Luxury Cooking Course with Michelin Chef - The Essential Elements of Cooking

Always wanted to learn how to cook like a real chef? Then this is your chance! This luxury culinary tour in Spain will teach you all the basic fundamental skills required by all good cooks. This is the only holiday in the world where you can enjoy intimate, hands-on cookery tuition by two Michelin-starred chef Martin Blunos.

Highlights of this culinary tour:

Two-Michelin starred gourmet dinner. On one evening Martin will prepare a two-Michelin starred gourmet dinner. You will be welcome to watch Martin 'in action' or just wait to be served. This will not only give you a wonderful experience, but you will see how a top chef goes about creating such a feast. Many guests will have never eaten in a two Michelin starred restaurant before, let alone have a chef prepare them a feast in such an intimate setting. This will be a highlight of the holiday. It goes without saying, that fine and reserva wines will compliment this gourmet dinner, along with every other dinner. Martin will also dine with you to ensure a lively and informative evening is had by all.

Real-life Market 'Buy & Cook' Challenge. On the last cooking day, Martin will take you to the local meat, fish and vegetable trade market. He will give you a tour of the market, and guidance on how to select cost-effective produce, and how to substitute produce and retain quality. You will then have 45 mins to buy all the produce, for a two-course menu Martin will give you. You will return and have to cook this, in a set time. This 'real-life' challenge will prove invaluable, teaching you how to make your money go further, reduce wastage, make ingredient compromises, but still maintain flavour and be true to the dish. These are the challenges restaurant's deal with daily, and will also help you make your shopping budget go further when back home. Martin will give a prize for the best rated menu, brought in on time, and under budget.

Come Dine With Us Experience. Our cookery holidays are above all, entertaining, fun and different. To add a real fun element, we run a special 'Come Dine With Us' competition. You will be split into smaller teams, with one of our resident chefs and have to cook, and serve that evenings dinner. The other nights you'll be the guest. Depending upon the group size it will run over 2-4 nights and always finish on the last Friday, when the winner is announced by Martin. The rest of the group and Martin will critique your food, on flavour, presentation and execution. This 'fun' experience will really create a good atmosphere and lots of banter with your fellow diners. It will also allow you to work alongside a professional chef in the kitchen, picking up tips about presentation, timing, and portion control.

You’ll be staying in one of three luxurious villas located adjacent to each other in the exclusive west Marbella estate of El Madronal. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious estates in Spain with 24-hour gated security, and breath-taking views of the coast and the mountains surrounding Marbella, yet it’s only a few minutes to Puerto Banus, the beach or central Marbella.

The villas offer top accommodation: linen is new, cotton is of the finest quality and towels flully. The kitchens and bathrooms are contemporary, clean and inviting. The cookware, tableware, utensils and glasses are modern and are new each year. The wireless ADSL Internet is fast, and the 40 and 50-inch HD TV’s and satellite systems are the latest. All beds have sumptuous memory foam mattresses and the finest Egyptian cooling cotton sheets, to ensure you have the perfect sleep and a wonderful holiday experience.

For rooms in Casa San Bernardo

Standard Double En-Suite Room with queen-sized bed
Now £1,476 price per person based on two people sharing

Deluxe Twin En-Suite Room
Now £1,692 price per person based on two people sharing

Deluxe Double En-Suite Room with queen-sized bed
Now £1,692 price per person based on two people sharing

Grand Deluxe Double En-Suite Room with king-sized bed
Now £1,907 price per person based on two people sharing


For rooms in Gran Villa San Pietro and Gran Hacienda Florentina

Superior Twin En-Suite Room
Now £1,907 price per person based on two people sharing

Superior Double Suite with king-sized bed
Now £2,147 price per person based on two people sharing

Superior Double Suite with king-sized bed and private sauna
Now £2,387 price per person based on two people sharing


Please note: the prices are based upon two-people sharing a room.
A £250 supplement is applied if you choose to stay in a double or twin room on a single occupancy basis. If you are happy to share a twin room with another guest (same gender only) then this supplement will be waived.

Sat 17th March 2012