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Making your own bagels – Preparing dough, brine and sweet and savoury variations

Have you always wanted to make your own homemade bagels? Would you like to know all the secrets to varying your favorite flavors?

In this 3-hour workshop, we’ll learn how to make bagel dough by hand and cream cheese. Equipped with basic kitchen utensils, we’ll make plain, sesame or poppy seed bagels, a cream cheese, a cucumber pickel and a chocolate spice spread with coconut milk.

After reviewing the ingredients, we’ll learn how to knead the dough by hand, the brine technique for the condiments and how to assemble the ingredients. Everyone will leave with 4 customizable bagels, a jar of pickle, cream cheese and chocolate spread.

Skills required: none! This workshop is open to all, whether you’re a passionate amateur, a budding chef or simply a gourmet.

The price includes all necessary materials, kitchen equipment, raw materials and good humor!

Note: remember to bring your own containers so you can take home the products you’ve made.

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Perfecting your shortcrust pastry: Cooking apples, soups and balancing flavours

Autumn is just around the corner, and it’s the perfect time to cook up some comfort food? Would you like to know how to cook seasonal vegetables that will remind you of grandma’s recipes?

In this 3-hour workshop led by one of our chefs, we invite you to dive into warm recipes with an autumnal theme.

Equipped with knives, pans and rolling pins, we’ll learn cutting, shaping and baking techniques.

We’ll discover two autumnal recipes: a seasonal vegetable soup and a 100% homemade apple pie.

We’ll learn how to knead by hand, shape and assemble our ingredients to find the right balance of flavors. We’ll also share tips on how to make the most of fresh produce.

Everyone will leave with a seasonal soup and an apple pie.

Skills required: none! This workshop is open to all gourmets and the curious.

The price includes all necessary materials, kitchen equipment, raw materials and a dollop of professional advice.

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Introduction to woodturning – making a spice mill

Would you like to learn the art of woodturning? Would you like to make an everyday object that will stand elegantly on your dining table?

In this 4-hour workshop, we’ll cover the basics of woodturning by creating an elegant spice mill that can hold peppers, coriander, salts and chillies of all kinds!

We’ll discover the wood lathe, its functions and associated tools. We’ll then take a look at the basic techniques of interlocking turning and the various stages involved in making an object: drawing, using roughing and profiling gouges, tracing, profiling, understanding sanding and preparing the piece for finishing. Once the base has been turned, the mill mechanism will be installed. You’ll be able to choose from a range of designs to create a unique object.

Skills required: none, everyone is welcome, even those who don’t cook!

The price includes all necessary materials, professional advice and unlimited wood chips!

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Creative pyrography – creating a key wall hanging

Are you always looking for your keys everywhere? Would you like to try your hand at pyrography and create a useful decorative object to hang proudly in your hallway?

In this 3-hour workshop, Isabelle will introduce us to the world of pyrography and help us create a personalized wall key holder!

We’ll discover the basics of this decorative art: the equipment needed; tracing and transferring a sketch; the different methods of pyrography; and the right types of tips to use. We’ll then practice the fundamental techniques of tracing, shading and filling on solid wood, to bring texture and relief to our work.

Each participant will have a choice of several models and can bring a personal drawing (maximum dimensions 4 x 5 in.).

Skills required: none, apart from a love of wood and finding your keys quickly.

Price includes all materials, creativity and lots of fun!

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Basketry – Making a storage basket with wooden handles

Would you like to discover the art of rattan weaving? Would you like to store your belongings in a large, elegant basket?

In this 4-hour workshop, basketry craftswoman Fabienne Clément immerses us in the world of basketry, making a large storage basket with wooden handles! This beautiful, customizable basket, made from natural materials, will be ready to hold linens, children’s toys, pets, books or vegetables from the garden.

We’ll cover the various basic techniques for weaving and tightening rattan. We’ll learn continuous finger-weaving from a closed woven base. Wooden handles and a touch of color will also be added (several colors available).

Dimensions: 22 X 12 X 8 in (56 X 30 X 20 cm).

Price includes all materials, tools and Fabienne’s good humor!

NB: Workshop time is indicative, and may take longer for some participants. We therefore recommend that you don’t schedule an appointment right afterwards!

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Make your own spacesuit and jetpack to see the eclipse (much) closer

Are you counting the days until the eclipse on April 8? Would you like to live this unique experience safely but with maximum enjoyment?

Working together, the wood, renovation, electro, welding and mechanical teams have designed the perfect duo:
– A spacesuit, with a protective visor to avoid burning your eyes, triple-layer insulation to withstand the altitude, and a speaker to play your favorite music.
– An electric jetpack, with a (hoped-for) 60-minute range, and a mid-air stabilization function.

You’ll then be able to take off and orbit within 500 meters of the Earth, to observe the eclipse like no other.

In this 4-hour workshop, you’ll learn :
– suit assembly techniques, inherited from 19th-century explorers
– How to build and orient a jetpack, so you don’t stay upside down the whole time.
– 50+ sun cream application tips
– First-aid courses, just in case

Skills required: none, this workshop is open to all those who want to take to the skies!

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Introduction to basketry – Making a mini backpack basket

Would you like to learn basketry and discover the secrets of rattan weaving? Would you like mini-you to proudly display a beautiful backpack basket?

In this 3.5-hour workshop, basketmaker Fabienne Clément will help you create an elegant and durable Adirondack-style mini backpack basket for kids!

We’ll learn the technique of continuous braiding with an tight braided base. We’ll see how to insert colorful rattan strands and finish the basket with a border.

This lightweight, sturdy and stylish basket is perfect for picking, markets and hiking! Everyone will be able to choose from a variety of braid colors.

Skills required: none, except a little patience!

The price includes all materials and tools required, plus Fabienne’s good humor and great advice!

Budding craftspeople aged 10 and over are welcome (one child per parent – limit of 2 children per workshop – please write to us to let us know). 

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Making fresh pasta: tagliatelle, gnocchi, ravioli

Are you a gourmet who’s always wondered how to make fresh pasta? Would you like to impress your guests at dinner parties?

In this 3.5-hr workshop, Gilles will show you how to make fresh pasta by hand! Using a tabletop rolling mill and basic kitchen utensils, we’ll make three types of fresh pasta: tagliatelle, gnocchi and vegetarian ravioli.

After reviewing the necessary ingredients, we’ll learn how to knead and roll out the dough, cut the tagliatelle, shape the gnocchi and stuff the ravioli. Then we’ll go into the secrets of perfect “al dente” cooking!

Skills required: none! This workshop is open to all, whether you’re a passionate amateur, a aspiring chef or simply a gourmet.

The price includes all necessary materials, kitchen equipment, raw materials and good humor!

Note: remember to bring your own containers so you can take home the products you’ve made.

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Introduction to embroidery – Learn visible mending

Would you like to extend the life of your favorite clothes by making them unique with colorful threads and clever patches? Would you like to learn embroidery while fighting against programmed obsolescence?

In this 3-hour workshop, you’ll discover the basic techniques of visible mending! Visible mending” is an embroidery technique that involves mending clothes visibly. The aim of this creative art is to highlight the traces of time, make your garments unique and give them a second life while embellishing them.

We’ll be learning a number of points and techniques that will enable us to repair our jeans, sweaters and fabrics of all kinds:

– How to consolidate textiles using the small backstitch or cover stains decoratively.
– How to repair rips and embellish garments.
– How to cover holes by embroidering, weaving directly onto the fabric or applying by applying suitable patches.

Skills required: none! This friendly workshop is accessible to beginners and can also challenge more experienced embroiderers.

Price includes all materials and fun!

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Learn to identify the different types of wood

Have you always wanted to recognize different types of wood like a pro? Do you want to impress your friends by saying something like, “Oh, your shelf is beautiful, looks like it’s made of a 103-year-old walnut!

In this 3-hour theoretical and practical course, led by our specialists, you will discover everything you need to know about the noble material that is wood. You will discover all the characteristics of the different types of wood, such as :

Learning to identify by sight, touch, and smell.
Differentiate and classify the different types of wood used in cabinet making.
Understand the use of each species according to the work to be done.
Learning how to identify the tree and the origin of a species.
Know the physical and mechanical properties of a species (its density, its hardness…)

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