PERIGORD MASTER COOKING CLASS

Award winning Executive Chef Mathieu leads this Master Cooking Class with perfection and follows the farm-to-table philosophy, while teaching the precision technique. Designed for home cooks, our Master Cooking Adventure offers the guests to experience the delightful Southwest and French Cuisine on the most sophisticated way.

At 5pm, join Chef Mathieu in the kitchen. His restaurant is located in downtown Sarlat-La-Canéda. Classes are hands-on. You will learn how to prepare and to cook a well-balanced Michelin dinner including an amuse-bouche, an appetizer, a main course, and a dessert. Tasting 4-course and mignardises dinner prepared with high-quality ingredients follows the class. A toast of two AOC Bergerac white and red wines are included in the price. Additional wines, beverages, after-dinner liqueur, coffee or tea are offered at extra cost.

Executive chef Mathieu’s long list of accomplishment include: La Tour d’Argent in Paris, Relais d’Auteuil as a pastry Chef ∼ where he started to bake ∼, Faucher and the Grand Véfour. After he marries Céline, a native from Périgord, he joined Roland Mazère in Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, Dordogne village before owning his restaurant in Sarlat. “It was a revelation, a philosophy of life, an exceptional cuisine,” he says.

Menus vary by season to use the best fresh ingredients. The Southwest 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. Sample menus can include: Foie gras creme brulée, Chestnut and foie gras velouté, Ling fish fillet “Rossini”, sweet potatoes confit, walnut oiled baby spinach, Perigueux sauce, Soufflés of all kinds, Cocoa macaron with a tarragon cream and strawberries, accompanied with a coconut sorbet, Apricot biscuit, curry cream, black olives icecream.

PROGRAM PRICE: $275 per person (Private Class)
Tasting dinner: $90 per person
Tasting 4-courses dinner accompanied by 2 glasses of AOC Bergerac white and red wine. Additional wines, beverages, after-dinner liqueur, coffee or tea are at extra cost.

AVAILABILITY: Private cooking classes are offered from April to October 2025, scheduled on Wednesdays and Fridays. 
Please contact us before booking to check the availability. This program being limited to 6 participants, we strongly recommend to book it in advance. Thank you. We look forward to welcoming you soon!