In April 1.989 Juan Bautista’s sons and daughters constituted Casa Armendariz S.A. The project of the family lied in development of Armendariz’s grandfather and father delicatessen business creating to this purpose Cooking School “El Txoko del Gourmet” endowed with a classroom for 45 persons and a kitchen for 23 students. “El Txoko del Gourmet” gives either Kitchen Courses (Select, Innovator, Traditional), Wine-Tasting & hotel trade Courses, than Masterly Talks. Shool also offers the possibility to attend an intensive Cooking Course which enable students to face culinary professional work.

Children from 8 to 14 years old may also investigate in this cooking area through Child’s Summer & Christmas courses. Various of those children are today renowned professionals. The aim of “El Txoko del Gourmet” is “to maintain fabulous world of gastronomy alive”. From its foundation to the present, school has reached a high prestigious level granted by students who having served their apprenticeship in “El Txoko del Gourmet”, count today with a recognized status, being today many of them managers of their own restaurant.

School Year Programm of the school joins theoric & practice teaching, and offers the possibility to approach famous restaurants, poultry farms, wine cellars, etc. bringing also the possibility to attend external winter & summer practice in the best restaurants of the area through an agreement of collaboration with them. Once Intensive Cooking Course has been finished, students have the posibility to make a complementary one year stage near the most prestigious Chefs. School counts with employement bureau all year around too.