Students busy in our kitchen.

Another view of the kitchen which is situated in a renovated cottage.

Pauline sausage making for the barbeque (with a little help from her friends).

Our kitchen garden.

Emily getting to grips with professional techniques in the kitchen.

Watching our souffles rising in the oven.

A wonderful sunny day at the picnic area by the river.

Better eat them quick before they melt in the sun - custard tarts at the picnic.

Some of our students getting up close and personal with the bees.

Plating-up a salmon dish with lemon hollandaise sauce.

A gorgeous ravioli stuffed with goats cheese and made by our students.

Paul making sugar cages.

Emily and Anne spinning sugar for a beautiful decorative touch to puddings.

Flora making sugar cages.

Flora burning her creme brulee.... deliberately of course!

On an excursion we saw the beautiful spectacle of the Church of Notre Dame in Poitiers projected with colour.

A swarm of bees at Les Ruches

Mark ,our Chef, carefully lowering the swarm into a cardboard box.

Mark gently tipping the swarm out of the box onto a sheet attached to an empty hive.

The clever bees marching up to their new home.

The bees are now happy in their new home and there is more honey for us!