Lyon Food Tour: Market Visit and Cooking Class

Join a chef-led market tour and cooking class in Lyon to discover, cook, and savor authentic Lyon specialties. Learn French cooking techniques, explore the local market, and enjoy an authentic Lyon lunch experience.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

16 Quai Romain Rolland - Thierry invites you to experience Lyon’s culinary culture and gastronomy the real, local way! Join him on an immersive food tour of the traditional Saint Antoine Market, where you’ll select fresh and local produce for your gourmet cooking class. Mingle with local vendors and get to know your host and fellow guests, before…

What's Included
  • Explore Saint Antoine Market with a local
  • Cook your meal with fresh market-bought ingredients
  • Thierry is a classically-trained French chef
  • Dine in Thierry’s private workshop
  • Guests are welcome to BYOB (Bring Your Own Booze)
  • Lunch
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic beverages
Meal Options
  • Cervelle de caneau - Lyon specialty: cheese spread/dip
  • Quiche
  • Chicken Dish - May be chicken bourgignon, mustard chicken, or chicken with a mushroom sauce. Varies by season.
  • Cheese board
  • Tarte à la praline
Additional Information

Immerse yourself in Lyon’s vibrant food scene with an exceptional culinary journey led by the charming Chef Thierry. Begin your adventure at the renowned Saint Antoine Market, where you’ll explore stalls filled with seasonal produce and engage with welcoming local vendors. Thierry will assist you in selecting the finest ingredients for an interactive…

Location
16 Quai Romain Rolland
Quai Romain Rolland
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Eugene_d
Jul 19, 2025
The Lyon Cooking Class with Chef Thierry - Chef Thierry was outstanding! Took us shopping first to get produce for the meal - prepped vegetables when we got back to studio. Then he taught us how to debone a chicken - each pairing got one chicken - we then prepped two chicken dishes - mustard chicken and tarragon, mushroom chicken - then we made pastry dough and 2 apricot almond peach tortes. While everything was cooking and baking we made cookies with the excess pastry dough and then a cold pea soup with a trace of cream
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Karen_b
Jul 2, 2025
Will absolutely recommend - Chef and his class was a major highlight of our trip to Lyon. We learned a lot and he was patient with my poor knife skills. Will absolutely recommend this class.
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Milesv143
Jul 1, 2025
Great intro to French cooking - Thierry designed a very approachable menu for the beginner chef. No technique goes unexplained, and he is always there to swoop in if things look a little off. We made quenelles after touring the market and picking up fresh produce, but things grew to a full 5 course meal over the course of the market tour. Thierry has a ton of experience in a wide variety of cooking environments, I highly encourage you to ask him targeted questions to get the full history and reason why you do certain things in french cooking (he is a dictionary of French cooking, but will focus on the practical matters in class unless you ask). Highly recommend, also took his pastry class.
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Rachel_s
Jul 1, 2025
Must Do Cooking Class Experience!!!!! - This is the ultimate foodie dream experience! Going to the market and step by step instructions by the AMAZING Chef Theirry!! Wow then you get to eat your creation! My husband and I had the best time and have been talking about it ever since! We thought we knew how to break down a chicken… nope! Now we do thanks to Chef! Learning about Lyon and why it’s so special was a bonus! We highly recommend taking time to dip in the authentic Lyon experience with a wonderful human and master Chef! Thank you!
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Swendy5000
Jun 18, 2025
The Chef Gives His All! - We were enthralled by our wonderful experience with the Chef and his studio. First we visited the open air market and selected vegetables for the cooking session. As a part of the market experience, Chef provided us with details of each of the merchants and their specialties. In the studio, we sectioned and boned a chicken, prepared a ratatouille, started a chicken stock, cooked the chicken in ratatouille, prepared a dessert, and then shared the lunch with the Chef. During the preparation, we learned about many techniques and traditions of the city, as well as the difficulties of finding trained restaurant workers in Lyon. If you have the time and opportunity, this is a mini-boot camp for cooks.
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V7150ltjaimev
Jun 5, 2025
Memorable birthday gift with Chef Thierry - My husband surprised me with a cooking experience with Chef Thierry for my birthday. It was supposed to be a couple's session, but the others cancelled so we had his full attention, and what a treat this was!! Chef was punctual, detailed, funny and instructive as we made chicken stock (with hay and shallot skins!!), chicken with mushroom sauce, gougeres and pink praline tarte. Farmer's market visit was entertaining as he provided insightful Lyon tidbits that added context to our visit. We both practiced chicken cutting techniques that would eventually yield delectable and elegant finished product presentations. If you like to cook this is for you.
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Allison_s
May 13, 2025
Wonderful day spent! - Such a fun experience. Thierry was a gracious host and gave us a lot of local insight as well as instruction on an amazing meal. Would highly recommend! Come hungry and ready for fun!
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P9893lzthomasp
Apr 12, 2025
WOW! - Wow! It was superb. Chef Terry makes cooking fun. The market tour was a very enjoyable learning experience. it was the perfect opportunity to become acquainted with each other, as well as learn about the market. The cooking experience in the kitchen was informative, as well as entertaining.
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Bruceava
Mar 22, 2025
Cooking, learning, fun, and good food. - We had a wonderful time with Chef. The experience was very hands on, but also done to accommodate all levels of skill. I was there with two teenagers, who were put to work with fun activities, but those that better met their abilities-including making us two wonderful tartes. Chef was extremely kind and shared a lot of information about Lyon, but also tricks to French cooking. And of course the meal at the end was equally great. While the experience may look expensive, when you factor in 4 full hours of activity, learning, fun, and great food it is well worth the investment!
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Bomjag
Mar 4, 2025
Finger cut to bread (I promise it was good anyway) - Despite losing (partly) a loved one to me (my friend's finger), the experience was fantastic. A chef full of charisma who knows how to take care of his customers while putting them in their place when it comes to sprinkling anecdotes about Lyon, what more can you ask for?
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From $300
up to 6 guests
2 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).