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See the 2008 & 2009 Calendars for dates and details of Guest Chef programs. The Guest Chef programs begin at € 3,000 for a seven night/eight day program. 
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A TYPICAL GUEST CHEF PROGRAM DAY ONE  Afternoon arrival. Settle into La Combe and explore the house and grounds. Meet your Guest Chef over a welcome apértif and hors
d'oeuvres, followed by dinner.DAY TWO A visit with your chef to Sarlat Farmers' Market, one of the most colorful produce markets in France. Lunch at the historic Présidial restaurant. In the afternoon, our first cooking class uses the purchases of the morning. Apéritif and dinner at La Combe.DAY THREE In the morning, a private tour and wine tasting at Château Bélingard, followed by a relaxed lunch à la périgordine in the old abbey town of Cadouin. After exploring the historic walled hilltop town of Belves, we return for apéritif and a light dinner at La Combe.DAY FOUR In the morning, in our second cooking class, we prepare dishes for an al fresco lunch in the courtyard at La Combe. After lunch we visit nearby Font de Gaume to see 17,000 year-old cave paintings. In the evening we dine out at a beautifully converted water mill.DAY FIVE Today we explore Perigueux's produce market, shopping in the narrow cobbled streets of this Renaissance city. After lunch at the Château de Reynats, we visit an artisanal farm where 250 goats, each with its own name, produce 18 varieties of cabécou (goat cheese). We take away samples for a pre-dinner tasting.DAY SIX After breakfast we walk to a nearby auberge to see how foie gras is prepared, before driving to a unique moulin where organic flour is milled, made into bread and baked in wood-fired ovens. After a gourmet lunch nearby, we visit a duck farm to see the many ways this périgordine specialty is prepared for the table. In the evening, before dinner, we sample the foie gras we saw being made this morning.DAY SEVEN This morning's final cooking class wraps up much of what we have seen and learned during the week. After class we leave for a farewell gala lunch at Le Vieux Logis, the renowned Relais & Châteaux restaurant. The late afternoon is free for packing, before apéritif and light dinner at La Combe.DAY EIGHT Breakfast and au revoirs before your onward journey. |
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