The Gastronomicom Institute is an International Culinary Academy created five years ago by professionals in Gastronomy, French Pastries, Wine and Fine Dining Services. All of our teachers boast many years of experience at prestigious, high-end Gastronomic Hotel-restaurants.

Together we have channelled our knowledge and skills to develop specialised programs consolidated by the finest teaching methods in these four subjects.

Our programs will enable you to learn the arts of French cooking and pastry at a one Michelin star level (the best reference in the world for high quality hotel restaurants or restaurants) to become an expert in French wines with many wine tastings and weekly visits to different wine cellars, and to master the high level of dining service that is provided in Michelin starred restaurants all over the world.

Why choose this level of training?

Because this level will open the doors to many jobs in your country and also abroad. Also we know from experience that there is a serious lack of qualified people in the Food and beverage Industry in most countries especially in Gastronomy!

For our alumni we are currently creating a newsletter specially designed to present the job offers we regularly receive from a variety of countries.

To make you feel welcome during your stay at Gastronomicom we have chosen to base the academy in the charming city of Le Cap d’Agde, a popular tourist destination located on the coast, 50 kilometres from Montpellier (half an hour by train) and 120 kilometres from the Spanish border (one hour by car).

The Mediterranean climate is very pleasant and we generally enjoy around 300 days of sunshine annually.

COOKING COURSES / PASTRY COURSES

Is this you?

• You are a professional and you want to improve your knowledge in modern French Cooking (one star Michelin level)

• You want to learn a new job with intensive hands-on classes + a 4 months internship in a Luxury hotel-restaurant in France.

• You want to discover the French fine dining cookery during 4 weeks.

• You want to grow professionally and get a better job!

• You are a student in Hospitality Management, you want to improve your knowledge of fine dining and to learn French at the same time.

• You are an individual, you want to learn French, more about French cooking and at the same time to enjoy visiting the south of France.

Iman Bogan Cooking teacher	Florent Cantaut Pastry teacher

GASTRONOMICOM OFFERS:

Gourmet Program (one month)

Length of the program:

4 weeks with 30 hours of lessons per week, including 15 hours
cooking hands-on classes and 15 hours French lessons. All weekends are free.

The Module of 4 weeks includes :

1st week: cold first dishes
2nd week: hot first dishes
3rd week: fishes with their sauces
4th week: meats with their sauces

Students work in teams to help each other and learn together.

Gastronomic Program (3 months)

Length of the program:

12 weeks with 30 hours of lessons per week, including 15 hours cookery hands-on classes and 15 hours French lessons.

All week-ends are free and you have 1 week off to visit France.

The Program is made of 3 modules of 4 weeks with the same organisation as the Gourmet Program Module.

Students work in teams to help each other and learn together.

Full Program (3 months course + 4 months internship)

Length of the program:

12 weeks with 30 hours of lessons per week, including 15 hours cooking hands-on classes and 15 hours French lessons + 4 months Internship in a Luxury Hotel-restaurant in France.

All weekends are free (except during the internship) and you have 1 week off in the middle of the course to visit France.

One Year Program

Length of the program:

12 months with a 3 months gastronomic cooking course + a 3 months gastronomic pastry course + 6 months internship

2nd Year program: Management in Gastronomic Food and Beverage

This program consist in one year preparatory course similar to the normal one year program + 3 months University Management Course, 3 months cooking or pastry or service or wines hands on classes oriented management and 6 months internship.

For the management Diploma you have the choice between two options:

1) cooking + pastry

2) service + wines

All our teachers are graduated and highly qualified, with a vast experience in the field they teach

FRENCH WINE COURSES

Is this you?

• You are a professional and you want to improve your knowledge in French Wines .

• You want to learn a new job with intensive classes + a 4 months internship in a gastronomic hôtel-restaurant in France.

• You want to discover the French Wines during 4 weeks.

• You want to grow professionally and get a better job!

• You are a student in Hospitality Management, you want to improve your knowledge of French Wines and to learn French at the same time.

• You are an individual, you want to learn French, more about French Wines and at the same time to enjoy visiting the south of France.

GASTRONOMICOM OFFERS:

Gourmet Program (one month)

Length of the program:

4 weeks with 30 hours of lessons per week, including 15 hours cooking hands-on classes and 15 hours French lessons. All weekends are free.

The 4 week Module includes :

1. knowledge of the French wines:
   - winemaking
2. famous french wine regions:
   languedoc roussillon
   bordeaux
   bourgogne
   champagne
   visit to 3 vineyards
3. Wine tasting initiation

Gastronomic Program( 3 months)

Length of the program:

12 weeks with 30 hours of lessons per week, including 15 hours french wines classes and 15 hours French lessons.

All week-ends are free and you have 1 week off to visit France.!

The 3 months course includes :

1. Enology
   - winemaking
2. knowledge of french wines:
3. famous french wine regions:
   languedoc roussillon, bordeaux, bourgogne, champagne, corse/provence, vallee du rhone, jura/savoie, sud ouest, alsace, cognac
4. visit to 10 vineyards
5. matching food and wine, service
6. mastery tasting techniques

Full Program ( 3 months course + 4 months internship )

Length of the program:

12 weeks with 30 hours of lessons per week, including 15 hours french wines classes and 15 hours French lessons + 4 months Internship in a gastronomic Hotel-restaurant in France.

All weekends are free (except during the internship) and you have 1 week off in the middle of the course to visit France.

One Year Program

Length of the program:

12 months with a 2 x 3 months gastronomic french wines course +
6 months internship

2nd Years program: Management in Gastronomic Food and Beverage

This program consist in one year preparatory course similar to the normal one year program
3 months University Management Course, 3 months cooking or pastry or service or wines hands on classes oriented management and 6 months internship.

For the management Diploma you have the choice between two options:

1) cooking + pastry

2) service + wines

All our teachers are graduated and highly qualified, with a vast experience in the field they teach

FINE DINING SERVICE COURSES

Is this you?

• You are a professional and you want to improve your knowledge in French Fine Dining service ( one star Michelin level) .

• You want to learn a new job with intensive hands-on classes + a 4 months internship in a Luxury hotel-restaurant in France. You want to grow professionally and get a better job!

• You are a student in Hospitality Management, you want to improve your knowledge of fine dining service and to learn French at the same time.

• You are an individual, you want to learn French, more about French fine dining service and at the same time to enjoy visiting the south of France.

GASTRONOMICOM OFFERS:

Gourmet Program (three months)

Length of the program:

12 weeks with 30 hours of lessons per week, including 15 hours hands-on classes and 15 hours French lessons.

All week-ends are free and you have 1 week off to visit France.

The 3 months course includes:

1 month French wines lessons
1 month cooking and pastry lessons ( 15 days of each)
1 month Fine dining service

Full Program (3 months course + 4 months internship)

Length of the program:

12 weeks with 30 hours of lessons per week, including 15 hours cooking hands-on classes and 15 hours French lessons + 4 months Internship in a Luxury Hotel-restaurant in France.

All weekends are free (except during the internship) and you have 1 week off in the middle of the course to visit France.

One Year Program

Length of the program:

12 months with 3 months gastronomic French wines course + 3 months Fine dining service course + 6 months internship

2nd Years program: Management in Gastronomic Food and Beverage

This program consist in one year preparatory course similar to the normal one year program
3 months University Management Course, 3 months cooking or pastry or service or wines hands on classes oriented management and 6 months internship.

For the management Diploma you have the choice between two options:

1) cooking + pastry

2) service + wines

All our teachers are graduated and highly qualified, with a vast experience in the field they teach.

INTERNSHIP

For the students who choose to do the internship and holding a student visa ( if necessary), the school will provide a place in a gastronomic Hotel-restaurant or restaurant in France.

The affectation of the Hotel-restaurant will be done after several meetings and depending of the level of technical capacity of the student.

During the internship the student will receive an indemnnity of 400 Euros per month + full board and accomodation.

The internship begin immediatly after the 3 months course so that the students don't need any other lodging in between.

Gastronomicom collaborate only with very high level Hotel-restaurants in France like Relais-Chateaux, Leading Hotels of the world and other 4 or 5 stars Luxury Hotel restaurants with a gastronomic restaurant!

SOME OF THE TEACHERS

EVA MONIOT

French lessons

• Graduate of Lyon University (France)
• Heidelberg University (Germany)
• Oxford University (England)
  
• French and German teacher at an International school of Tourism and Hospitality Management, with courses conducted in French, English and German.
• French, German and English teacher of vocational training courses for the tourism and hospitality industries.
• Languages teacher at a national tourism school .
• Teacher at Gastronomicom since its creation.
• Languages spoken: French, English and German.

STEPHANE MASSIN

French lessons

• Qualifications:
  Masters in Modern Languages
  FLE Graduate ( French for foreigners) ECRIMED, CAFOC, CRIC.
• Teacher at University Paul Valery ( Beziers, 34500)
• French and History teacher at IRFA SUD , (Narbonne 11100)
• Languages spoken: French and English
• Teacher with Gastronomicom since its creation.

IMAN BOGAN

Cooking lessons

• Graduate:
  titre professionnel, A.F.P.A, la Grand Combe, Gard.
• stratégie commerciale, A.E.D.E Montpellier, Hérault.
• création d’entreprise, chambre des métiers d’Alès, le Gard.
• Chemeketta college, G.E.D, Salem, U.S.A, Oregon.
• CAP et BEP, restauration option cuisine, le Clos d’or-Lesdiguiéres, Isère.
  
  
• Chef de cuisine, Hiely Lucculus, 2 stars Michelin, Avignon, Vaucluse
• Second de cuisine, Le Castellas, 2 stars Michelin, Collias, Gard.
• Cuisinier, restaurant le Sweet time, Montpellier, Hérault.
• chef de cuisine, LE SOFITEL , Restaurant le Ciel d’azur, Montpellier, Hérault.
• Languages spoken: French and English

FLORENT CANTAUT

Pastry lessons

• Graduate:
  Stage pain et viennoiserie avec Gaetan Paris (M.O.F) à L’ENSP
• Stage sucre d’art chez Stéphane Klein à Belfort
• Concours artistique en sucre, Sihra, Championnat d’Europe de sucre Tiré
• Concours artistique en sucre, Foire de la Roche sur Foron ,6ème place
• Concours artistique en sucre, Foire de La Roche sur Foron , 4ème place
• Stage Art et Sucre avec Mr Bajard (M.O.F.),
• Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Pâtisserie, Yssingeaux
• Première année de BTM chez Mr JOSSELI, Limoges
• CAP de Pâtissier, Chocolatier, Glacier, Confiseur chez Mr PIQUET
  
  
• Pastry Chef, Hôtel Four Seasons Georges V à Paris - Restaurant le Cinq : 3 stars Michelin
• Pastry Chef, le Lion d’Or à Cologny (Genève) switzerland 1 star Michelin
• Chef de Partie Pâtissier, Hôtel Noga Hilton 5*, Genève,Switzerland, 1 star Michelin. Chef Pâtissier : J.M. Guillot (M.O.F.) Glacier, Champion du Monde de Pâtisserie 1997.
• Chef de Partie Pâtissier, Auberge du Père Bise, Talloires, 1 star Michelin avec Youri Meyers (Champion du Monde de Pâtisserie 2003), 4* Relais et Châteaux.
• Languages spoken: French, English, Portuguese.

STÉPHANIE FORCADE

Administration

• Stéphanie will take care of you and answer all your questions.
• She is dynamique and very organised.
• She will inform you and provide you all the documents that you will need for your Residenz card and medical check.
• She is available every day for you (except the weekend!)
• Diplomas:
  State Diploma in Medical care (she can help for small illness)
• Language spoken: English, Spanish, Italian

MARTINE LESSAULT

Service lessons and Director of Gastronomicom

• Graduate from Lausanne School (Switzerland)
• Food & Beverage Manager Hotel Beau Rivage 5 Star
• Geneva (Switzerland), Leading Hotel of the world
• Hotel Manager Maison Morizet 4 Star München (Germany)
• Hotel Manager Hotel Guy Louis Duboucheron 4 Star luxe
• Paris General Manager Hotel Da Lapa 5 Star luxe Lisbon (Portugal)
• Leading Hotel of the world
• Hotel Manager Hotel d’Europe 4 Star Avignon (France)
• Hotel Manager Hotel Vatel 4 Star, training Hotel for Vatel Institute, Teacher of Food & Beverage and Training Co-ordinator in Vatel Institute, Nimes (France)
• Languages spoken: English, Spanish, German, Portuguese.

ACCOMMODATION

Students are accommodated in apartments for 4 persons, with 2 bedrooms, living-room, kitchen, bathroom, separate toilet and a terrace to sit or eat outside.

Wifi is available in the classrooms.

Cap d'Agde and Residence Saint Loup:

This large attractive and dynamic resort offers 14 kilometres of fine, sandy beaches, a pleasure marina with 3,000 moorings, all water sports and other sporting activities, an 18 hole golf course and the International Tennis Club. You can stroll around from one quay to another on linking footpaths.

A cycle track goes through the resort and on towards Agde.

The Residence Club Saint Loup is situated in a park of 4 hectares of luxuriant greenery, a naturally preserved, spacious environment, dotted with ponds and lakes, just 5 minutes from the harbour and beach.

There is a bus stop in front of the entrance of the Resort which you can catch every day to Agde Railway station if you want to visit the nearby cities.

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