Food Technology School Trip to Bruges & Boulogne

Looking for a short food technology trip abroad filled with interesting and educational activities? Then choose Bruges and Boulogne!

We recommend that you start your food technology school trip to Bruges & Boulogne with a visit to the beautiful Belgian city. In Bruges, you can visit a sweet factory for a demonstration on how sweets are made and learn about the history of chocolate at Choco-Story. You can also visit the Friet Museum – the first and only museum in the world dedicated to potato fries.

One of our most popular activities in Boulogne is a visit to a traditional French boulangerie, where you’ll get to taste some freshly baked bread and meet a very charismatic baker. And nearby, you can visit a traditional snail farm, where your students can try 'escargots' (often a highlight of the trip and great for some memorable photo opps).

Suggested Itinerary

Day 1

Morning

Early morning depart school

Afternoon

Arrive in Bruges

Visit to Choco-Story

Evening

Visit the Friet Museum

Check-in to accommodation in time for evening meal

Day 2

Morning

Depart Bruges

Visit to Les Escargots du Bocage

Afternoon

Travel to Boulogne and visit Boulangerie Le Fournil

Continue journey to Calais and board return ferry to the UK

Evening

Arrive back at school

1 night's half-board accommodation
Detailed information pack
Free staff place ratio 1:8
Itinerary planning service
Motorway tolls and taxes
Return Channel crossings
Return executive coach travel
Vamoos travel app - giving you access to all your trip documents on your phone or tablet
VAT at current rates to tour operators

Curriculum

GCSE

Where and how ingredients are grown, caught and reared
Environmental impact and sustainability of food
Food processing and production
Distinctive features of international cuisine
International cuisine: cooking methods and equipment
Traditional and modern variations of recipes
Food labelling and marketing
Using microorganisms in food production

Key Stage 3

Understand the source, seasonality and characteristics of a broad range of ingredients

Accommodation

Brugges Youth Hostel 'Europa'

This comfortable and modern hostel is set in its own grounds and is non-smoking throughout. Most the rooms are en-suite. Groups are accommodated in multi-bedded rooms and group leaders in twins. Rooms have private lockers and there are extra ones at the reception.A buffet style breakfast is servded every morning and packed lunches are available on request. Evening meals can be provided in the hostel's restaurant.Facilities include a meeting area, cosy bar, TV room, table tennis, garden, boardgames, and free WiFi.

Ibis Brugge Centrum

Located in an ancient medieval building, Ibis Brugge Centrum hotel offers 128 rooms for booking. Other amenities include a 24hr bar for snacks, public indoor paid parking and a restaurant offering regional specialities.

Educational Activities

Bee Museum

As you take a tour of this fascinating bee farm, your students will learn all about the life of the bee.

Boulangerie Le Fournil

The charismatic baker will tell your students about his work – in French, of course.

Choco-Story

A visit to the building alone is worth the trip, a surprising four floors make up Choco-Story, something that was

Confiserie Zucchero

When visiting Confiserie Zucchero, your groups can see all kinds of sweets being traditionally made.

De Halve Maan Brewery

The museum offers the unique opportunity to discover the old traditional brewing methods in Bruges.

Friet Museum

The Frietmuseum in Bruges is the first and only museum dedicated to potato fries.

Les Escargots du Bocage

Your visit to this snail farm will begin with a tour, here you will learn interesting facts about the snails

Natur' Pom

Natur' Pom produce apples and fruit juices including chicory lemonade, warm cinnamon, apple and lemon juice as well as hampers

Roose's Chocolate World

On arrival, charming and professional shop assistants will lead your group to the demonstration area where they will see pralines

Weekly Markets

The weekly markets in Pas de Calais offers a fascinating insight into rural French life.

Cultural Activities

Belfry of Bruges

One of the city's most prominent symbols, the Belfry formerly housed a treasury and the municipal archives, and served as

Bruges Grote Markt

In the centre of the World Heritage City of Bruges lies the Grote Markt.

Supporting you every step of the way

Creating your perfect trip

Your quote will be put together by an experienced Tour Adviser who’ll be an expert in the subject area and will know the destination really well too. They’ll work with you to create a trip to suit your group’s needs and meet your learning objectives.

Launching your trip to parents and students

The next step is to get your trip approved and then get students signed up to it. Our ‘Trip Launch Pack’ will help you with this step. This is full of resources (all free to download) designed to make your life easier at this crucial point in the trip planning process.

After you’ve booked

Once you’ve booked, your dedicated Itinerary Coordinator will start work on the finer details. They’ll make sure your itinerary makes the most of your time and they’ll take on most of the admin tasks for your trip (freeing you up to do what you do best – teach).

Support while you’re away

From lost property to properly lost, we’ll always be on the end of the phone while you’re out on the trip. You’ll get a final info pack before you go, as well as access to all your trip documents via the Vamoos app.

After your trip

We’ll ask you for feedback, so we can improve our service. Let’s start planning your next trip too, so parents have plenty of time to pay (and so it’s less stressful for you). And don’t forget to head to our resources hub to continue the learning back in the classroom.