Top Loire Valley Cooking Classes

This was a wonderful experience cooking an authentic French meal and learning cooking tips from Natasha in her own home kitchen. Natasha made us feel welcome the entire time and the topping was sharing our cooked meal together afterwards. The only class of its type in the area where you are guided one-on-one in their own kitchen by a skilled chef. Highly recommended!

Reservation made by my wife; We don't live very far away and it was truly an excellent time between the tour of the estate, the explanations, the tasting, and the purchases, of course. The time went by very quickly and it was truly friendly and nice; Special mention to Luis who welcomed us, for his energy and his passion. I highly recommend

The dynamics of the family are already evident in the fact that one calls back themselves in case of missed call. We can join the same afternoon for a tour and tasting. The 3° (or more?) generation guy receives us enthusiastically, friendly and clearly passionately. We learn that the Durant family sticks to a manual picking and certainly not with machines for the sake of quality. We also learn how they respond to drought, heat, gusts and rainy periods, in short how nature decides when to harvest. And then we get to know their wines. Due to the 3 substrates on which the vines are located and the different grape varieties, they make a large range of quality wine. For the tasting, the preferences of the individual guest are addressed: sour or sweet? Tanine or round? And of course we can buy on the spot at what we call very reasonable prices.

Learn how to cook authentic French food Hostess is delightful and a very good chef. Highly recommend.

Natacha took the time to show us the proper way to prepare and present a meal that she had asked us in advance to pick out. She is very careful and meticulous. I told her I am much more wild in the kitchen and she told us it was a good learning opportunity for us. It was. We very much appreciated her patience and kindness and skill.

Natasha was a great host who invited us into her home to participate in preparing a classic French meal. If you are looking to get off the beaten path and get a chance to know more about the local culture this is a perfect opportunity. I would highly recommend this experience. Only thing you need to be aware of is that it is an hour drive from Tours, but we enjoyed the drive through the countryside.

For this family outing, we enjoyed the more than two hours of visits, oenology classes, tasting. To be done again, I recommend.

Very nice discovery of the estate, family, wines. The tour and the oenology course are complementary with interesting explanations at each step. Many thanks for this good time of more than 2 hours 👏

Natacha was absolutely amazing! We've taken cooking classes in Italy with larger groups so cooking in Natacha's lovely home and well-equipped kitchen was such a warm, wonderful experience. We're back home an I've already used some of the new techniques we learned. Thank you Natacha!

Natacha was very warm and welcoming. Pre-planning was thoughtful and considerate. Executioner in her kitchen with expertise and yet you felt like family. Real home cooking that was fantastic. Recipes to keep and repeat, remembering our time together fondly.

The time with Natacha, being taught to make a sumptuous meal of ratatouille, mussels in cream and a pear clafoutis was fantastic!! Bringing us into her home to prep and cook in her wonderful kitchen, created the most authentic experience. We were welcomed with a small treat while sitting together in her cozy living room, just getting to know one another. She was knowledgeable, interactive, instructed us closely and explained everything we were doing throughout. We then sat down to a fully set dining table to eat. She had paired a lovely wine to go with the meal but also had no problem that one of us brought their own wine. She surprised us with homemade sourdough bread that was mouthwatering! Then she brought out already prepared hot zucchini soup in antique shot glasses. Before dessert she shared special Selles sur Cher cheese which was also delicious. The whole evening was fun and relaxing and we appreciated learning about her life and some discussion about France in general. Recommend this experience highly! (we did make one suggestion about letting prospective guests know there is a cat who lives at the home just in case of allergies. She did make sure to ask about any food allergies!)

We appreciated the enthusiasm of the family; the explanations were rich, clear and lively, the tastings very pleasant!