Places left)
2013 DATES
June 1-9: The French Table presents "Incredible Bordeaux" (Please email for an itinerary)
June 15-22: The French Table at Chateau Bosgouet
July 11-18: The French Table presents "In The Footsteps of Julia Child" (Please email for an itinerary)
July 25-August 1: The French Table at Chateau Bosgouet
August 6-13: The French Table presents "Secret Paris" (Please email for an itinerary)
August 15-22: The French Table presents "Rhone and Provence .... a gourmet adventure" (Email for an itinerary)
September 5-12: The French Table at Chateau Bosgouet
September 18-25: The French Table presents "A Champagne Adventure"
SAMPLE ITINERARY
Day One
Guests meet in Paris where you will be met by Jane
Webster to travel by minibus back to Chateau de bosgouet.
Settle into your charming room, explore the Chateau and grounds, enjoy
afternoon tea followed by free
time.
Apéritifs, a full open bar including French Champagne...Billiecart...Moet
& Chandon and hors d'oeuvres is followed by Dinner in the chateau's
magnificent dining room. Indeed one of the highlights is that each evening
guests are introduced to champagnes rarely seen outside of France from
small exclusive houses.
Day Two
Breakfast Chateau Bosgouet style: Fresh croissants,
pain au chocolat, homemade muffins, fresh fruit, homemade conserves, compote
of rhubarb & apples, freshly brewed coffee and tea & freshly squeezed
orange juice.
Market Day in Rouen to shop for today’s class at the Vieux Marche
where Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake in the 15th C.
After visiting the market, explore Rouen’s old town that has been
developing since the Romans built the first bridge but came to its zenith
in the century between the French Reconquest and Wars of Religion –
an era during which many fine examples of Renaissance style were brought
to the city.
Mid afternoon CLASS I, will be conducted by Jane. The afternoon's workshop
takes place in a large country kitchen. We will use the Bosgouet potager
of fresh herbs and vegetables to produce a wonderful meal . The afternoon's
enjoyable work will result in a splendid and intimate dinner, based on
superior regional produce to be enjoyed at Chateau Bosgouet.
Day Three
Breakfast Chateau Bosgouet style:
Market Day at Deauville.
Considered the 21st arrondissement of Paris, this elegant and swank seaside
town has a wonderful fresh market, elegant shops and gorgeous beach promenade.
Walk the "planches" and dine on "moules and frits"
by the seaside.
Return to Bosgouet for CLASS II with Jane Webster culminating in dinner
at Bosgouet.
Day Four
Market Day at Honfleur.
Full day excursion to the artist's paradise of Honfleur, located on the
Seine estuary, a seductively pretty port village with narrow winding streets,
the exceptional all wooden-church of Ste Catherine, and charming quays,
much celebrated in many paintings by the Impressionists. Free time for
afternoon.
Late afternoon return to Chateau Bosgouet.
Dinner: Michelin star restaurant in Rouen
On a quay of the Seine, near the Place de la Cathedrale, is Rouen's premier
restaurant.
After dinner, there is the option to see Monet's paintings illuminated
upon the Nôtre Dame Cathedral, a truly incredible sight.
Day Five
Visit Le Bec Hellouin. An important medieval religious and cultural centre,
this Ancient Abbey of the Benedictine monks still presents an incredible
experience of the monks chanting.
Lunch at a restaurant that prides itself on regional fare, and is housed
in typical Norman half timbered buildings.
After lunch there is ample time to wander in beautiful village and browse
the delightful boutiques and antique shops.
Return to the Chateau for Class III with Jane before the early evening
Wine Tasting at Chateau Bosgouet in the cellar followed by dinner at Chateau
Bosgouet.
Day Six
Excursion to Mont St Michel,The « Wonder
of the Western World » forms a tower in the heart of an immense
bay invaded by the highest tides in Europe.It
was at the request of the Archangel Michel « chief of the celestial
militia » that Aubert, Bishop of Avranches built and consecrated
a small church on the 16th October 709. In 966 a community of Benedictines
settled on the rock at the request of the Duke of Normandy and the pre-Romanesque
church was built before the year one thousand
Return to Bosgouet for dinner at local restaurant.
Day Seven
A morning visit to Claude Monet’s garden at Giverny, stunning during the Summer months. This house with its vibrant yellow kitchen and exceptional collection of Japanese woodblock prints is where he painted his famous water lily masterpieces. Lunch at Giverny.
This evening culminates in a wonderful farwell degustation dinner at a brilliant Michelin star restaurant.
Day Eight
Farewells and Au Revoirs to new friends and Chateau
Bosgouet.
Departure after breakfast.
Guests are returned to Rouen mid morning for the Train back to Paris.
