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Your custom culinary tour package can include factory visits for beer, chocolate, honey, cheese, meats, sausages and bakeries, gourmet museums and more. Discuss your wishes with us!

Cookery Class Options In Belgium (please note, all are subject to availability) Several of the below restaurants conduct cooking classes in English for groups of 10 or more guests only while a few will do private classes in English from 2 guests and up. There are many scheduled day classes conducted in French.

There is the option of a scheduled, private cooking class in Bruges, conducted in English, available as a hotel/cooking class package. Hotels are available in Bruges and Brussels with a minimum of 4 hotel nights required. Please contact us for details.

 

Basil & Co Cooking classes can be organized in the restaurant of Andre d'Haese. This elegant restaurant is located in a unique historical setting on the prestigious Avenue Louise in Brussels. Additional options include appetizer tasting and wine tasting in the wine cellar.

Marriott Brussels Midtown Grill This newly opened eatery (April 2007) is an American version of a grill restaurant, featuring an open show kitchen which is ideal for cooking classes. The cooking class includes a three-course dinner and 1/2 bottle of wine per person.

Mmmmh Located in Brussels and in Antwerp, Mmmmh offers cooking and œnology classes in addition to a wide array of activities.  Each class is 100% autonomous, you can select one or several courses à la carte and every Friday a cooking class is in English.

Kook Klasse Located in Sint Job in't Goor in Flanders, they offer cooking classes with fresh and natural ingredients. They also provide instructions on how to decorate a table beautifully and in harmony with the dining room.

International Culinary School of Bruges The seminars, led by a team of top-level master chefs, cover a variety of topics, including Belgian beer, desserts with the world-famous Belgian chocolate, visits to interesting restaurants, pastry and chocolate shops, with sight-seeing tours and guest lectures given by first-rate Belgian chefs.

Atelier Cuisine Located in Fosses (50 minutes from Brussels), Le Castel is an entirely renovated 19th century manor house with contemporary design. Owner & chef Jean Luis Mathy offers overnight packages including cooking lessons using regional products. Other activities offered: beer tastings, visit of regional produce, chocolate workshops, and going to the market with the chef.

Atelier Yves Mattagne Bierges Located in Bierge, between Brussels and Namur, they offer a variety of cooking courses, wine tastings and cigar lessons. For companies and private groups, they also organize special events where the participants have a cooking course followed by a gourmet meal with accompanying wines.

Hotel Sanglier des Ardennes Located in the town of Durbuy, they organize 3 hour cooking courses the first Saturday of each month with varying themes depending on the season. Included: cooking lesson, meal, recipe of each dish, and wine. They also organize private cooking lesson for groups of 15-20 persons. The cost is 50 Euro per person.

Hostellerie Lafarque Located in Pepinster in the Ardennes, the restaurant in this hotel is led by Master chef Michel Lafarque.

L'Orangerie Located in Braine-le-Château, this facility holds cooking classes for both beginners and experienced cooks. Each class begins with a lesson in ingredients & nutrition. Cookbooks and recipes used in the class are in French.

Quartier Latin Located in a 4-star hotel in a former church in Marche En Famenne. Participants choose a course and receive a recipe with some guidance from the chef. Aperitifs are enjoyed in the kitchen before sitting in the restaurant for the meal, served by a team of waiters. Available for groups of up to 20.

L'Auberge du Sabotier Located in Awenne, near Saint Hubert. Top class Belgian cuisine, also wine tastings.

 

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