Special Culinary Events

Chef Jacques presents a dish at one of his cooking demonstration!

Join Chef Jacques Haeringer at the award-winning L’Auberge Chez François each month as we offer a series of special events showcasing fine food, wine, craft beer, live music and our two on site-gardens (in season).

At our lively cooking demonstrations, Chef Jacques shares his passion for French and cuisine by teaching expert cooking techniques and tricks of the trade, sharing the recipes for the home chef, while sipping on specially chosen wine. After the demonstration, guests sit down to a full five course luncheon in our garden room to enjoy the dishes showcased at the demonstration, along with specially paired wines and/or craft beers.

For our wine dinners, Chef Jacques collaborates with wine makers and sommeliers to feature the wines of a specific winery or wine-growing region. Guests enjoy a delectable five-course meal as they are guided through a tasting of the evening’s featured wines.

Our  wine festivals are an opportunity for guests to sample a number of wines from different areas of the world, at a walk-around tasting accompanied by our seasonal canapés, before enjoying our full lunch menu. Other events include our popular Musique et Cuisine series, musical brunches featuring live music, lively full moon parties, and more. All events, mais oui, but of course, feature delicious menus by Chef Jacques and our team with delectable libations.

You can register below for our current special events or feel free to call us at 703-759-3800 if you have any questions. Please check back often to read about our latest offerings. As always, we will be able to accommodate dietary concerns, given advanced notice. Please email us at chezlauberge@aol.com with any special requests.

The all-inclusive ticket price includes the special event with wine or beer pairings, beverages, tax, and gratuity. Patrons will have the opportunity to purchase the wines and craft beers at a discounted pricing. Merci beaucoup et Bon Appétit!

Chef Jacques, Paul Haeringer, and our team at L’Auberge Chez François invite you to our 49th Anniversary in Great Falls Celebratory Wine Festival and Luncheon on Saturday, April 26th, 2025. Please join us any time between 11:30am and 1:00pm for a walk-around tasting of nine fine wines for a celebratory tasting and delectable seasonal passed (more…)

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Ticket for A Very Special “L’Auberge Chez François 49th Anniversary” Wine Festival and Four-Course Luncheon Experience $154.00 (USD)  

(Our very first special outdoor event of 2025 in our beautiful Grande Tent!) Come celebrate Spring and DC’s gorgeous cherry blossoms with us! Please join us on Sunday, April 27th 2025 at 11:00am, for our very popular musical brunch series featuring our local guitarist and composer Jarrett Laskey. Back by popular demand, Jarrett is a (more…)

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Ticket for A Cherry Blossom Musical Brunch with Jarrett Laskey $125.00 (USD)  

Le Grande Tent Terrace  Chef Jacques asks, “Do they make wine in Italy?” Indeed they do, and some of the finest in the world, too (at least outside of France)! Please join us Thursday, May 1st at 6:00pm for a delectable tasting and scrumptious dinner experience featuring wines from one of Tuscany’s most celebrated producers, (more…)

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Ticket for L’Auberge Chez Francois “Goes Italian” Al Fresco Six-Course Sommelier Wine Tasting & Dinner Experience Featuring Very Special Guest Celebrity Chef Roberto Donna $224.00 (USD)  

Please Join us on Sunday, May 4th at 11:00am for a lovely Spring Sunday Musical Brunch. We are thrilled to welcome back Steve Long, a native of the D.C. area, who has been playing piano and keyboards professionally for over thirty-five years since graduating from New England Conservatory in Boston. With the ability to play (more…)

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Ticket for “Spring is Here” Four-Course Musical Brunch Experience Featuring the Beautiful Music of Steve Long $125.00 (USD)  

Join Chef Jacques Haeringer and treat your mom or your special someone to a lively culinary demonstration and luncheon at L’Auberge Chez Francois for Mother’s Day on Saturday, May 10th at 11:00am. Chef will be accompanied by Abbey Fox of Winebow, who has selected a very special Mother’s Day wine pairing for each course and, (more…)

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Ticket for A Very Special Mother’s Day Culinary Cooking Demonstration & Five-Course Champagne & Wine Luncheon Experience Featuring Special Guest Wine Expert Abbey Fox $205.00 (USD)  

La Grande Tente Garden Terrace  On May 24th, 1976, Steven Spurrier, an Englishman running a wine shop and wine school in Paris, organized a tasting of six top California cabernets and chardonnays to celebrate the American Bicentennial. He added four Bordeaux wines and four white Burgundies to act as markers against which to evaluate the (more…)

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Ticket for "Judgment of Paris" Wine Tasting & Small Plate Experience - A Reenactment of the France vs. California Event that Rocked the World $198.40 (USD)  

Jacques Brasserie Who doesn’t love a Spring Garden Party and delectable brunch experience? Who says Brunch is just for the weekend? Come relax and unwind on our newest Brasserie Pavilion Terrace, complete with pastoral views of our six acres, two on-site gardens, and blooming flowers. Joining us on this fine spring day is Ben Jumper, (more…)

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Ticket for A Brasserie "Spring Garden Party" Musical Brunch Experience Featuring “A Tour de France” With Special Guest Ben Jumper of Winebow & Guitarist John Sweet $130.00 (USD)  

La Grande Tente Garden Terrace Please join us on Memorial Day Weekend, Sunday, May 25th at 11:00am, for our very popular musical brunch series featuring our local guitarist and composer Jarrett Laskey. Back by popular demand, Jarrett is a professionally trained classical guitarist performing a repertoire of guitar music, including French standards, classical and contemporary (more…)

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Ticket for Memorial Day Weekend Four-Course Musical Brunch Experience Featuring the Romantic Music of Guitarist Jarrett Laskey $125.00 (USD)  

Rooster Room and Grande Tente Garden Terrace Our next ever-popular and always sold-out Wine Festival and Luncheon that will take place on what promises to be a beautiful spring day, Saturday, May 31st.  For this very special wine fest event, our team of sommeliers have selected nine “vins très spéciaux” (very special wines) from famous (more…)

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Ticket for L'Auberge Chez Francois’ Spring Wine Festival & Four-Course Luncheon Experience $153.60 (USD)