My friend and I traveled to Aix in Apr. 2012. Tessa is very nice and her house is lovely with a well-equipped kitchen. She is a great teacher, making the cooking class interesting. The most important is, she speak English well (I and my friend can not speek French). We learned market shopping, preparing four course provence-style cuisine. Our dinner... More

Tessa非常親切有耐心而且體貼, 她對Aix-en-provence非常瞭解, 逛市集的時候同時也為我們做城市導覽; Tessa的家非常漂亮, 到她家除了可以學習做菜, 也像到朋友家作客一樣, 可以深入瞭解法國人的生活, 真是太棒的經驗了!! 我們的旅館臨時有狀況, Tessa也熱心替我們處理, 讓我們免於露宿街頭... It is an extremely charming experience to be a guest in Tessa's house. Tessa is very elegant, knowledgeable, and considerable lady. Her house is full of provence style. We have learned a lot from her, and enjoyed a very nice day in visiting her. I will highly recommend Tessa's... More

Back in July 2011, I contacted Tessa for a resevation while I was on vacation in France. About 8-10 emails transpired with her assuring me that one of the days that I was planning to be in Aix would fit for a reservation. I had read (old) but positive reports. Things have changed as I experienced poor response from her,... More

Tessa Cirta and her husband take you to their old-world provencal home with fruit trees and swimming pool. While soaking up the atmosphere, you learn and practice making proper but practical local dishes, with hands on practice. Meals are in the garden and you feel miles away from urban stress. Tess selects receipies that suit the small group she works... More

My husband and I went with my parents and were joined by 2 other ladies from UK/ Canada. The day started at 09.30am and finished 12 hours later (very reluctanty because we were having such a good time!). After being shown around Aix and getting to understand the city and it's history we visited a lively food market. I even... More

My husband and I traveled to Aix to celebrate our 1 year anniversary and spent Saturday with Tessa and her husband, Larbi. We enjoyed an insightful tour of the old city, spent time in the market, then went to Tessa's beautiful home for lunch and dinner. We enjoyed salad and cheese for lunch, then relaxed by her pool in the... More

I signed up for this tour because I am chef and wanted to incorporate Provencal cooking into my cuisine but I wanted to get it from the source - a seasoned Provencal cook and I found that with Tessa. I found Tessa to be a lovely, warm, knowledgeable and accommodating host and connected with her immediately. She picked me up... More

My girlfriend and I had the most wonderful day with Tessa and Bijou (the friendly cat)....wondering the markets and shops of Aix sourcing ingredients, before preparing a lovely asparagus salad with Tessa's provencale vinaigrette recipe and a local cheeseboard. The afternoon, was so relaxed; we made a sundried tomato caviar, 'Alouette sans Tetes' and a Lavender Creme Brulee, as well... More

My husband and I along with our two adult sons took a cooking class with Tessa. We met her in the morning and she showed us the highlights of Aix, we then went to the markets to purchase the things we would need to prepare our evening meal. Afterwards, we then drove to her wonderful home, enjoyed lunch on her... More