The Courageous Cooking School is officially SOLD OUT for good! Still want to join us at La Peetch for a group travel experience? Check out Cook Camp!

A note from Makenna about the Courageous Cooking School shift:

Hello friends,

Being the steward of the Courageous Cooking School has been the highlight and joy of my career. After 8 full years, nearly 1000 guests later and a fully sold out calendar for every year we ran except COVID, it is both my greatest joy and my deepest sorrow to say ‘so long’ to the program that changed my own, and so many lives.

The in-depth program that we’ve so carefully built will be returning in a new location someday. Out of La Peetch, in a space built just for the deep-dive masterclass. Because what we started is simply too big now for a little cottage to hold itself. And admittedly, the whole team is ready for new adventures.

In 2015 when I saw La Peetch on the market I had an immediate vision. I wanted to bring small groups of strangers to France so they could break bread at a shared table while trying new things on for size and in community.

The Courageous Cooking School was never really just a cooking school. It also wasn’t a gimmick. It was built to look squarely in the eyes of the status quo and say “what about this?” It was built as a program to explore possibility and what life/cooking/ways of being could be. It was built to confront what people saw as “how things should be”. Some of you quit jobs and started new business; many of you expanded culinary careers; some of you moved to Europe. And many of you said you made these shifts all because of the CCS experience.

Turns out, it is also is a great pedagogy for teaching cooking from the ground up. We’ve had chefs who went to culinary school join us and say they learned more in a week with us than a full culinary program.

La Peetch has been an island to make all of that possible. And as we grew we realized the method was, in fact, a culinary education that could change the way in which consumers shift their cooking habits. A pedagogy that could very well shift consumer behavior away from the current model. A pedagogy that we hope, someday, changes cooking from the consumer side in marked ways.

While we figure out what all that means and find a new location the masterclass and deep dive is on pause and will not be taught at La Peetch again. Yet, La Peetch remains.

Last year we brought on the larger RecipeKick team to test a new concept called Cook Camp. A choose your own adventure approach to being in community and cooking. With immense flexibility, and plenty of options for cooks (and non-cooks) of all skill sets. This program is a true way to dive into Courageous Cooking, and play with what is possible at La Peetch.

In 2025, we will offer 6 weeks of Camp. It is very different than the School was. Larger footprint, you choose how much you cook, up to 19 guests, across multiple properties (all within walking distance) Classes for all levels. It’s a bit more like summer camp, a bit more playful. You arrive, and just like summer camp you choose your activities on arrival. Not before. It’s an interlude while we build what’s next.

La Peetch is a place. It is not the Courageous Cooking School. The place where it began is not where it ends.

By 2026, we hope to have our new home ready for cooking classes and our masterclass program. In the meantime, please come visit us at Cook Camp. Or at one of our other adventures around the world. Or simply rent La Peetch for your own use, and cook up a storm in our fabulous pegboard kitchen, dip in the saltwater pool, and enjoy the vacation you deserve. You can even book a private Courageous Cooking School for a group of up to 7 participants as part of your stay. (To inquire, reach out to us via the chat box in the corner)

A toute!
Makenna