Plum Lyon Teaching Kitchen runs the same Lucy Vanel five-day immersive week in summer dates from June through September. Six cooks, Lyonnais bouchon and Mere repertoire.
Tip: Summer dates run late June into early September; the August week sells out first because most Lyon kitchens are closed.
Address: 49 Rue des Tables Claudiennes, 69001 Lyon
Ecole de Cuisine Gourmets, the Institut Lyfe school on Place Bellecour, runs a full-day Cuisine du Marche class with morning market shop and tasting lunch. Eight cooks.
Tip: Day starts at 8:30 with the chef at the school; lunch with wine pairings is included and a recipe booklet goes home with you.
Ecole de Cuisine Gourmets runs a full-day Cuisine de Grands Chefs class around Paul Bocuse's repertoire: red mullet, sea bass in crust, Bresse chicken with morels, tarte Tatin.
Tip: The afternoon dish goes home in an insulated bag; book the wine-pairing add-on if you want the full Institut Lyfe experience.
L'Atelier Gourmand runs two-hour adult cooking classes in its 3e studio with monthly menus from Asian baos to Lyonnais classics and patisserie, twelve cooks per session.
Tip: Programme drops at the start of each month; classes run daily except 15 August and 25 December and are taught in French, English and Spanish.
In Cuisine Lyon runs adult cooking workshops from its Place Bellecour space above the cookbook bookshop, capped at twelve, with seasonal menus and ingredients to take home.
Tip: Workshops require a minimum of four cooks to run; the ground-floor cookbook shop is worth thirty minutes before or after class.
Plum Lyon runs Lucy Vanel's five-day immersive French culinary week from a Croix-Rousse silk-worker studio. Six places per session, daily market visits and lunch.
Tip: Spring sessions in April, May and June fill six months ahead; the week includes daily lunch but no dinners or lodging.
