Experience the delicate French Cuisine while exploring Normandy Historic Sites

COOKING VACATIONS

Cooking with Corinne in Normandy

$5,480.00

Join Corinne in Normandy to discover a region of exceptional beauty offering exquisite produce which make its local cuisine so delicious.

8 days/7 nights Culinary and Cultural Tour (Saturday-Saturday)
♦ Private Montgomery House accommodation
♦ 3 hands-on cooking classes
♦ Daily breakfasts, lunches and dinners
♦ Market tour and visits to local producers, Cultural guided tours
♦ Paris CDG airport transfer
♦ Daily transportation for the tours and visits

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We want to be sure that this tour, the itinerary and the food offered match with your wishes, likes and expectations. Thank you.

We look forward to speaking with you and to welcoming you soon!

Welcome to Normandy!

Close your eyes and imagine a peaceful and verdant region with black and white cows grazing under apple trees, rolling hills matching pastures and groves, beautiful countryside scattered with farms and half-timbered or granite towns leading to a stretch of coastline, picturesque harbors and fishing villages with a strong maritime history, without forgetting the food! Normandy is one of top-five gourmet destinations in France with beautiful markets, exquisite produces, and great restaurants. Normandy is a destination for foodie travelers!

Through our exclusive and original Normandy culinary tour, you will partake in 3 hands-on classes and enjoy gourmet adventures in traditional restaurants. You will meet local people and discover the Normandy region through its cultural heritage. Our program features the preserved natural environment of the Pays d’Auge, its quaint villages and historic sites, cheese and cider farms and Calvados brandy distilleries. Corinne personally runs cooking classes and guides this tour.

Montgomery private house Accommodation

Booking a Lifestyle Vacations original culinary tour is a full immersion in the chic and unique French art of living and the accommodation is a part of it.

Montgomery is a modern house located in a quiet and family-friendly quarter nearby Sword beach, offering 4 bedrooms furnished with queen-sized beds with premium bedding, toiletries and slippers. 3 private bathrooms with all modern amenities complete the accommodation.
Montgomery is centrally located to allow sightseeings: 15 minutes distance from Caen, Ouistream and Pegasus Bridge, and 30 minutes away to Bayeux, Normandy Landing sites, Cabourg and Deauville elegant seaside towns.

Corinne will prepare copious breakfasts each day, including tea or coffee, fried or scramble eggs, fruits, yogurts, freshly baked bread, home-made crepes, cakes, butter, jam, cheese… well everything you need to start your day on the best way!

Cooking Classes & Normandy Cuisine

Join Corinne in the kitchen to experience the French and Normandy cuisine through hands-on classes taught in English. You will learn, you will cook, you will enjoy eating, and you will have fun.

“I always have looked to find fun in the kitchen since I have seen Julia Child TV shows and having the chance to working with her in Boston. I am a self-educated cook, trained by Michelin-starred Chefs for many years. Today my goal is to encourage people to eat better through well-balanced menus prepared with fresh seasonal (organic if possible) produce. For years, I have simplified hundreds of recipes celebrating the French cuisine for home cooks. In a word, no need to be an advanced cook to join my classes”, explains Corinne.

Normandy is well known for its dairy produce (delicious butter and heavy cream, flavorful cow-milk cheeses such as Camembert, Pont Levêque and Livarot), cider, Calvados brandy, exquisite desserts but also good meat and delicate fish.

Rural Normandy areas feature lors of artisans who keep the traditions alive. Aside to your cooking lessons, you will visit producers who make delights such as milk jam, salty-buttered caramel candies, buttered biscuits and shortbreads, etc. You will have the chance to meet local producers on the food markets and in the farms.

Cooking with Corinne in Normandy tour includes 3 cooking classes scheduled in the morning or in the afternoon. Within 3 hours you will learn how to prepare and to cook a 3 or 4-course meal including appetizer, starter, main course, pastry, dessert that you will enjoy afterwards.

You will cook fish, lamb or chicken, according to the thematic classes. Aperitif and tasting lunch and dinner accompanied by wine, cider, mineral water, coffee or herbal tea follow each class. Sample menus can include walnuts and Calvados flavored countryside pâté, Livarot cheese choux puffs (exquisite for the aperitif), Made-in-Normandy chicken, rack of lamb topped with herbs crust, caramelized apple tarts, seasonal fruits clafoutis, etc. Please remind that Corinne creates the menus according to your likes, dislikes, food restriction or allergies. That’s why it’s important that you mention it on the reservation form you will complete.

Tours, Visits & Gourmet Experiences

Cooking with Corinne Normandy Cultural Tours

Our culinary and cultural exclusive and original tour includes connections with local people and producers such as cider and cheese farms, artisans. You will experience a market tour and food shopping.It is also a full immersion in the history of Normandy, its heritage and traditions.

You will visit Caen, Bayeux, Cabourg, D-Day sites and the Pays d’Auge picturesque villages listed among the most beautiful villages in France.

All along your Normandy culinary adventures, will enjoy gourmet lunches and dinners in traditional restaurants celebrating the delicate local cuisine.

ITINERARY

Day 1 (Saturday) – Paris CDG airport private transfer – Welcome to Normandy!
Paris CDG airport private transfer to Saint-Lazare station for taking the train to Caen (it takes 2 hours to get there).
Transfer to Montgomery House by private car or minivan. Check-in. Resting time.
Early welcome food and wine pairing dinner in Montgomery House.
Overnight.

Day 2 (Sunday) – Cabourg market tour and shopping – Afternoon Cooking Class & Dinner.
After breakfast, transfer to Cabourg. Open-air market tour and food shopping, followed by a quiet walk on Marcel Proust seaside promenade.
Lunch in Cabourg.
Transfer to Montgomery House after lunch.
3-hour cooking class starting at 4pm followed by tasting dinner.
Overnight.

Day 3 (Monday) – Cooking class & lunch. Afternoon Deauville walking tour.
After breakfast, join Corinne for a healthy one-hour walk through the Normandy countryside before heading to the kitchen.
Morning 3-hour cooking class starting at 10am followed by lunch.
Afternoon walking tour and shopping in Deauville. Back to Montgomery House for a rest.
Dinner cruise at La Réserve péché/iodé restaurant in Merville nearby town.
Overnight.

Day 4 (Tuesday) – D-Day sites full-day guided tour.
After breakfast, transfer to the D-Day sites.
Arromanches D-day museum audio-guided visit in the morning.
Lunch in a creperie in Arromanches.
Afternoon driving tour by the coast to Omaha sector, La Pointe-du Hoc and Colleville-sur-Mer American cemetery.
Dinner in Montgomery House.
Overnight.

Day 5 (Wednesday) – Bayeux cultural guided tour & Visits to the cathedral and Museums – Lunch in Bayeux
After breakfast, guided visit to the Cathedral and to the Lace museums.
Lunch in Bayeux.
Early afternoon Bayeux guided walking tour.
Transfer to Montgomery House.
Dinner at Benoist’ restaurant in Courseulles s/Mer
Overnight.

Day 6 (Thursday) – Morning Cooking Class – Afternoon Pays d’Auge quaint villages tour.
Breakfast.
Morning 3-hour cooking class followed by lunch.
Afternoon Pays d’Auge guided tour including the visit to a Calvados and cider farm while exploring picturesque villages (Beuvron-en-Auge, Cambremer, Blangy-le-Château).
Dinner in Montgomery House.
Overnight.

Day 7 (Friday) – Caen guided walking tour including the visit to the chateau – Afternoon free at your leisure
After breakfast, transfer to Caen
This year, the city of Caen will celebrate its millennium (the first mention in writing dates back from 1025, under the name of “Cadomus”). The beginnings of a Norman city starts under the reign of William the Conqueror a few years later.
Caen guided walking tour for 2 hours.
Lunch at Bistronome restaurant.
Afternoon free at your leisure for shopping or visits (Caen Memorial Museum can’t be missed, as well as the Abbaye aux Hommes, an Romanesque and Gothic architectural masterpiece of medieval and 18th-century art founded by William the Conqueror.
Farewell food & wine pairing dinner in Montgomery House?
Overnight

Day 8 (Saturday) – Transfer to Caen train station – End of the tour.
After breakfast, transfer to Caen train station.
End of the tour.

PROGRAM PRICES

$5,480 per person (DBL occupancy, based on 2 people)
VAT and all taxes included.

Price includes:
♦ Paris CDG airport private transfer
♦ Private transfer to Montgomery House
♦ Guided tours transportation by private SUV car
♦ 7-night private Montgomery House accommodation (DBL occ.)
♦ Daily breakfasts, lunches and dinners
♦ 3 hands-on cooking classes
♦ Market tour and visits to local producers
♦ Gourmet experiences in traditional restaurants
♦ Dinner cruise
♦ Caen, Bayeux and quaint villages guided visits
♦ D-Day sites guided tour.

Not included: airfare from/to your country, train tickets to/from Caen, soft drinks and wine in restaurants, personal expenses, personal insurance, and all which is not listed in “price includes”.

2025 & 2026 TOUR DATES

~~August 16-22, 2025 (SOLD OUT)~~
September 5-12, 2026 (4 spots available)
Please contact us for the availability and additional information. Thank you.Tour is confirmed with 2 people, and it’s limited to 4 participants. Reservation in advance is strongly recommended in high season.