Paris Croissant and Breakfast Pastry Class with a French Chef
Overview
Only 6 participants in each class. Ages 15 and up.
With our course led by a French pastry Chef, you'll learn all the secrets of crafting the perfect croissant, from the intricacies of the puff pastry dough to the chemistry behind creating that flaky texture.
You'll enjoy a studious yet fun atmosphere that allows for plenty of hands-on learning and personalised instruction.
Bring home the tastiest of souvenirs with this 3-hour tour. You will learn the technique for making delicious buttery croissants.
Located just a stone's throw from Montmartre and the Sacré-Coeur, our welcoming and well-equipped studio provides the perfect setting for learning and practicing the art of croissant-making. And once you've perfected your skills, you'll get to enjoy your delicious creations on-site with a hot beverage, or take them to go for later.
What's Included
- Small groups of maximum 6 participants
- Professional French pastry Chef
- English language copy of the recipes. Aprons. All cooking equipment
- To celebrate our 13th anniversary we’re happy to offer you our “Everyday Gourmet French Tarts” eBook
- Tea and coffee
- Take home bags
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transportation to/from attractions
Meeting Location
9 Rue Thimonnier
75009 Paris, France
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
Only 6 participants in each class. Ages 15 and up.
After 3 hours spent with our French Chef, you will have acquired the know-how to make croissants that are light, crispy on the outside and melt-in-your-mouth soft on the inside. You will learn and perform each step in making classic buttery croissants and pain au chocolat (chocolate-filled croissants).
On Thursday morning classes, we offer to make bicolor croissants filled with chocolate pralin.
You will learn some specific techniques :
• Make the Beurrage: to add butter to the dough that is called pâton.
• Pâton : the block of croissant dough after the butter has been folded into the detrempe to form an envelope.
• Make the turns: to give turns to the croissant dough (pâton) by rolling the dough and folding it.
• Feuilleter (to make into leaves): enclosing the butter in a layer of dough and folding and rolling the dough to form thin layers or leaves.
• Follow "la pousse" (the fermentation and the rising) : the expansion of the fermented dough caused by the yeast during the rising.
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- A maximum of 6 people per booking
- Minimum age 15. Children must attend with a registered adult : 1 adult per child
- Please advise any allergies or special dietary requirements at the time of booking
- Please advise your Paris contact details at time of booking; this information is for the tour operator to keep on record for contact purposes only
- Minimum numbers apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there is not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund
- Layered yeast-leavened dough requires a lot of prep time, preferably starting the day before. The time requirement and technicalities are what make croissants so demanding. Therefore, so stages will be done to ensure that you will be able to enjoy your pastries at the end of the course. You’ will still work these stages during the course..
- Please wear comfortable, casual clothing and flat comfortable shoes, long hair should be tied back.
- After 5 minutes of delay we shall begin the course without the late client. After 15 minutes without anybody showing up, the class will automatically be cancelled, and your booking may be treated as a last minute non-refundable cancellation.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from City Balloon Tours customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CET).
- This tour requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
- Small groups of maximum 6 participants.
- Professional French pastry Chef.
- English language copy of the recipes. Aprons. All cooking equipment.
- To celebrate our 13th anniversary we’re happy to offer you our “Everyday Gourmet French Tarts” eBook.
- Tea and coffee.
- Take home bags.
- Gratuities.
- Hotel pickup and drop-off.
- Transportation to/from attractions.
The minimum age to participate is 15..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
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Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Paris Croissant and Breakfast Pastry Class with a French Chef is as follows:
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Paris Croissant and Breakfast Pastry Class with a French Chef will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Small groups of maximum 6 participants
- Professional French pastry Chef
- English language copy of the recipes. Aprons. All cooking equipment
- To celebrate our 13th anniversary we’re happy to offer you our “Everyday Gourmet French Tarts” eBook
- Tea and coffee
- Take home bags
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transportation to/from attractions
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- A maximum of 6 people per booking
- Minimum age 15. Children must attend with a registered adult : 1 adult per child
- Please advise any allergies or special dietary requirements at the time of booking
- Please advise your Paris contact details at time of booking; this information is for the tour operator to keep on record for contact purposes only
- Minimum numbers apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there is not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund
- Layered yeast-leavened dough requires a lot of prep time, preferably starting the day before. The time requirement and technicalities are what make croissants so demanding. Therefore, so stages will be done to ensure that you will be able to enjoy your pastries at the end of the course. You’ will still work these stages during the course..
- Please wear comfortable, casual clothing and flat comfortable shoes, long hair should be tied back.
- After 5 minutes of delay we shall begin the course without the late client. After 15 minutes without anybody showing up, the class will automatically be cancelled, and your booking may be treated as a last minute non-refundable cancellation.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers
