Do you want to take a cooking class in Lyon? Discover the best workshops in the capital of gastronomy!
In 1935, the culinary critic Curnonsky named the city of Lyon "gastronomy capital". This title, it owes it to its many restaurants, among which we find the famous Lyon caps. Not to mention the establishments of Paul Bocuse, a famous French chef who still marks Lyon cuisine today.
In other words, what is more natural than getting into the kitchen in the City of Lights? In this article, Wanderlix offers a selection of the best cooking courses in Lyon. Brioche with praline, Asian specialties, Latin cuisine, bread making... You must find your happiness!
Pastry
1. Realize your praline brioche
The brioche with the pink praline is a must-see specialty. With Guignol, traboules or quenelles, it is part of the undetectable symbols of the city. Whether you are Lyonnais from birth or heart, learning to achieve it is an attractive challenge. Why don't you start?
It is in the kitchen of Hana that you will discover the art of the pralined brioche. On the program: discovery of the place and the working tools, choice of ingredients, dough topping, shaping and cooking. In total, you will follow 3 hours of training for a tariff 75 euros per person.
Of course, you will have the opportunity to taste your realization at the end of the workshop... Or take it home, and why not offer it!
2. Discover the work of macaron paste
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The macarons have the reputation of being difficult to succeed... We would like to leave their realization to the great pastrymakers. What if you're beyond that belief? Although it requires rigor, making macarons is accessible to everyone! You will see this during this cooking class in Lyon in 75 euros per person.
Hana is still home to you at Pochat. During 3 hours , it will guide you during all stages, from the preparation of the ganache to the composition of the meringue. You choose your aromas and go with your macaroon box.
3. Make your peated lemon pie
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In the patissier, you always lorge on the meringue lemon pie? So you'll love this cooking class in Lyon! It will allow you to discover the universe of Françoise, who has been able to marry the arts of pastry and aromatology to invent unique and original desserts.
Spend the doors of his laboratory to create a scented lemon pie with exotic verbena. A organic, original and subtle recipe that you will learn in 3 hours and for 55 euros per person.
World cuisine
4. Create your custom pizza
Everyone has already started preparing a pizza... But do you really control the whole process? Creation of the dough, kneading, selection of ingredients, mounting, filling, etc. Each of these steps may be simple, we all know how to make the difference between a common pizza and a pizza to fall on the ground. For 45 euros per person, you can go from one to another!
Enjoy expert advice from Aurelian and Margaux, passionate pizzaiolos. From Neapolitan origin, Aurélien has a pizzaiolo degree. Both will teach you to make an unforgettable pizza during this discovery 2 hours !
5. Learn to make authentic baos
Star of Chinese street food, the bao is also found in the large kitchen. This white and smooth brioche contains a stuffing that can vary depending on the taste of the cook. What if you learn to realize it yourself?
Go to the kitchen of Ying to initiate you to the art of the bao for a duration of 2 1/2 hours . This cook learned the secrets of baos making with her grandmother. The workshop will be hosted by Joseph, who will convey his passion for Chinese cuisine. Count 65 euros per person.
6. Build your Chinese ravioli
Let's stay in traditional Chinese cuisine with the discovery jiaozis , very popular ravioli in China . During this cooking class in Lyon, you will learn to prepare the dough and stuffing (based on meat or vegetables). But the real challenge is in the folding of the ravioli! After your efforts, you will be rewarded with a tasting. The workshop lasts 2 hours 30 and costs 65 euros per person.
It is Yu who will accompany you in the realization of your jiaozis. This passionate cook opened the first Chinese street food restaurant in Lyon, the Bistro Zakka. He likes to enrich his workshops with small anecdotes on his experience and on the dishes made. A real moment of perspective sharing!
7. Realize your own empanadas
Want to invite Latin cuisine in your daily life? Empanada is a very popular specialty in Spain and in various Latin American countries. This small slippery dough cuff is infinity depending on the farce you choose.
To learn how to cook it perfectly, go to the kitchen of Hugo and Ricardo. The first is a specialist emeritus of Latin cuisine. The second is a student of the Paul Bocuse Institute who worked (among others) Argentina , Peru , Chile , Brazil or in Ecuador . Ideal teachers to get succulent home empanadas! The training lasts 2 hours and costs 45 euros per person.
Miscellaneous
8. Create your own chocolate tablet
If Lyon is famous for its gastronomy, it also radiates for the quality of its chocolate. This is why we recommend the workshop of Clara, a chocolate craftsman. After telling you the origins of chocolate and the course of cocoa, it will accompany you in the making of your own tablet. It's hard. 1 hour 30 and costs 48 euros per person.
Lyon specialties will be at the rendezvous, for example the possibility of creating a tablet of chocolate with pink praline. But many flavors are available to you: pistachio, black or white chocolate, mojito, speculos... Clara’s workshop aims to modernize chocolate, and you will have the opportunity to see it during this workshop!
9. Make your jams and sorbets in pot
What are you looking for to offer a house kitchen lover? This cooking class in Lyon honours seasonal fruit: raspberry, mirabelle, peach, strawberry, blackcurrant, fig, lemon, cherry... For 79 euros per person, you will learn to turn them into delicious jams and sorbets. But that’s not all!
Thomas, a confiturier craftsman, is also a lover of the art of the can. It will help you put your creations under vacuum, and you will only have to take them to your home to offer them... or taste them yourself. The workshop lasts 3 hours .
10. Design your traditional baguette or special bread
During the containment, we were many to launch in the manufacture of homemade bread... The opportunity to make a custom bread, to adapt the ingredients to our desires, and of course to share a convivial moment with our loved ones! What if you learn the art of making bread with a craftsman?
Push the doors of Emmanuel’s bakery to learn all the stages of creating a traditional baguette and a special bread (seeds, fruits, etc.). During 3 hours , you will benefit from the accompaniment and advice of the baker craftsman. The workshop costs 80 euros per person.
11. Realize your Japanese sucettes
To finish this top of the best cooking courses in Lyon, here is a unique and original activity. During 1 hour 30 and for 45 euros by person, Claire-Line will teach you to create Japanese sucettes called "ameizaku". This talented confident craftsman will guide you step by step to shape your creations.
Japanese sucettes can take the form of animals, flowers, characters. This is a very nice activity to do with a child. And of course, you go back with your three creations that you can taste, offer or exhibit at home!
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