Private Market Tour and Cooking Class in Annecy with a Local
Begin your local French culinary experience with a walk through the town's open farmer's market (if you choose the market tour option) with your host, a passionate foodie. Meet Alexia's favorite vendors, discover regional organic produce and locally crafted cheese and purchase a few ingredients that you will use during your cooking class.
Return to Alexia's home kitchen in her Bohemian chic apartment in a leafy and peaceful residential neighborhood of Annecy with a view of the mountains. During your cooking demonstration, watch as Alexia prepares a modern, globally influenced French meal - dishes such as local ricotta cheese with herbs or a beet spread on organic sourdough, salad (Alexia style) and farm-raised chicken with Thai flavored vegetables and rice - that you will share together at the dining table over wine.
Options
Cooking + dinner
Cooking demo (no market tour): Meet your host at her home. The address can be found in the "Before you go" section of your ticket.
What's included in Private Market Tour and Cooking Class in Annecy with a Local
(Subject to Option Inclusions)If you choose the market tour, visit the Old Town market on Tue and Fri and the Boulevard Taine market on Sat. Walk through an open farmer’s market with Alexia and meet her favored farmers. Discover organic regional produce and locally crafted cheeses, learn how to choose the freshest produce and purchase a few ingredients for your cooking class. Your market tour will last about one hour before walking back 15 minutes to Alexia’s apartment. At Alexia's home sip a refreshing drink and join her in her kitchen to learn to cook a modern, globally influenced French meal from recipes that Alexia has created herself. Your cooking demonstration will last about an hour and a half. Please note that this is not a hands-on class, rather a cooking demonstration where you will watch your host prepare three dishes from scratch, as Alexia's kitchen is small. Discover the techniques that Alexia employs while creating your French meal and enjoy learning about modern French cuisine before you sit down to share a meal. This host offers 3 experience options: Meal only, Cooking Class + Meal and Market Tour + Cooking Class + Meal. You can select the exact experience type when making your booking.
Food Menu
STARTER - Appetizer of herbed local ricotta cheese or a beet spread on organic sourdough
MAIN - Local trout served with cabbage in a French miso dressing
MAIN - Stuffed zucchini
DESSERT - A seasonal fruit cake
Inclusions
- Home-cooked lunch
- Private market tour and cooking demo with your host Alexia (if you choose the market tour option)
- Wine
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Lactose free, gluten free, vegetarian and vegan option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Market tour is only available on Tue, Wed, Fri and Sat
- This host offers 3 experience options: Meal only, Cooking Class + Meal and Market Tour + Cooking Class + Meal. You can select the exact experience option after you choose the date.
- We offer food experiences in local homes, not a professional cooking class in a cooking studio. Learn to cook in a home kitchen and share a meal with your local hosts over laughter and conversation.
- Your host has a pet cat, but if you have allergies, she is happy to arrange for her cat to stay at a friend’s home during your experience. She will also do her best to ensure the apartment is thoroughly cleaned and free of cat hair in advance. However, please note that the space may not be entirely allergen-free.
- No restrictions
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- Meeting point varies based on the option you choose and the day (different meeting locations for market tours on different days of the week and cooking classes. Please check the "BEFORE YOU GO" section in your ticket for exact meeting location.
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Host Name: Alexia Beugnon Phone: +33 611 515 443 Email: [email protected] Meeting location (IMPORTANT as it is different for different days): COOKING CLASS and MEAL: Meet Alexia at her home located at 1 Rue Charles Marteaux, Annecy 74000. She will greet you in the courtyard of her house (white portal, grey house with white shutters). Here is a Google Maps link to her home: https://goo.gl/maps/NWbvXM9rkNMAcv6C7 MARKET TOURS: For Saturday market tours, meet your host Alexia at the entrance to Alliance Francaise located at 12 Boulevard du Lycée, 74000 Annecy. Here is a google maps link to the Sat market tour meeting location: https://goo.gl/maps/9SZn4EzH48C2 For Tuesday and Friday market tours, meet your host Alexia in front of Café Bunna, located at 17 Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 74000 Annecy. Here is a google maps link to the Tue/Fri market tour meeting location: https://goo.gl/maps/1mrbJ7rmmrM2 For Wednesday market tours, Alexia will meet you at the corner of Rue Dupanloup and Avenue d’Albigny [(45.902979, 6.133786), Google Maps link to the location: https://goo.gl/maps/68RHFV8aqCzfRaRm8] and drive you to the market (located on rue des Pommaries) and later to her house. And after the experience, you can either walk back or she will drop you in town. Please call Alexia if you need help with directions: +33 6115 154 43 -- Traveling Spoon is a supplier of Viator and TripAdvisor. We offer travelers authentic food experiences with locals, in their homes. Founded by two travelers and food lovers, Traveling Spoon helps others make meaningful cultural connections through food. Contact us at [email protected] if you have general questions about our services. For specific questions related to your booking please contact your host directly with the contact information provided above. We hope you have a meaningful experience and look forward to hearing about it!
