Sunday– arrival
in Cahors in the afternoon - Installation in
your 3* hotel
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Welcome aperitif - Dine where you like in town
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Overnight in hotel
Monday – 8
o’clock breakfast
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at 9 am you will meet up with chef Gilles Marre
who will describe how the culinary session will
proceed
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break at 11.30 for a glass of wine and a summary
of work so far
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around midday Gilles will explain how to present
the dishes before sitting down with you to lunch
.
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The session continues with a course on harmonizing
the dish with the right sort of wine
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Around 3.30pm the session ends
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Evening free
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Overnight at hotel
Tuesday – breakfast
8.30– 9.30am
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9.30 – 10.30 visit to the restaurant kitchen
in action: introduction to the brigade de cuisine
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10.30am – depart for visit to a duck-breeding
farm at Lafeuille (10 minutes distant)
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12.30 – back to the restaurant for lunch
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in the afternoon you will visit the Domaine de
Pineraie, a vineyard at Puy l’Eveque and then
the celebrated Château Lagrezette at Caillac
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Gourmet dinner at the restaurant
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Overnight in hotel
Wednesday – early
start accompanying Gilles Marre to the Cahors
market
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Breakfast on your return around 9am - 10 am -
departure
Our
cooking programme is based on a masterclass with chef Gilles
Marre who runs
the renowned restaurant, 'le Balandre' in
Cahors. Gilles has accepted to spend a whole day with
our customers
revealing
the
secrets of his french cuisine. 
As
the course is located in the hotel which Gilles' family has
run for three generations, participants will have ample opportunity
to chat informally with him and his team - even to the extent
of accompanying him to the early-morning market in Cahors. 
