Kate Hill

Kate Hill (1951-) is a published author and professional cook and teacher, mentor, coach, and fairy godmother. Thirty years ago she found 'Camont', an 18th century farmhouse laying in ruin alongside the Canal de Garonne. She sailed into this fruitful spot in France on her Dutch canal barge, the Julia Hoyt, beginning the first gastronomic charters in Gascony. Camont soon became a lively homeport to the barge and its 300-year-old kitchen became the focus for hundreds of hungry friends and guests over the years. Home, gite, and gardens—it wasn't long before she started teaching cooking classes in that French Kitchen at Camont. From crafting globe-trotting Cassoulets to rolling out buttery Croustade aux Pommes, she teaches the basics of French cuisine, the fine points of Gascon cooking, and how to master the cooking of Southwest France while writing about her neighbors, the larger than life characters of Gascony, the beautiful villages and landscapes, and the great food in International Magazines like Saveur and on her website.