£59 -- French Cookery Course & Wine With Top Chef, Reg £120

The Deal

Impress dinner guests with your new-found culinary skills after taking a course in French cuisine for £59 at Madame Gautier's La Technique Cookery School. During the session, you'll learn cooking techniques, timings and methods from an experienced team of chefs, including Mark Gautier, who has worked in three Michelin-starred restaurants in the UK and France.

Usually costing up to £120, the deal includes one of the following:

- A 3-hour Repas Technique course: learn how to cook dishes such as guinea fowl à la gasconne with purée de pommes de terre, or galantine of duck and sauce bigarade with celeriac, spinach and potato galette
- A 3-hour La Pàtisserie course: learn to create a range of foods such as les crèmes (crème caramel, crème brulée, sauce anglaise, crème patissière, frangipane and lemon meringue) or choux pastries (savoury gougères, éclairs, profiteroles, pièce montée, fondant work, fillings and toppings)
- A 3-hour La Pàtisserie Fine course: choose from the macaron course, where you'll make macaron biscuits, ganache, butter creams and jellies, or the petits four course, where you'll make pâtes de fruits, financiers, chocolates, marshmallows and florentines

You will also get to tuck into your creations at the end.

Click here for a full list of available courses and dates.

A previous 'Young Chef of the Year' mentor, Mark Gautier launched Madame Gautier with his wife and two children in 2005. They attend farmers' markets throughout London, such as Marylebone, South Kensington and Broadgate markets, cooking and selling their popular food.
Vegetarian courses are available.