French Cooking for Expats

Do you love to cook? Would you like to meet other expat foodies and make some new friends? Would you like to learn how to cook some of the simple, classic dishes of your host country?

Meet like-minded expats adjusting to a new culture and a new cuisine with French Cooking for Expats. Gain insights into France through its cooking. Learn to cook some of the classic dishes of this country in our hands-on workshops and reproduce them at home!

About French Cooking for Expats and Jane Etherton

After living, working and cooking in France for 15 years, I was Chef Propriétaire of my own French bistro in the USA for a further 10 years. Back in France since 2013, I bring my cumulative culinary experience to French Cooking for Expats, sharing techniques, recipes and tricks with expatriates seeking to gain a deeper understanding of their host country.

Half-day 3-course lunch

Join us for our half-day hands-on workshops where you will create – and enjoy! – a 3-course French meal with a glass of wine.
10:00 – 15:00, just €85 per person
Special deal: Book 6 places, pay for just 5, so you get one free!

Cooking and Culture

For a full day of Cooking and Culture, join us to cook and enjoy your 3-course French meal with a glass of wine before visiting the Château de Maintenon, the Medieval Garden of Boisricheux or other local historic site.
10:00 – 18:00; €139 per person
Special deal: Book 6 places, pay for just 5, so you get one free!

Special celebrations and Private Parties

Our workshops are a great way to celebrate the special events in your expat life. Get the girls (or the guys!) together and book your private session for birthdays, anniversaries, and even leaving do’s, to mark your stay in France in a very French way! We’ll even create a special menu to suit your tastes.

Let’s keep it personal

All our workshops include tuition, all ingredients, a welcome drink, a glass of wine, and applicable entrance fees. And you get a copy of all the recipes we make! To give you all the attention you need, we keep our workshops small. That way, everyone gets to cook!

So grab your diary,  ping us a message and let’s cook!

Bon appétit !

Bon appétit !

They say, “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” So why not apply this to living in a foreign country? Kind of like, “the way to understanding your host country is through its cooking.” Let’s give it a try!

Meet like-minded expats adjusting to a new culture and a new cuisine. Gain insights into France through its cooking. Learn to cook some of the classic dishes of this country in our hands-on workshops and reproduce them at home!

We’d love to hear from you and get you signed up for one of our hands-on workshops.

So grab your diary, ping us a message via the form below and let’s cook!

Merci beaucoup !

Jane Etherton
French Cooking for Expats
4, rue de Chez Bourdin
17150 Saint Thomas de Conac, France
+33 789 063 063

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Located in the vineyards of southwest France, on the edge of the Gironde estuary about an hour north of Bordeaux, French Cooking for Expats is easily reached by train and by car. 

By rail

We are a pleasant TGV rail journey of just over 2 hours from Paris Montparnasse rail station to the bustling wine capital of Bordeaux, then about an hour’s drive to Chez Bourdin.

By route

Journey by car through the delightful French countryside on its high-quality motorway network, then down quiet country lanes through the lush vineyards of Cognac and Pineau des Charentes. Depending of course on traffic, we are about an hour from the centre of Bordeaux, 25-30 minutes from Jonzac and Pons, 45 minutes from Saintes, an hour south of Royan and about 90 minutes from La Rochelle.