How to create the perfect romantic French dinner for two

WHO IS THIS FOR

✔︎ couples who want to spice up their life with French cuisine
✔︎ single ladies and gentlemen who want to impress their next date
✔︎ the beginner or intermediate home-cook who loves French cuisine

IN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES...

- The number ONE most important element to succeed
- How to prepare an authentic French meal with wines, even if that seems impossible right now.
- The proven step-by-step method to organize a successful French dinner

IN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES...

- How to bring passion in your life
- Exactly how I buy the best fresh, real and healthy ingredients
- 4 reasons why home-cooked is better than restaurant food or take away food

How to do all of this with ease and passion.

You'll learn

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?

Do you want to impress your partner or your next date with a romantic French dinner?

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?
Are you looking for a solution to spend more connection time with your partner because it could improve your relationship, and you have no idea where to start ?

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?
- You don't have all day to spend in the kitchen
- You want to eat more healthy
- You want to experience the way your French ancestors lived

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?
Do you feel stressed just by the idea of having to cook more than one meal at a time, and choose the right wine?

THE REAL PROBLEM?

ONCE YOU MAKE IT

You'll master all the aspects of great dinners: cooking, wine, romantic ambiance.
You'll become more confident in the kitchen.
Your partner will be super impressed

ONCE YOU MAKE IT

You will spend a real romantic evening at your place, just THE TWO OF YOU, with YOUR music, and YOUR home-cooked menu (priceless!)

ONCE YOU MAKE IT

You will be able to cook restaurant-like dishes at home in a simple way AND bring passion in your life,
like the French people do.

THE ONE THING YOU NEED TO KNOW

There are 7 simple steps you need to take to create the perfect romantic French dinner.
I'm going to walk you through EXACTLY all those steps today.

A cool gift for you

Virginie Consort

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I grew up in the lovely region of Alsace in North-East of France.
Alsace is not a region like others. Several territory exchanges between France and Germany during WWI and WWII led to a strong regional identity. People cherish their land and have a strong sense of respect for their products and their people.

Alsace is the land of choucroute, stinky Munster cheese and white Riesling wines.

This is how I grew up, surrounded by mindful people and the best farmers products from my parents, grand-parents, and local producers.
My best souvenirs are picking fresh eggs from happy and free chicks. And running after them for fun.

I loved removing fresh peas from their pods and eating fresh raspberries and tomatoes from the plant.

I remember my grand-ma Eugénie preparing the best homemade food.

At the age of 16 I had my first love affaire with wine. I can still remember the taste of camembert with this exceptional light-bodied red wine.
When I was a student, I was so happy to finally have the chance to eat hamburgers and sandwiches!

In 2001, I moved to the French Riviera in South of France to work, I was a scientist in the cosmetic field at that time. I immediately fell in love with all the sun-grown fruits and vegetables like aubergines and peaches. This is when I started to cook by myself.
I never stopped since then.

After 7 years working in a laboratory for clients like L'Oréal and Beiersdorf, I decided I wanted to become a winemaker and professional wine taster, so I did it for 3 years, giving private wine tasting lessons to wine lovers.

In 2013 I followed my passion and took a six months cooking class at the Lycée Hôtelier de Toulouse and got graduated with the official French "CAP Cuisine".

During that time, I've had the privilege to work in a french Brasserie, and a Michelin star restaurant in Toulouse with the chef Jeremy Morin. I also took a loooot of cooking classes in private cooking schools..

And today, I'm a French cooking mentor and visionary life magic maker to ambitious humans helping you plan and cook authentic French cuisine in a simple & structured way that results in a healthy lifestyle with less processed food, more good home-made food, true joie de vivre and authentic connections, and unforgettable moments.

Linda

 The French Gourmet Lifestyle

More love and unforgettable moments

DISCOVERING THE 7 STEPS

STEP 1:
THE EIFFEL TOWER MINDSET

THE EIFFEL TOWER MINDSET
"What You Believe Affects What You Achieve" - Bill Gates
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.” - Henri Ford

THE EIFFEL TOWER MINDSET
Are you easily giving up when something doesn't come up how it should? Or, do you keep trying until you succeed? Because your next dinner might not be as successful as you think.
But with trials and errors, some day you'll succeed. The people who succeed quickly have a rock solid mindset, that helps them try again and again until they are successful.

THE EIFFEL TOWER MINDSET
Are you ready to try until you master your next romantic dinner?
Not sure? Ask yourself why? Why do you want to create the perfect romantic French dinner ? What would happen if it was a success?

STEP 2:
FIND AUTHENTIC RECIPES AND WINES

FIND AUTHENTIC RECIPES AND WINES

Google "French recipes", Cookbooks, Facebook Group French Cooking Made Easy
...
Local wine stores
Online French wine stores: wine.com, totalwine.com, winechateau.com, thewinebuyer.com

TIP: Choose 2/3 meals to make ahead, order your wine online ahead of time

FIND AUTHENTIC RECIPES AND WINES
Seems easy but...
- can take time
- is it an authentic recipe?
- are you 100% sure it's going to work?

Food and wine pairing tips
- white wines before red wines
- light bodied before full bodied
- young wines before aged wines
- dry wines before sweet wines

REGIONAL PAIRING
In France, we like to pair Cassoulet with red wines from South West, or Choucroute with Alsatian white wines.

SIMILAR PAIRING
Food and wines with similar characteristics like bold oak aged wines with the richness of a fish in a creamy sauce, or the richness and delicacy of a “foie gras” with a sweet wine.
Those kind of food and wine pairing can be awesome, but can quickly reach to a saturation point.

OPPOSITE PAIRING
In this case, the characteristic of the wine is different from the food, and each of them enhance the other : the fish cooked in a creamy sauce would be paired with a white wine with some good acidity, instead of a rich Chardonnay
ex: the white wines produced in North of France (Alsace, Burgundy, Loire Valley).

STEP 3:
USE THE RIGHT KITCHEN AND WINE TOOLS

THE RIGHT KITCHEN AND WINE TOOLS

1. Sharpened kitchen knives

Imagine Julia Child slicing a mountain of onions with Luke Skywalker's laser saber :)
It would take way too much time,
and it's totally dangerous.

THE RIGHT KITCHEN AND WINE TOOLS


With the right kitchen knives, you can rock and roll with your ingredients in MINUTES,
and it's SAFER.
Use ALWAYS a well-sharpened chef knife.
2 ways: at home with a sharpening stick (black ceramic), professional sharpener

THE RIGHT KITCHEN AND WINE TOOLS

2. kitchen tools

Using the right kitchen tools will save you time AND will help you prepare a great meal.

THE RIGHT KITCHEN AND WINE TOOLS

2. kitchen tools

Vegetable Peeler
Food Tong
Wooden Cutting Board
Mixing Bowls
Kitchen Scale
Measuring Spoons
Digital Thermometer
Silicone Spatula
Cookie Cutter

THE RIGHT KITCHEN AND WINE TOOLS

3. Wine tools

Nice wine glasses (Riedel)
Pulltap Corkscrew
Wine Disc
Wine Cooler Sleeve
Wine Saver Pump

Why does a wine glass have a large bottom and a narrow top?

STEP 4:
WRITE A TIME PLAN

How to create a time plan
Reverse engineer: now that we have the recipes and directions, we're going to split them, so that we don't have to prepare everything the day of the dinner.

The key is to cook 80% of your menu ahead of time.

Simple time plan
4 days before
3 days before
2 days before
1 day before
THE day

Example

• Appetizer 2 days before
• Side dish and dessert 1 day before
• Dessert and Entree the same day, often fresh meat or fish

STEP 5:
BUY QUALITY GROCERIES AND WINE

HOW TO BUY THE BEST GROCERIES
What is the best food?
Real+fresh ingredients (+organic)

FLAVORFULL

REAL FOOD
- has an ingredient list as small as possible
- does not have any chemical food coloring
- does not have any chemical flavor enhancer (like monosodium glutamate, MSG)
- is as close as possible to its natural state
- was not treated with harmful chemicals
- does not damage our planet
- doesn’t look perfect and has a bright color
Why it is so important? This kind of food has the most flavors because the elements have had the time to concentrate and express all their potential.

WINE
At this point, if you haven't ordered your wine online, you might want to go to your local wine store.

Local store: ASK
Don't just ask for 1 bottle, instead, ask for the 3 best wine options to match your meal, and choose the one who inspires you, and fits your budget.

WINE PAIRING
The sooner you start, the faster you'll be able to choose the right wines by yourself, and enjoy AMAZING wine and food AHA moments.
Also, you can attend a private wine tasting lesson.

STEP 6:
SMART COOKING

SMART COOKING

Prepare your kitchen

SMART COOKING

Imagine a beautiful kitchen
properly organized.

SMART COOKING
Being organized can improve the cooking time by 15-20%
That means about 6 minutes less for a 30-minute recipe.

SMART COOKING
Before you start cooking:
- Tidy up your kitchen
- Prepare the ingredients
- Prepare the knives and tools

SMART COOKING

While you cook:
Use a small TRASH BOWL where you put everything who needs to be thrown away, so you don't walk endlessly in your kitchen.
Keep your kitchen tools within easy reach.

SMART COOKING
At this point, thanks to your time plan, you know exactly what to do, and you have about 80% of your menu that is already prepared.

That gives you time to cook together with your guest.

SMART COOKING

How to become confident

+ Short term success: focus on one recipe or one menu
+++ Long term: focus on cooking techniques

The most successful home-cooks are successful because they focused on something they liked, one recipe or one Menu.
This is true for everything in life.
The more we practice, the better we are at doing something, the more freedom we have to do whatever we love.

It feels really good to create
the first successful romantic French dinner.

STEP 7:
AMBIENCE & TABLE

AMBIENCE
Candles
Must-have tool to set the romantic ambience
-> Avoid scented candles

Flowers

Music
find a French playlist on Spotify
-> "Café Paris" in the Spotify Web Player

RECEVOIR A LA FRANCAISE

The plate is placed at 1.2inch/3cm from the edge of the table.
The cutlery is placed in the order of service of the dishes: those being used for the appetizer are the most outside.

RECEVOIR A LA FRANCAISE

The cutlery is placed on the side of the hand which uses it : fork on the left side of the plate, knife on the right side. Therefore, the tablespoon is placed right next to the knife.

RECEVOIR A LA FRANCAISE

In France, we place the fork teeth down the table, and the spoon back up.
The knife is oriented so that the blade looks toward the plate.

PREPARE THE WINE
- Pulltap Corkscrew
Also called the waiter's corkscrew, this is a must have tool to have to open your bottles of wine.
- Wine Cooler Sleeve
The wine cooler sleeve keeps standard-size wine bottles perfectly chilled for hours. No more cold water dropping on your table while pouring wine into your glasses.

SERVE THE WINE
- check the wine glasses, if your guest's wine glass is empty, ask if he/she wants some more wine
- keep always a nice bottle of water on your dining table

SERVE THE WINE


Use a wine Disc

No more red wine stains on your white table cloth. Plus, the wine discs are easy to use: just roll it up and drop it in the neck of the bottle, rinse and re-use again and again.

4 reasons why home cooked is better than eating in a restaurant or ordering take away food

- you know exactly the quality of the ingredients: flavorful, healthy, organic, origin
- you know exactly how you cook them (no sous-vide plastic)
- it can be a nice connection time with you partner
- it's cheaper

WHY HAVING A ROMANTIC DINNER AT HOME IS BETTER THAN IN THE RESTAURANT

- you cook exactly what YOU like
- you can choose your own ambience/music
- you can drink as much wine as you want
- you can do whatever you want during and right after the dinner

TODAY I PROMISED...
* The number ONE most important step to success
* The proven step by step method to organize a successful dinner
* How to set the table French style
* Knives and kitchen tools essentials
* How to prepare a great meal with wines, even if that seems like impossible right now + Food and wine pairing examples.
* Exactly how I buy my ingredients.
* Smart cooking principles for the beginner and intermediate home-cook
* Why cooking a French meal for a romantic dinner is a better idea than going to the restaurant.

WHAT YOU NEED TO WIN

• The Eiffel Tower mindset
• Find the authentic recipes and wines
• Use the right kitchen and wine tools
• Write a Time Plan
• Buy quality groceries and wines
• Smart cooking
• Ambience and Table

These 7 steps will help you prepare a successful dinner for 2 and bring more passion into your life

NOW YOU HAVE A CHOICE

- Option #1: You do nothing.
- Option #2: You take the information and start planning & preparing
your romantic French dinner.
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