Cook & Go Bordeaux is a cooking class in Bacalan, Bordeaux.
Cook & Go Bordeaux on the Bacalan docks runs hands-on cooking ateliers inside Hangar 18, with menus that rotate every two months around southwestern French produce and quick-technique sessions you can take home.
Tip: The lunchtime atelier from €42 is the best entry point; the workshop space sits a short tram ride from the Cite du Vin.
Address: Hangar 18, Quai de Bacalan, 33300 Bordeaux
The Gastronome in Bordeaux's Chartrons is the English-language cooking studio on Quai des Chartrons, immersing small groups in French and Aquitaine technique across two to five-hour classes.
Tip: All-day cooking-and-market session is the standout; classes finish with a long lunch of what was cooked.
Fondant Cuisine in Bordeaux is chef Emilie's small-group cooking school, with classes on French classics, world cooking, cuts, sauces and homemade pastas at partner locations and clients' homes.
Tip: Private classes for two start around €145; classes can be booked at the partner Chartrons studio.
Bordovino in the Golden Triangle runs small-group blending and tasting workshops on Rue d'Enghien, with two-hour sessions that walk through aroma, nose and grape variety before finishing on a French aperitif of charcuterie, cheese and dark chocolate.
Tip: Book the morning blending workshop in English; groups cap at 12 and pair every flight with a regional bite.
Ecole du Vin de Bordeaux in the Golden Triangle is the wine council's tasting school in the 18th-century Maison du Vin, with workshops from two hours to a full day covering 65 appellations in French, English, German and Japanese.
Tip: Book the 2-hour Introduction workshop in English at €45 for the highest value; weekday afternoons book up two weeks ahead.
