Paris and France Culinary EventsHungry? Need to fill your culinary calendar? Here is where you will find all the restaurant and culinary happenings in Paris and other parts of France. We feature a calendar of special dinners, tasting menus, prix-fixe meals, food festivals and other French culinary events, including regularly occurring food events as well as special one-time-only Paris events featuring top chefs. Keep checking back so you can know all that's going on in the world of restaurant and food events in Paris and France. We've also got the latest Paris Restaurant News and Wine Events.
June 16
The Musée du Vin Paris (Paris Wine Museum) hosts a wine tasting class that will give an introduction to Bordeaux wines. The class will be held from 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.museeduvinparis.com/en. Musée du Vin Paris, 5 Square C. Dickens, 75016 Paris, 01 40 50 91 22.
Through 2012
The bistro Benoit, owned by Alain Ducasse, is commemorating its 100th birthday. For this occasion, a special menu with a glass of Champagne, foie gras, scallops, a roast suckling lamb and profiteroles is being offered for €100, and it includes a book with about 25 famous recipes from the restaurant and details of its history. Moreover, until October, many items are available to win thanks to a special lottery. Benoit, 20, rue Saint-Martin, 75004 Paris, 01 42 72 25 76.
OngoingThe bar at Le Baudelaire, located in the Le Burgundy hotel, has launched "tea-time." During the afternoon, amid an understated décor and with an impressive fresco on the ceiling, you can taste pastries prepared by pastry chef Yann Couvreur, little sandwiches, and tea, coffee or fruit juice for €30. Le Baudelaire, Le Burgundy 6-8, rue Duphot, 75001 Paris, 01 42 60 34 12. 
OngoingA different kind of culinary school, the Atelier des Chefs is a stress-free space in which to learn the pleasures of cooking according to different themed workshops. No need to sign up for a semester of classes: each course, or workshop, is "pay as you go" and does not exceed two hours. After the lesson, take a break and enjoy the fruits of your labor together with the other students. Visit www.atelierdeschefs.com for more information. Atelier des Chefs, 10, rue de Penthièvre, 75008 Paris, 01 53 30 05 82.
Ongoing
L'Atelier de Fred offers cooking courses for all ages in a small studio in the Marais. Courses for adults cost €60 and last 3 hours; courses for children cost 35€ and last 2 hours. For more information, visit www.latelierdefred.com. L'Atelier de Fred, 6, rue des Vertus, 75003 Paris, 01 40 29 46 04.
Last Wednesdays
Swing'in Relais --- Get out and attend a majestic jazz night at the Hôtel Plaza Athénée in the Le Relais Plaza restaurant the last Wednesday of each month and feed yourself on the specially designed 75 Euro menu. Enjoy great ambience and fun in the 20's dining room. Le Relais Plaza, Hôtel Plaza Athénée 25, av. Montaigne, 75008 Paris, 01 53 67 66 65.
Sundays
Every Sunday from noon-3 p.m., a brunch is organized within the Borghese lounge of the Hôtel Lutétia. On the menu, croissants, scrambled eggs, fruits and a variety of cheeses are suggested as well as some dishes from chef Philippe Renard like a roasted chicken, a roquette salade with cherry tomatoes and hazelnut, and a mushrooms soup. As for the drinks, treat yourself with a fruit juice, wine or Champagne Taittinger. The brunch costs €55. Hôtel Lutétia, 45, bd Raspail, 75006 Paris, 01 49 54 46 46. 
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