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French Cooking Holidays in Normandy, France

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P'tit Chef Academy, Normandy:
P'tit Chef Academy is a traditional French cooking school located in Bayeux, Normandy in North-Western France. We offer French cooking courses and culinary workshops to teach you traditional French cuisine. Our classes allow you to use your own learning style to start at a basic level and progress up to a high standard. We help you to create a classic Normandie dish in one night.

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Courses / Programs:

- Cooking courses teaching traditional French cuisine:
The chef invites you to enjoy your own culinary success in a stylish personalised atmosphere. You will be awarded with a diploma and chef’s hat at the end of your course.

- Culinary Workshops:
The culinary workshop is a cooking class for 2 hours on different topics throughout the year. The themes that you offer are varied and change weekly.

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Address: 8 residence de l'abbaye 14400 st vigor le grand, Normandy, France
Some interested visitors submitting program inquiries to our school up to 2025-08-13 were from:

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