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French Baking Class: Learn to Make Baguettes & Croissants
4.9
28 Ratings
Paris
Join a French baking expert for a hands-on class where you’ll learn how to laminate dough, shape a baguette, puff a croissant, and more, with sweet and savory tastings along the way. You’ll also hear the stories and histories behind iconic French treats and enjoy the company of fellow bakers as you work together.
Join a French baking expert for a hands-on class where you’ll learn how to laminate dough, shape a baguette, puff a croissant, and more, with sweet and savory tastings along the way. You’ll also hear the stories and histories behind iconic French treats and enjoy the company of fellow bakers as you work together.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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31 Rue de l’Annonciation - In just two hours, learn authentic French-baking techniques from an expert baker. At Au Pain de Manon, you’ll get hands-on experience preparing bread and croissant dough, learn fascinating facts about iconic French pastries, and gain the know-how to differentiate one baguette from another.
You’ll even learn the…
- 31 Rue de l’Annonciation - In just two hours, learn authentic French-baking techniques from an expert baker. At Au Pain de Manon, you’ll get hands-on experience preparing bread and croissant dough, learn fascinating facts about iconic French pastries, and gain the know-how to differentiate one baguette from another.
You’ll even learn the difference between bread flours, yeast and sourdough, how to laminate dough, and baguette-shaping techniques. And of course there will be tastings along the way to understand how flavor influences what you create.
Never thought you could make your own bread or properly puff croissant dough? Prepare to be amazed by what you learn!
What's Included
- Expert guide
- Snacks
- Hands-on baking lesson
- Expert guide
- Snacks
- Hands-on baking lesson
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
- Children under the age of 5 are free of charge, but please note that they will not be able to participate in the hands-on baking experience due to safety concerns.
- This tour requires you to be able to stand for an extended period of time. It is 15 steps to the bakery on the 2nd floor with no elevator.
- Children under the age of 5 are free of charge, but please note that they will not be able to participate in the hands-on baking experience due to safety concerns.
- This tour requires you to be able to stand for an extended period of time. It is 15 steps to the bakery on the 2nd floor with no elevator.
Location
31 Rue de l'Annonciation
Rue de l'Annonciation
Meet your tour guide inside the bakery, Au Pain de Manon, 15 minutes before the start time.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(28 Ratings)
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Kate_c
Oct 12, 2024
Great Experience - We all really enjoyed our time at the bakery. It was the right length of time and the balance of hands on making and learning was just right. The baguettes we made were delicious! Rachel was a great host, she made the experience fun and we learnt a lot.
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Karen_s
Sep 27, 2024
Informative and fun experience! - Rachel was informative and fun! My husband and I both enjoyed the experience. We are anxiously waiting for the recipes to be emailed to us to try at home.
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Calliopes727
Sep 27, 2024
A great baking experience with tour guide Jess - The French baking experience was so wonderful, and our guide, Jess, was absolutely lovely! She was so sweet and very knowledgeable about French baking techniques and history, and she guided us through the process seamlessly. We definitely recommend this experience!
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Daniel_c
Sep 23, 2024
Amazing time - Was such a great time with Jess, would recommend to anyone looking for a baking experience in Paris.
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Jackterrana
Sep 5, 2024
Fun Experience - We just finished our baking experience with Jess who is absolutely wonderful and made it a fun and informative experience. We made baguettes and round loaves and some other French biscuit that was delicious. We learned how to work with dough and brown butter properly. And piping, which is filling up a bag with batter and squeezing it into the mold. Great fun and the items we baked came out perfect. Thank you to Jess who did a fantastic job 👏👏👏
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Samantha_g
Aug 30, 2024
Wonderful experience!! - WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE! I cannot recommend this tour more. Not only is this bakery essential to Paris history, but our guide gave so much wonderful insight and the staff let us take part in their tasks. This was truly a special day making break and pastries and memories. Cheers to making and breaking bread.
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Stuart_f
Aug 19, 2024
Baguette ,pastry & financier making tips & history made easy - We were impressed with our tour guide Rachel in terms of her very warm welcome , knowledge of baguettes/ pastries and general enthusiasm. We had already been in contact via the aviator app and therefore it was easy to meet up in the Bakery in Passy. We really enjoyed getting stuck into making a baguette as well as rolling perfect croissants. Financiers were new to all of us and very tasty as were the baguettes. We would have loved to sample croissants and understand that we could not eat our own given the process. Maybe the tour organiser should consider having croissants made by a previous group to be made available to the following group for baking. Overall we were very happy with the course , had fun , and learnt a lot about different baguettes, their history and tips to how to cook and conserve. As per other reviews there is a lot to eat and therefore skipping a meal before the course is a very wise move. One last thought to help the overall experience improve would be to let the group try to create dough, even if only part of the process.
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Eboni_f
Aug 4, 2024
Great experience - We had the best time ever ! So much fun learning about how to cook bread! Money well spent the teacher was AMAZING
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Dacia_b
Aug 2, 2024
What a great learning experience (fun too)! - We had such a great time learning about the history surrounding bread in France! Highly recommend this if you want to embed culture, fun and food into your stay. Merci mille fois to our hosts & teacher. 🥐❤️🇫🇷🥖
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Ceil
Sep 18, 2024
Excellent experience - Rachel was great! Loved the class! Lots of food and learned a lot about baking! I would recommend the class, particularly if you’re interested in learning how French bakers work.
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