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Courage is the radical belief that the impossible just might be possible
I'm Makenna Held.
Entrepreneur, Professional Cook, Keynote Speaker, business mentor & leadership coach, writer, recipe-free cooking teacher, the host of La Pitchoune: Cooking in France on Magnolia Network, and believer that all your wildest dreams are possible.
In 2015, I bought Julia Child's vacation cottage, site unseen, to open the world's first, French & Farm to Table Recipe-Free Cooking School. My show is on Magnolia Network, HBO Max, and Discovery+. I tell the stories of La Pitchoune, her history, my students, and my team and where all our journeys intersect.
La PitchounE: Cooking in France
A hospitality company rooted in equity and radical business practices. Full of educational programs, production projects, and events dedicated to the promotion of human flourishing. Because the more we as humans can gather together, and celebrate the elaborate soufflé of our own weirdness? The better.
Okay, Perfect Hospitality Group
What am I up to in the world?
Mostly French published by Simon Element, arrives April 22, 2025. For those who love France and Julia Child, Mostly French is a love letter to the person and place, lushly photographed and written at La Pitchoune, Julia Child's French home--and filled with more than 100 modern recipes that approach the bold flavors of southern with accessibility and newness.
Mostly French
I'm the CEO of an unconventional Conscious Commerce Company
I wrote a whole ding dang cookbook!
I host recipe-free cooking schools around the world. (AND ONLINE!) From our flagship campus in France (in Julia Child's former vacay home), to Italy, to Mexico and beyond. Wherever you find food you love? You'll likely find me (and the whole recipe-free crew).
You can join the ONLINE SCHOOL for FREE! Click here to enroll for the low price of YOUR EMAIL.
RecipeKick
Recipe-Free Cooking Around the World
In 2016, I uprooted my life in the States and made the leap to live in France after buying La Pitchoune – the vacation home of Paul and Julia Child. Now it's a luxury vacation rental, a cooking school, and the co-star of my TV show. Wanna come and visit?
La Pitchoune
aka "La Peetch"
The House that Julia Built
