Private Market Tour and Modern French Cooking and Meal with a Local in Annecy | La Vacanza Travel

Private Market Tour and Modern French Cooking and Meal with a Local in Annecy

Duration: 4 hours
Destination: France, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, Annecy
from
233.12

Check Availability

  • 4 hours
  • Annecy
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Begin your local French culinary experience with a walk through the town's open farmer's market 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.

Alexia grew up in a family that loved food! In fact, her grandfather was a pioneer of organic food in France. Alexia is just as passionate about organic and locally sourced food – she is always on the lookout for the freshest ingredients and buys directly from producers and farmers as much as she can. Alexia first learned to cook from her grandmother as a young child. She still remembers how much she loved her first restaurant experience at the age of five. She loves cooking because she likes eating and sharing food with others. Passionate about experimenting with new flavors, Alexia is delighted to express her creativity through food with travelers.

Meet your host Alexia at the front of the Council, a five-minute walk from the market that is open on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. During your market tour, you will learn how to choose the freshest produce and purchase a few ingredients for your cooking class. Your market tour will last about one hour and before walking back 15 minutes to Alexia’s apartment.

Return to Alexia's home and after a refreshing drink, enter her brightly-lit open 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. Your host will provide recipes of the dishes she creates. Discover the techniques that Alexia employs while creating your meal and enjoy learning about modern French cuisine before you sit down at the table to share the meal with Alexia.

Your modern French meal will be served either family-style meal or as a tasting menu along with wine. Your menu may include 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. Your meal will conclude with a dessert of local ricotta and rhubarb, a seasonal fruit cake or her vegan lemon verbena flan. 

Please note this is not meant to be a professional cooking class, rather this visit is an experience in a local's home (who is an expert home cook) so you can share French culture and cuisine together.

Inclusions
  • Private market tour and cooking demo with your host Alexia
  • Home-cooked lunch
  • Gratuities
  • Wine

Exclusions
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Stroller accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Near public transportation
  • Most travelers can participate
  • Market tour is only available on Tue, Wed, Fri and Sat
  • No restrictions
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
  • Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Departure Point

Annecy, Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes


Departure Time

08:00 AM


Return Details

Library Les Romains, 1 Bd de la Rocade, 74000 Annecy, France

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

4 hours


User's Reviews

robert r

29 Feb, 2024

This tour was both educational and fun. After meeting Alexia at the outdoor market we strolled looking for just the right food. We opted for a local fish that she said would pair well with several small vegetarian side dishes. After walking to her apartment, Alexia explained how she enjoyed experimenting with different ingredients to make a different dish. Without using a recipe, one of the creative dishes which she made (with some help from my significant other) was a tart with ricotta cheese and sun dried tomatoes. Another was a spinach pancake which, although it doesn’t sound great, was quite good, especially with some homemade non-dairy almond butter mayonnaise. Of course, my favorite was the homemade apple crumble dessert. Afterwards we enjoyed the fruits of our labor and had a leisurely lunch with Alexia and a glass (or two) of wine. All in all, it was a delightful way to spend a morning and afternoon. Since Alexia shared her recipes, we are looking forward to making these dishes at home. Enjoy…

Yvonne_V

19 Dec, 2023

Alexia was very nice and very informative. She took us through the market for things she needed to prepare the meal once we got to her cozy apartment. Food was fantastic. I highly recommend this fun adventure!

KTakefuji

22 Nov, 2023

I had an amazing cooking session with Alexia. She is very passionate about seasonal and organic food and her creativity is contagious. It's all about learning how to cook and savour healthy food. I enjoyed our walk through the market and learned about seasonal products and some unknown ones like mâche which she used in the salad. I was impressed with how quickly she prepared the different dishes and inventive she is. Thank you Alexia for the enlightening cooking class; it was one of the highlights of my stay in Annecy.

NikkiMeredith

23 Oct, 2023

Unfortunately it was raining a lot and it was shoulder season, October, so the market tour was not so good. Alexia knew and understood healthy food and that was very much a focus of the day. The recipes were very healthy and she made it look very easy.

Damien_A

23 Oct, 2023

Alexia is a wonderful host for this great local market & cooking experience. Her cooking was fantastic - using great seasonal local produce & very inventive. I learnt a lot from watching & asking questions. The dishes were delicious. And Alexia is vegan/vegetarian & gluten-free friendly. Thoroughly enjoyed & recommend this as an experience in Annecy.

User's Picture Gallery

Image

A Must If You Wish to Learn an Alternative to Traditional French Cooking

Image

Healthy food

Image

A Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience

Image

A great and delicious experience.

ImageImageImageImage

Similar Packages