Welcome to the now legendary Fête Accomplie gastronomic adventures, where our fearless guests join me and my multi-talented business partner David Horsman in a week long dinner party charged with culinary tips, foodie outings, much hilarity and cultural insight.

2012

Marrakech - €2,750

May 19th - 26th, 2012 - one week - FULL
Accommodation: Le Tresor, Dar Tasmayoun

Uzès, South of France - €2,750

June 2nd - 9th, 2012 - one week - FULL
June 16th - 23rd, 2012 - one week
Accommodation: Le Mas des Oules

From mid July to end of August 2012 - mini culinary workshops
ranging from half a day to three days - only in Uzès (no accommodation).
Enquire here for more details and contact information.

Basque Country, Northern Spain/South-Eastern France - €2,750

July 7th - 14th, 2012 - one week
New destination - see newsletter.
Accommodation: Maddiola, Hotel Viura, La Devinière

India - Kolkata, Goa, Jaipur, Delhi - NZ$7,500

September 25th - October 5th 2012 - ten days - FULL

2013

Marrakech - €3,250

May 11th - 18th, 2013 - one week
Accommodation: Le Tresor, Dar Tasmayoun

Uzès, South of France - €3,250

May 25th - June 1st, 2013 - one week
Accommodation: Le Mas des Oules

Basque Country, Northern Spain/South-Eastern France - €3,250

June 8th - 15th, 2013 - one week
Accommodation: Maddiola, Hotel Viura, La Devinière

India - Kolkata, Dargeeling, Goa, Jaipur - NZ$8,750

October 12th - 22nd, 2013 - ten days

The price for Uzès, Marrakech and Basque Country is €2,750 (2012) / €3,250 (2013) per person for a twin share - this includes 7 nights accommodation, cooking classes, visits, restaurants & their transport and all meals. Maximum of 10 guests please.

The price for India is NZ$7,500 (2012) / NZ$8,750 (2013) shared accommodation - this includes 10 nights accommodation, cooking classes, visits, restaurants & their transport and all meals. Maximum of 10 guests please.

Our mission has always been to provide really authentic gastronomic and cultural experiences, far from the well-trodden tourist circuits and into the homes, restaurants and kitchens of people with real food soul.

We sample everything, from the chic to the humble because... variety is the spice of life! A few years ago we added an extra destination: the incredibly exotic and hip city of Marrakech.

As usual the most difficult task has been to choose between all those delicious recipes... those tempting wines... those magical interiors... those overflowing markets... Someone's got to do it - why not you? I hope you can join us.

To get to the real heart and soul of a culture means understanding how and what it eats. A culture's cuisine confirms its sense of belonging, bringing alive ancestral memories through stories of local traditions and daily life.

These are passed down through the genes and the fingertips. Cooking is living history. Deeply understood, joyously shared. This has been my raison d'être for more than thirty years. Our culinary weeks go in search of this. In Morocco, where time passes on slippered feet, we divide our stay between the rural charms of authentic Berber hospitality, and the riotous but sophisticated life of Marrakech's medina.

Thank you so much for the wonderful photomontage - what lovely memories and real enjoyment it evokes - you have such an eye! Please pass on our thanks to Peta too - both Colin and I had such a brilliant time, and very much enjoyed the company of you and Peta, and our fellow gastronomads. I have valiantly cooked a couple of Moroccan meals since returning 10 days ago - I have to say, the second definitely better than the first!!, but our guests were delighted to sample some of Peta's wonderful recipes. I can utterly see why you both keep returning to Morocco - an ancient land of much fascination, warm, genuine, sharing people, and new adventures to be had. Liz Dawson, Wellington

In Southern France we hole up for the week in a glorious pastel-tinted Mas (country home) outside the medieval splendour of Uzès, and venture forth daily to experience the intoxicating, colourful and sensual cuisine that is Provençe.

In India we give ourselves over to the very different cities of Kolkata, Goa, Jaipur and Delhi. India is a land of extremes, outrageous colour, rich spicy cooking, buffalo milk and hand-blocked fabric. Say au revoir to all you knew before and enter into our charmed and poetic gastronomic world.

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We want to say a huge thank you to you for all the energy and enthusiasm you put into making our experience in Marrakesh a life time memory. I had looked forward to the experience for over a year and was not disappointed in the least. Your ability to plan our days in such a balanced manner, filled with little surprises and niceties, kept our appreciation levels on a high. The final night was a sheer delight, never to be forgotten, with Adriano's beautiful riad setting the scene for something rather more from the era of the Arabian Nights than modern day Morocco. You and David make a great team for hosting the 8 day magical experience and we very much appreciated all the planning that you both put in to make such an event possible. Joan & Paul Pollock, Gisborne