A taste of France. A love of Cooking. Cooking School in Paris and Uzès.

 

In operation since 2007, Cook’n With Class has taught more than 30,000 students over 10,000 French recipes, and continues to share the love of French cooking today, with the help of our professional Chefs, full-time assistants, and sommeliers.

 

2007

Chef Eric Fraudeau returns to France after living in North America, where he worked as an Executive Chef for high-end hotels. After becoming inspired by his greatest passion, Chef Fraudeau comes up with the idea to create a kitchen where global citizens can come together to learn the art of French cooking in a relaxed and fun atmosphere.

 

In July of 2007, the idea quickly becomes a reality as Cook’n With Class opens its first school (at 21 rue Custine) and begins teaching tourists the art of French cuisine.

 

2008

Chef Pino Ficara becomes one of the first on board the Cook’n With Class team. Upon arrival, he immediately develops a Baking and Bread Making program, catered for students wishing to learn all about French Croissants, Baguettes, and other dough based pastries. As a result of Chef Pino’s help, our pastry classes have evolved into a quick, easy and effective 3 hours course.

 

2009

Food writer Rachel Khoo joins the Cook’n With Class team, where she specialized in teaching pastry classes. Khoo is currently a TV presenter with her own series on BBC. 

 

Cook’n With Class joins Facebook with a few fans.

 

2010

Chefs Constance Deledalle, Briony Laberthionniere & Brian Defehr come onboard bringing a wealth of experience from restaurants, culinary institutions, and hotels ranging from the Ritz Paris to Le Bristol. This dream-team teaches all aspects of French cuisine, from market-to-table French meals, to Macarons, Bistro Desserts, Gourmet Chocolates, Choux Pastries and French Baking.

 

2011

 

Chef Alex Dreyer joins the team, teaching each and every class offered at the school.

 

Cook’n With Class celebrates the re-opening of its brand new, expanded cooking school on rue Custine, now equipped with two new kitchens. The launch party had an abundance of employees, chefs, and bloggers, such as David Lebovitz.  

 

2012 

Preston Mohr from ParisBytheGlass joins the team as our in-house sommelier, teaching Cheese & Wine Classes and animating the Chef’s Table- Food & Wine Pairing evenings along side one of our chefs.

 

Shortly after, Chef Patrick Hebert, priorly in the kitchen of The Savoy Hotel London, and former owner of his own French restaurant in the USA, joins the team adding his classical French touch to the French Market Cooking Classes.

 

2013

Cook’n With Class Paris moves to a new location at 6 rue Baudelique, still in Montmartre, Paris, in a 2-level atelier designed & decorated by Chef Eric's Wife, Yetunde Oshodi, with 2 state-of-the-art kitchens & a new wine cellar for hosting the Wine Classes and private events.

 

Welcomed Chef Emmanuelle Gombert who trained at Ferrandi prior to joining the team. Chef Emannuelle is specialized in baking and desserts.

 

2014

A year of progress: We hosted company events for both Stella and Dot, and Pinterest. We appeared on French national television, as well as House Hunters International. Cook’n With Class Paris held the position of #9 out of top 10 things to do in Paris on TripAdvisor.

 

After lots of hard work and training, Chef Alex made it to the semi-finals for his MOF ("Meilleur Ouvrier de France" where he competed to receiv a highly reverred award in France, bestowed upon the best worker or artisans in their respective fields).

 

2015

Today Cook’n With Class has 26,000 Fans on Facebook, with a ranking of #1 out of top 89 Food and Drink in Paris on TripAdvisor with 1,316 reviews and counting. 

 

With the success of the Cook'n with Class Paris, Chef Eric Fraudeau and wife, Yetunde Oshodi expand the business by opening a second school in the south of France with authentic Provençal themed cooking classes, located in Uzès, France.

 

Yetunde taking on a more active role with both schools as a marketing consultant, works on the updating the logos for both locations and creates the website for Uzès. 

 

Click here to learn more about Cook'n With Class Uzès

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2016

Yetunde Oshodi officially joins the team as Sales & Marketing Director bringing her experience as a former owner of a successful vacation rental company to the schools. 

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Cook'n With Class Uzès inaugurates a Week-long program, Week in Uzès, inviting students to enjoy the tastes and sights of the south of France while participating in full-day classes, tastings and tours of the region.

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Cook'n with Class Paris Uzès name and logo are born.

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Cook'n with Class works on increasing its social media presence with its Instagram, Facebook & Twitter accounts. #AlwaysCooknwithClass

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2017

10 years of offering French Cooking, Baking, & Tasting in Paris. The year ahead will be one of celebrations and sharing.

 

A new website created by Yetunde Oshodi & David Lakin, is born. Both Cook'n with Class Paris & Cook'n with Class Uzès now share a common web address under www.cooknwithclass.com. The new modern design is meant to be more user-friendly and fun.

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To celebration 10 years in Paris, Cook'n with Class organizes an international contest, Cook'n in Paris, where the Grand Prize winner can win a trip for 2 to Paris. Other events around the 10 years include a Michelin-starred Chef's Table - Food & Wine pairing experience and an anniversary party at the school in Paris with invited guests.

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A new recipe database is created with over 400 recipes to enjoy.

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Click here to learn more about Cook'n With Class Uzès

 

Learn more about our team HERE.