Ateliers Parisiens · Latin Quarter, 5th
A pastry chef at the Maison Fleuret school on the Left Bank teaches you to laminate dough, then you shape and bake croissants and pains au chocolat to carry home. Pick it for the two pastries in one class, a school setting a few streets from the Seine, and the option to book the bench for your group alone.
This class is part of GetYourGuide's own Originals range and runs at the Maison Fleuret school in the Latin Quarter, on the Left Bank in the 5th; other listings name Ateliers Parisiens as the organiser. The same school hosts a macaron class, so this is a teaching kitchen set up for small groups, not a shop floor. The full address comes with your booking.
In two and a half hours you learn the laminated dough technique, shape croissants and pains au chocolat, hear some of the pastry's history, and take home what you bake. One guest wrote that what they expected to be very complicated "was made easy to understand". Couples, families and friends who want the chef to themselves can book the private option.
The caveat is the one that applies everywhere: 2.5 hours can't hold a two-day dough, so the croissants you bake come from dough rested in advance. At $113 it costs $24 less than the three-hour class with a chef, which spends its extra half hour on croissants alone. If you love pain au chocolat, this is the better pick; if you want the most time per croissant, take the studio in the 17th.
Find the school in the Latin Quarter; the address and entrance details come with your ticket.
The chef shows the laminated dough technique: butter locked into dough, then rolled and folded into layers.
Cut and roll croissants, then wrap chocolate in dough for pains au chocolat.
Into the oven, a taste at the bench, and the rest packed to take home.
★★★★★what we thought would be very complicated, was made easy to understand.
★★★★★the best we've ever eaten, straight from the oven, made by us.
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Croissants and pains au chocolat. The chef teaches the laminated dough technique, you shape both pastries, bake them and take them home.
In the Latin Quarter, in the 5th arrondissement on the Left Bank, a few streets from the Seine. Your booking confirmation gives the street address.
Yes. This listing has a private option for your own group, priced when you choose a date. It suits couples, families and friends who want the chef's full attention.
For anyone who eats croissants with interest, yes: you see what lamination does and taste the result warm. Our guide on whether a cooking class in Paris is worth it weighs croissant classes against bread, macaron and full cooking classes.
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