Luxury hotels in the US with cookery courses?

[jed_irl]

Does anyone know of any 5star hotels (outside state capitals) that offer cookery classes?
Preferably hotels that have lots of character in nice rural locations? Any advice would be great.

[rtmonty]

If you would like to head to wine country in Sonoma, there's a place called "Ramakins" that is both a cooking school and a bed and breadfast. It's great, we stayed there several years ago. Beautiful rooms upstairs from the cooking school. And, it's within walking distance of downtown Sonoma.

[chica]

Pasadena Ritz Carlton, Huntington Restaurant - Chef Craig Strong.

[hummingbird]

Now about New England Culinary:

http://www.vtculinaryresort.com/index...

[Sherri]

Blackberry Farm in TN or The Greenbriar in WVA. There's also The Herbfarm in WA but it is not quite in the same "luxe" league. I don't know if Mondavi's Napa Valley COPIA or L'Auberge du Soleil has anything of this nature but it would be worth a look.

[jed_irl]

Cheers SLO. Still not quite there. Ideas?

[SLO]

Not exactly a hotel but the Culinary Institute offers a week long intensive "Boot Camp" program at their Hudson Valley Hyde Park location.
They can probably give you a list of nearby hotels - not sure if there are any that are 5 star.

http://www.culinary.edu/enthusiasts/p...

[jed_irl]

yeah, it looks good thanks. I really need one thats on site however. Do you know of anything else?

[SLO]

Here is the CIA site with a list of hotels nearby.
http://www.ciachef.edu/visitors/hp/stay.asp

Also try this site:
http://www.gayot.com/hotels/bestof/10...

[pikawicca]

The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.