French courses + Cooking

Our French and Cooking course breaks down as follows:

- Standard course 24 lessons/week

- 2 Gastronomy workshops per week with our prestigious partner cookery school: 8 lessons/week

Cooking Classes with Starred Chefs: Learn from the Best!

Our carefully selected partner offers prestigious cooking classes year-round with starred French chefs, experts in gourmet cuisine and pastry-making. Graduates of renowned culinary schools, these chefs have traveled the world, working in top restaurants, and are now eager to share their expertise and passion with you.

At the cookery school, they will provide you with the keys to mastering advanced cooking techniques, helping you enhance your skills and impress your friends and family with your culinary creations.

Since 2015, we have proudly offered this exclusive program, introducing participants to the rich heritage of French gastronomy. With the city's best cookery school, you will dive into a diverse culinary universe through themed workshops led by professional chefs with over 30 years of experience. Whether you're interested in fine dining or pastries, our cooking classes will guide you through an unforgettable journey of taste and learning.

You can discover French local and seasonal produce:

• Learn basic techniques (cutting, cooking, dressing, etc.) and prepare traditional or gastronomic dishes that you will cook according to French traditions.
• The cookery lessons are given in French and allow you to learn the language in context.
• The cooking lessons will be followed by a tasting session with the other participants.
• Included: apron, disposable chef's hat, recipes, utensils, ingredients and glass of wine.
• Cooking level: Beginner to advanced.

Learning French in France with this program will allow you to make the most of your French language immersion while enjoying a convivial activity in French, an opportunity to share your passion and meet foreigners and French people who share the same interests as you.

The French language courses

At school, we will organise your French language courses with personalised learning path.

This French language program is available at all levels from beginner (A0) to advanced (C1). It is based on the French key linguistic skills: reading, writing, understanding and with particular care to oral expression and phonetics. Students will learn French to express themselves in both formal and casual conversations.

Thanks to our online French placement test we have developed, Accent Français team will ensure that you are placed in a group that corresponds to your level of French. Each Monday, your teacher will present you with the French pedagogical program of the week, the topics, the grammar points and the vocabulary to be worked on. Assessments will be carried out regularly and you will receive personalised feedback on your progress based on the objectives to be achieved.

100% our courses are held face to face, in French, in a small group and by a native and qualified teacher of French ! It is a full immersion that is expecting you here!

Your program also includes:

- French pedagogical tutoring every Monday, with a teacher on hand to give you personalised assistance as you learn the French language

- A great workshop every Friday to practise your French after class and in real-life situations, while discovering a different aspect of French culture each week (theatre workshop, conversation, games, wine tasting etc.)

To make your reservation, we kindly invite you to select the French + Cooking course to enjoy our special program for gourmets. As soon as we receive your booking, we will reserve your French lessons and cookery classes.

This French and cooking program is very popular and it is recommended that you book at least 1 month in advance.

!! In order to accelerate your learning of the French language, we offer you unlimited access to our online learning platform to practice independently, before, during and even after your stay in Montpellier!