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Welcome to Berridge

Creative Gap Year Program in Normandy, France

Live creatively in France

Creative Semester is a chance to immerse yourself in your creativity and see where it takes you. Make work, experiment with new ideas, learn from practicing artists and experience everyday life in France as part of a creative community.

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Learn more about us

Since 2008, Berridge has welcomed young people to the Normandy Peninsula, to live in community, expand their creativity, and gather inspiration from this beautiful region of France. Our vision is to broaden awareness of self and others through creative expression and cultural exploration.

Interested in food?

Our cooking programs now have a home of their own at La Vaquerie, our 400-year-old farm in the Normandy countryside. With a teaching kitchen, student house and eight acres of countryside, La Vaquerie is a place to cook, explore and experience France through food.

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Cooking and Culture

SUMMER

AGES 14-19

Cooking class gap year group

GAP YEAR

AGES 17-22

LifeCOOK

Cooking in France

GAP YEAR

AGES 17-22

Food and the Art of Living

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