About Alliance Francaise de Chicago
Alliance Francaise de Chicago ( French language school ) is located at 810 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60610, United States. It is categorised as : French language and culture center..
Other categories: French language school, Cultural center, Language school, Non-profit organization, Preschool, School, Translation service
Ratings & Ranking
Alliance Francaise de Chicago has a rating of 4.5 and is ranked number 5507 in the US.
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Address & Location
Alliance Francaise de Chicago is located at 810 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60610, United States.
Schools Fees
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Parents & Students Reviews:
Alliance Francaise de Chicago has 39 reviews with an overall rating of 4.5. Some reviews have been edited for clarity.
I’m currently taking two classes here, and my teachers (Geoff and Adam) are great! They both correct me whenever I say something wrong, but are patient enough to let me try to get the whole thing out first. The staff here are great– Hamid at the front desk is always friendly and courteous, and the whole entire place is so welcoming.
There are tons of events here through out the year, especially in the fall and around holidays– the tasting events are great value, and I’ve discovered how amazing Unibroue (Canadian beer) is from attending one of those events. Chef Madelaine teaches the cooking classes here and I’ve never had better souffles AND duck confit than from what came out of her kitchen– and my coworkers call me a food snob (only because mediocre is never good enough!).
Definitely stop by to check out the place if you’re a francophone (or even if you’re not, cuz I definitely wasn’t when I first came a year ago at Chicago Open House).
My daughter has been doing their preschool program (2nd year) and she loves it. The curriculum is great and the classes fully in French. The teachers Houria and Mireille are the best. I am French so it was important for me to find an affordable bilingual program for my kids. My daughter has been doing a lot of progress thanks to her amazing teachers. And she loves school!
My husband is as well a student there and is learning French. He is doing zoom classes and likes a lot his teacher Eric. He made a lot of progress and very fast.
The team has been very reactive with the COVID situation and put everything in place so the in person classes for the kids are really safe. Their protocol is extremely precise and respect all the CDC guidelines and more. I wish they had a kindergarten program cause my daughter would stay at the alliance.
We did the Alsace Menu (#5). Everything is pre-measured and precut to save time (onions, bacon…and other dry ingredients) In the past, at least with the apple pie, students prepared that from scratch, peeling and cutting the apples. Now even that is also prepared in advance… they use apple sauce/crushed apples. For the price (roughly $30 per person), I would hesitate to call that cooking.
4 days advanced notice apparently isn’t enough time to update the number of students attending a field trip and the Alliance refused to refund me $35…even though they combined our two groups and the chef only had to give one lesson instead of 2 and we used less materials (bigger groups, less pies). They consider themselves a non-profit, but I feel they did profit from our field trip… I would recommend looking into Cook au Vin for a more authentic experience. I know I will in the future.