In the early Spring for long weekends and the late Spring and Autumn for a full week, Le Manoir de Touvent hosts the Villa Valentina Cookery School, a relaxed holiday where the enjoyment of good food and wine are the central theme.

All classes are hands-on and numbers in the kitchens are strictly limited in order to provide the best possible tuition and the most delicious results! All levels of ability are welcomed, from the complete novice to the sophisticated amateur, the aim being to ensure you enjoy the best possible holiday – whether a week or long weekend – away from it all in the heart of the Charente.

We shall naturally be covering French cuisine, incorporating local specialities and seasonal delights and each of our Guest Celebrity Chefs will also be adding their own signature dishes and personal favourites to the huge range of recipes which we plan to cover each week. Due to popular request, we are delighted to announce that Ross Burden will be running the first of his three Celebrity Chef weeks at Touvent in June with an emphasis on Thai food.

If you live locally or are on holiday in the area and would like to join for a day, we would be delighted to welcome you as a Day Tripper .

For further details concerning the Cookery Holidays and Wining and Dining Weekends, please visit our Le Manoir de Touvent website.

Joce Berg

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