A TASTE OF PROVENCE
A culinary vacation in a charming perched village
in the heart of the Bandol vineyard (nearby the Riviera)

6 days / 5 nights (Sunday through Friday) starting at $2200 / pers

Cooking at starred-chef René Berard’s « Bastide des Saveurs » is an experience meant to be enjoyed, savored, and remembered for years. The cooking school with its organic garden producing vegetables and herbs, is simply outstanding, as well as the 200-year-old three-star hotel owned by the family, which is set in a cluster. Both are located in the lovely hilltop village of La Cadiere d’Azur which overlooks the Bandol vineyards and the Provence landscape.

THE LOCATION

La Cadiere d’Azur is a charming Provencal hilltop village where you will find the love of tradition, good living, fine food and wine. Your home for five nights is the Hostellerie Berard, a delightful country inn in the heart of the village, set amid a cluster of beautifully restored old buildings, including an eleventh-century monastery with vaulted rooms, all surrounding the pool.
The Hostellerie boasts two wonderful restaurants : one an elegant gastronomic restaurant, the other a more casual but equally charming bistro.
The Berard family have owned the property since it opened, and running the hotel is truly a family affair. The lovely and charming Madame Berard may the person who welcomes you to the hotel; Sandra, her daughter, will assist you with any request, and Chef Rene Berard and his son Jean-Francois will lead your cooking lessons.

---

---

> Day 1 (Sunday)
- Arrival by your own and check-in at the hotel.
- Welcome dinner at Hostellerie Berard and night.

> Day 2 (Monday)
- After your breakfast you will begin your first cooking lesson in « La Bastide des Saveurs » located a mile down the hill and hotel. Today, you will pick some fresh herbs from the vegetable garden for use in your recipes and the course will focus on the meat.
- Lunch with wine to follow
- Afternoon visit to a local food artisan, such as a local cheesemaker
- Dinner on your own, maybe choose to dine in the hotel restaurant or in one of the local restaurants in town.
- Night at the Hostellerie Berard

> Day 3 (Tuesday)
- After the breakfast is an excursion to Sanary harbour and a visit of the country market with the Chef. You will choose the ingredients for the fish dish to be prepared in your second lesson.
- Lunch of your efforts with fine local wine
- In the afternoon, visit to a local producer of Bandol wine followed by a tasting.
- Dinner on your own and night at the Hostellerie Berard

> Day 4 (Wednesday)
- Morning cooking lesson with the Provencal vegetables : stuffed vegetables, aubergine caviar, tian, truccia...
- Lunch with wine to follow
- An afternoon visit to an elegant estate where top quality olive oil is produced, concluding with a tasting of tapenade made especially for you
- Dinner on your own and night at the Hostellerie Berard

> Day 5 (Thursday)
- Your last cooking lesson is devoted to pastries : crusty with honey, melting with the chocolate, sorbets
- Lunch with wine
- Afternoon visit of a honeybee farm
- Dinner by your own and night at the hotel.

> Day 6 (Friday)
- Breakfast, followed by a reluctant adieu !

> TOP

---

PRICE PER PERSON (DBL) : US$ 2,200.00 (based on double occupancy)
Non-cooking participant : $ 1,295.00
June & July tours supplement : $ 170.00
Single supplement : $ 450.00

Price includes : 5 nights accomodation at Hotel*** Berard (double occupancy), 4 hands-on three-hour cooking classes followed by the lunch with the drinks included, 5 breakfasts buffet, visits as mentioned in the itinerary, welcoming dinner on Sunday (without drinks), the recipes in English.

Not included : airfare to/from the USA, dinners on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, transfers (about 120 euro by taxi to and from Marseille airport), personal expenses

> TOP

2012 TOUR DATES