Cooking with Corinne in the Périgord

The Périgord is a jewel of sumptuous landscapes alternating pastoral meadows, vineyards, farms, golden stone bastides, chateaux and medieval perched villages overlooking the Dordogne river. The region is also popular with prehistoric caves revealing treasures of rock art among the most beautiful in Europe. Aside to its exceptional historic and architectural heritage, the Perigord is a destination that gourmet travelers will love!
The delicious South-West cuisine not only highlights river fish, duck or goose confit, foie gras, walnuts, black truffles but also the freshest vegetables and fruits to balance the rich cuisine. The Bergerac wines are not as well-known as neighboring Bordeaux grands crus but their harmony with the local cuisine is perfect. Red Pécharmant matches well with meat as the white Bergerac gives the river fish a subtil taste. You will enjoy the sweet Monbazillac with a home made foie gras paté and toasted country loaf bread.

Cooking with Corinne in the Périgord tour includes cultural tours, cooking lessons, gourmet experiences in traditional restaurants,luxury private manor accommodation, Sarlat round-trip transfer and transportation by private van or car.

• You are a foodie traveler, and you are keen to experience the French South-West cuisine,
• You are interested in history, traditions and French culture,
• You like to stroll across manicured gardens,
• You look for an individual or a small group tour,
→ Our original Périgord culinary and cultural tour is designed for you!

Join Corinne in the kitchen to experience the South West traditional cuisine through 3 hands-on cooking classes taught in English scheduled in the morning or in the afternoon. Corinne’s recipes are simplified for home cooks and include fresh seasonal ingredients that you will be able to find when you’re back home.
What are you going to cook? The Périgord cuisine celebrates the countryside traditions. Menus are well balanced and created according to your likes, dislikes, food restrictions or allergies you would have mentioned when you register for this journey. It can include a duck or fish pâté, chestnut and foie gras velouté, escargots and mushrooms pastry, truffle scrambled eggs, beef fillet with wine sauce and seasonal vegetables, fillet of river fish with a beurre-blanc sauce, chicken “Made-in-Périgord”, seasonal fruits clafoutis, soufflé, walnut cake, honey and lemon crepes, poached fruits in red wine, pears tart, etc. You will of course enjoy the Rocamadour and Cabécou local goat creamy cheese accompanied by walnut oil dressed salad. Coffee can be accompanied with Armagnac or walnut liquor.

Each day will be a fest! Aside to your cooking lessons, you will experience the market tour and shopping, visit local producers including a geese farm and a walnut oil mill and enjoy the traditional Périgourdine cuisine in gourmet restaurants and in a typical ferme-auberge.

Welcome to Maison Lascaux, a luxury fully renovated typical Périgord’s stone walls manor, a former abbots’ residence. It offers 4 spacious beautifully decorated rooms, each one with its private bathroom and toilets. Amenities include air-conditioning, free WiFi, bathrobes, hairdryer and toiletries.

The living room is cozy with its authentic stone fireplace. You will enjoy daily home-made breakfasts, several luncheons and dinners prepared with local fresh produce from the farmers markets and from the garden. Daily continental breakfasts include tea or coffee, juice, fresh fruits salad, brioches or croissants, crispy bread, butter and home-made jams, cheese, ham, etc. Breakfasts are served in the dining room.

Maison Lascaux has a heated pool and a terrace to enjoy the aperitif and lunches when the weather allows. The back garden overlooks the park towards the woods, the country road and the peaceful valley.

Day 1 (Sunday) ∼ Welcome to the Périgord!
Pick up at Sarlat train station (after 2pm).
Private transfer to Maison Lascaux. Check-in. Resting time.
We will discuss and review the program while enjoying an Aperitif à la Française.
Dinner in Maison Lascaux
Overnight.

Day 2 (Monday) ∼ Cooking Class 1 ∼ Eyrignac Gardens guided visit
After breakfast, join Corinne in the kitchen to partake your first cooking class starting at 10am. You will learn how to prepare a 3-course menu. Tasting lunch follows the class.
Afternoon Eyrignac gardens audioguided tour. Welcome to a family-owned gardens for 22 generations! Manicured and romantic gardens have been entirely made up of topiaries with sculpted box hedges inspired by 18th-century designs, cut into intricate geometric patterns and pots full of clipped box. Eyrignac features five main gardens: Plant Sculptures Kingdom, Box Labyrinth; Manor and French garden, Capucine’s gardens and White Garden; Flower Meadow, without forgetting the vegetable garden.
Transfer to Maison Lascaux. Resting Time.
Dinner “at home”.
Overnight.

Day 3 (Tuesday) ∼ Visit to a Geese and Ducks farm ∼ Lunch ∼ Afternoon Lascaux IV guided visit.
After breakfast, transfer to a geese and ducks farm. You will learn how the animals are raised for the meat, pâtés and foie gras. We will buy pâtés and foie gras at the farm to enjoy it later for aperitif in the house.
Lunch at Cathy’s restaurant in Le Bareil.
Transfer to Lascaux. Afternoon Lascaux IV international cave art center guided visit. The valley boasts 147 prehistoric sites, 15 of which are on Unesco’s world heritage list. Lascaux original cave has been discovered in 1940 by Marcel Ravidat but it’s closed now to the public for preservation.
Dinner in Maison Lascaux.
Overnight.

Day 4 (Wednesday) ∼ Market Cooking Class 2 ∼  Coly Abbey guided tour
After breakfast, transfer to Montignac at 8:30am to experience the open-air food market and shopping with Corinne. It gives the chance to meet and discuss with the merchants and to choose the best products according to the season, the price, the freshness, etc. Make a stop at Corinne’s favorite boulangerie and fromagerie to put together a plateau de fromage, an assortment of tasty cheeses from local producers that you will enjoy accompanied by a glass of wine, once you are back to the manor.
Morning cooking class starting at 11:30am.
You will learn how to prepare and to cook a well-balanced 3-course meal that you will enjoy afterwards.
By walking from the manor, you will reach the spectacular abbey, founded more than 1000 years by Saint-Amand. Built with grey tiles and ochre stone, this spectacular church is the archetypal fortified sanctuary. From the dungeon tower housing a defensive room to the watchtower lodges hidden in the transept, the building is a most impressive structure. The defensive ramparts of the church speak to the importance of the abbey, not just as a place of spiritual sanctuary but also a fortified stronghold that ruled over vast territories and withstood the threats to its power and its inhabitants.
Resting time in the manor.
Dinner at La Table de Jean restaurant nearby.
Overnight.

Day 5 (Thursday) ∼ Dordogne Valley full-day Tour (Castelnaud-La-Chapelle, Vielcroze walnut mill, La Roque Gageac, Dordogne river cruise, Beynac)
After breakfast, transfer to Castelnaud-la-Chapelle. Visit to the 12th century medieval fortress built on a rocky outcrop which offers a magnificent panoramic view over the Dordogne Valley. The chateau houses an important collection of weapons and armors. Along the bastion, the most powerful siege machines from the Middle Ages have been recreated and placed in attack positions.
Michelin gourmet lunch in a nearby village.
After lunch, walnut oil mill guided visit followed by a one-hour cruise on the Dordogne river starting in La Roque Gageac quaint village.
On the way back to Saint-Amand, you will see Beynac picturesque village and its hilltop medieval fortress.
Dinner in Maison Lascaux.
Overnight.

Day 6 (Friday) ∼ Cooking Class 3 ∼ Sarlat La Canéda guided walking tour
After breakfast, join Corinne in the kitchen to partake your third and last cooking class starting at 10am. You will learn how to prepare a 3-course menu. Tasting lunch follows the class.
Afternoon transfer to Sarlat-La-Canéda. By walking through the narrow-cobbled streets, you will explore a stunning town featuring historic Renaissance-style buildings. It’s the largest town in Europe by the number of classified buildings!
Michelin food and wine pairing farewell dinner in Sarlat.
Overnight.

Day 7 (Saturday) ∼ Transfer to Sarlat train station ∼ End of the tour.
After breakfast, morning transfer to Sarlat train station.
End of the tour.

$5,180 per person (DBL occupancy)
Single occupancy supplement: $540
VAT and all taxes included.

Price includes:
♦ Sarlat train station round-trip private transfer and daily transportation for visits and tours
♦ 6-night private Villa**** accommodation
♦ 3 hands-on cooking classes
♦ Daily breakfasts, lunches and dinners
♦ Open-air market tour and visits to local artisans and producers
♦ Dordogne valley picturesque villages and sites guided tours
♦ Lascaux caves guided tour.

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

TOUR DATE 2025

May 11-17 (SOLD OUT)

Other dates can be added upon request. Please contact us for additional information and assistance. Thank you.
Tour is confirmed with 4 people, and it’s limited to 6 participants. Considering the limited space available, reservation in advance is strongly recommended.