Once the Christmas festivities have been and gone and the new year has begun, it is customary to make pledges for a healthier and more prudent lifestyle. A noble endeavour, but often accompanied by a lack of balance, a sense of ennui, and an inevitable straying from the too strict and stringent path we set ourselves.

We have just the antidote.

On Friday evenings throughout January and February the Garden Museum Café will be running a series of dinners celebrating the regional cooking of France, to restore strength and sooth the soul through the cold and troublesome weeks of Winter.

Our head chef Myles will be taking us on a tour of some of his favourite French provinces, show casing some of the authentic cuisine and traditional dishes that have inspired his cooking over the years.

Each week the menu will be prix fixe – three courses for £29.

For the fifth edition of our Tour de France series, we’re heading South to Provence for a much-needed tonic to the February chill.

La Cuisine du soleil, as Provençal cooking is often referred to, but with a wintery feel to suit the time of year.

A region known for vibrant flavours and exceptional ingredients – rocky hillsides fragrant with lavender and thyme meet the sparkling Mediterranean.

Market stalls overflow with local produce, people play boules, sip chilled rosé, and generally take the Provençal approach – gentle, thoughtful, unrushed.
Provence is a feast for the senses in every way.

We’re celebrating with Tielle Sétoise, a Daube of Beef, Tarte Tropézienne and of course plenty of rosé – although perhaps not as you know it.

Santé!