Cooking classes · Art gallery · Paris 11
Here, there's no demonstration you watch with your arms crossed. You put on an apron, get your hands in the mix, and learn the real gestures, the ones that stick. All of it in an art gallery in the 11th, alongside chef Yannick Leclerc and his brigade. We cook, we learn, we sit down to eat. And you leave with the recipes.
Live from the schedule
Cooking classes from €99 per person. Ingredients, equipment and tasting in the gallery included.
How it works
A quiet street in the 11th, a door you'd never suspect. Behind it: an art gallery, works on the walls, soft light. We welcome you, and after a few words about the exhibiting artist, we hand you an apron. Already, it smells good.
Down to the kitchen: two large islands, induction hobs, ovens, professional knives and tools. The chef guides you step by step through each recipe. You taste as you go, adjust, laugh. Whatever your level, we're with you at every stage.
Back in the art gallery, turned into a private dining room for the occasion, you settle in among the works and enjoy the dishes you've made, over a good bottle of wine. And before you leave, the recipe is yours.
Who are these classes for?
All our classes are built for every level. If you're a beginner, you're exactly where you belong. Come as a couple (a genuinely great first-date idea), with friends, for a hen or stag do, a birthday, or just for the joy of learning. You leave with new chef's techniques, and the urge to do it all again.
Beginners welcome. We start where you are.
Apron, ingredients, the meal, and the recipe to take home.
to guide you throughout the cooking class.
The place
A contemporary art gallery upstairs, a professional kitchen below: the only place in Paris to bring the two together. We cook the day's recipes together, then head back up to enjoy our creations in the gallery, among the works.
And the art isn't a backdrop: real works, real contemporary artists, soft light and space. The exhibitions rotate, so the place is never quite the same twice.
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The chef · 35 years learning, then passing it on
Yannick learned his craft where mistakes aren't allowed: the finest Parisian houses, Le Taillevent, Lucas Carton, the Saint James, La Maison Blanche. That's where he learned rigour, true taste, the precise gesture. Thirty-five years of cooking, from the heat of the brigade to the finest tables.
Then he chose to pass it on: a trainer of chefs at the École Ducasse, one of the world's leading culinary schools. Teaching chefs to become chefs: that's where he found his true calling, and it's exactly what he does with you.
He's the one who hands you an apron, guides you and shares his know-how. Depending on the class, it's him or one of his brigade chefs who accompanies you.
Le Taillevent, Lucas Carton, Saint James, La Maison Blanche: the rigour of the finest Parisian tables.
Teaching chefs to become chefs, at one of the world's leading culinary schools.
The move from restaurant to cooking that's lived, in front of and with the guests.
His place: an art gallery and a professional kitchen, to pass on and to host.
They say it better than we do
« A real moment, not a show. I cooked things I didn't think I could make, and I made them again at home the following weekend. »
Julie M. · Google
« The best date idea in Paris. The chef is generous, the place is magical. »
Thomas & Léa · Google
« We came for a hen do: we laughed, cooked, feasted. Unforgettable. »
Camille & friends · Google
For companies
Team building, seminar, evening event: the same chef's brigade, the same place, designed for your teams.
Choose your class, pick your date, we take care of the rest.
☎ 01 48 06 52 90 · ✉ contact@cours-de-cuisine-paris.fr · 📍 20 rue de la Pierre Levée, 75011 Paris
