the heels of warm crusty baguettes and of summer 2008 have literally just cooled off. we remain THE stellar choice and the only small cooking school in the united states to offer teens such high level and personalized culinary tours.
whether you are an experienced teen chef with a kitchen job or a devoted beginner chef these opportunities in the summer of 2009 are perfect to explore a career in the culinary arts or simply to experience the delicious magic of a summer experience at north carolina's burgeoning table or abroad in the birthplace of cuisine: la belle france!
promotional video for c'est si bon cooking school program, Teen Chefs.
teen-chef forms for registration, recommendation, and essay
(FOR ALL TEEN-CHEF PROGRAMS!)
please submit a $900 deposit with your completed registration form, essay, and two recommendations to:
c'est si bon cooking school 1002 brace lane chapel hill nc 27516 att: dorette snover
merci beacoup!
please submit a 250-word essay from the teen on "what are the life benefits of knowing how to cook?" to download a printable PDF essay form, click here.
please submit the following two recommendations with registration.
one from an academic instituion and another from a culinary professional. click here to download a printable PDF recommendation form. (print two)
to download the PDF registration form, click here.
teens will be notified of their acceptance after we have received your completed registration form, your essay, both recommendations, and your deposit.
teens in north carolina
carolina on my plate!
june 14 - 19 (SOLD OUT)
june 21 - 26 (3 spaces open)
june 28 - july 3 (3 spaces open)
$1850
fickle creek farm join teens from across the country for a week steeped in the culinary arts in the gloriously gritty heart of north carolina with c'est si bon!
your stay in the carolina's involves way more than cooking, we visit farmer's, local artisans and chefs who have lots of sweet and savory culinary secrets to share with us. cooking classes at c'est si bon! and select restaurants.
read the article that appeared in the june 14, 2007 raleigh news & observer about our cooking demonstration at the carrboro farmer's market. while the demonstration wasn't a competition, the n & o reporter conducted a taste test. see the results here.
teens in europe
five weeks of choice programs. all include open air markets, local and devoted culinary artisans, bakers and cooking classes in the heart of paris, the loire, and provence in the summer of 2009.
teens in the loire teens that join c’est si bon’s! tour of the loire will enjoy accommodations—and culinary specialties—at chateau le pin in the loire valley. participants will create french fare from the chateau du pin's potager (garden) in the splendidly appointed kitchen. our week of visits and menus is inspired by the upstairs/downstairs nature of loire culinary history. our week features dishes of the first celebrity chef antonin careme. we recommend reading: cooking for kings, the life of antonin careme. he was one eccentric dude!
delicate white 'le sand brochet' of the loire with beurre blanc
layered terrines and pates
andouillettes, rillettes and rillons learn the myths surrounding chavignol goat cheese and glorious champignon gardens of bright green primeur: lettuces and sharply sweet peas of early summer, jewel orange carrots, sassy radishes, and rosy purpled turnips.
“apple meringues like hedgehogs”
morning repasts of crepes, confitures, yogurts, and perfumed fruits
visits include chateau villandry's vast renaissance kitchen gardens, the kitchens at nearby chateau serant, the market in angers and the chocolatier there, the winery and apple production at montjean
the belly of paris
our 2009 weeks in Paris are sold out please contact us to reserve a spot for 2010!
july 7 - 12orjuly 21-26
$2650
teens in paris* (france) á table in the city of light! accommodations at hotel de la paix in the montparnasse arrondissement. enjoy visits chosen by c’est si bon! from the following menu of possibilities: upscale fauchon, rustic rue de mouffetard, sunday’s marché raspail, luscious and creamy fromage at androuët, angelina’s infamous chocolate and mont blanc, les ancienne oven at poilane, shopping at delherrin near emile zola’s the belly of paris, berthillon for glace, crepes, wherever and whenever we find them! musee de gastronomique at one of paris’ oldest restaurants still in operation, la tour d’argent. take-out culinaria at bon marche, franco-vietnamese and north african specialties in the 6th, 9th or 19th arrondissements.
*please inquire about the possibility to add classes at lenotre's patisserie, ritz-escoffier ecole de la cuisine, and cordon bleu for additional tuition.
myths, maps, and the culinary lore of provence
our 2009 weeks in Provence are sold out, please contact us to reserve a spot in 2010!
teens who experience myths, maps and the culinary lore of provence will stay and cook at madeleine and erick vedel's historic and eclectic and COMPLETELY provencale school of cuisine (association cuisine et tradition - ACT) in the center of the city of arles, in the heart of provence, in the crook of the rhone river. a mix of modern - plumbing, hot water, all that - surrounded by 10th century walls and beamed ceilings from the renaissance. steps from the ancient roman arena just off place voltaire. a mezmerizing melange of visits: honey, chocolate, chevre - open air markets infused with north african specialites, exotic seafood and never ending lavender aubergines and gitane music.
