Baking retreats in France
Week-long baking escapes throughout France
Rêverie runs small, intentional baking retreats across France -- week-long escapes built around butter, technique, and getting flour on your hands in a French château. Each week is hosted by a real baker with real skills to share. We’ve worked with professional bakers such as: Erin Jeanne McDowell (the "Queen of the Sturdy Pie" and author of The Book on Pie), Kaitlin Guerin of New Orleans' Lagniappe Bakehouse, and Hannah and Zachary Welton of Charleston's Welton's Tiny Bakeshop. We’ve also featured gluten-free bakers such as Liz Prueitt of San Francisco's Tartine Bakery, and Aran Goyoaga of Cannelle et Vanille.
Set in Toulouse, Provence, Sancerre, or the Basque coast, this isn't a rigorous culinary school -- it's curious bakers coming together for a week to learn something new. Depending on the week, you might laminate dough for croissants, build a celebration cake from scratch, or finally crack the perfect gluten-free loaf. Like every Rêverie retreat, the food is unreal, made by our in-house culinary team -- and somewhere in the middle of it all, you'll make actual friends.
A week with Rêverie means a château to call home, every meal and every glass of wine included, mornings at local French markets, and a slow, real dive into the culture and rhythm of the region you're in. It's a week-long dinner party with people you haven't met yet -- baking is just the thing that brought you all to the same table.
Upcoming baking retreats in France
Past Baking Retreats
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2025 Toulouse with Erin Jeanne Mcdowell - French baking technique
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2025 Toulouse with cheryl day and nicole rucker
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2025 Loire Valley with Cheryl Day and Nicole Rucker
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2025 French Riviera with Erin Jeanne McDowell
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2025 French Riviera with Ella Quittner and Erin Jeanne Mcdowell
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2024 Toulouse with Erin McDowell
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2024 Loire Valley with Tara Jensen