Orientation
Yesterday marked the official start of Le Cordon Bleu. All new students starting Basic Cuisine and Basic Patisserie gathered for a day long orientation that included a meet with chefs, administrative staff, and fellow classmates. It was interesting to see the cultural distribution of the student body. As each person made a brief introduction of themselves, I was semi-surprised to hear a lot of “Je suis Chinois/Japonais/Américain.” The three were the most dominantly represented countries, however, in total, I believe there were 36? different nationalities in the room. I expected there to be a lot more Koreans, as I had heard LCB is a popular choice for aspiring chefs, but there were only two or three students from South Korea, whom I have yet to meet. Oh…the Canadian count was also quite similar, and I have yet to meet them as well.
The most exciting part was receiving our kits which consisted of two sets of uniforms, a chef’s bag with a complete knife set and tools, a digital scale, tupperware, and various other items such as a nail scrub (hygiene is VERY serious here). As we all squeezed into the locker room to try on our uniforms, it was awkward to see each other in the stiff, ill fitting ensemble, but it was also amazing to think about how in just a few weeks (possibly even just a few days) we would would grow into our chefs jackets and move in them at ease. I hope beyond hope that I don’t literally blow up into my uniform. My pants are already feeling a bit snug and if the ginormous jacket starts to look fitted…please be mean enough and tell me so.
I’m really relieved to finally know my schedule and have an idea about how this whole system works. I have my first demo tomorrow and my first practical on Thursday. Wish me luck!
Tags: le cordon bleu, paris
June 15 2010 11:33 am | france and le cordon bleu and paris and thoughts
Albert on 15 Jun 2010 at 5:24 pm #
Woohoo~ congrats on finally starting! This is all rather exciting. Keep us updated on the progress! (Can you fedex samples of your work back to New York? ;D ) Best of luck and skill!
babycakes on 16 Jun 2010 at 3:00 pm #
proud mama bear here.
have a wonderful day today. bonne chance xxx
SC on 16 Jun 2010 at 3:23 pm #
i am excited for you!
wish you the best luck and
hope you find the time to exercise so you can burn off all the calories
yummy supper on 17 Jun 2010 at 2:22 am #
Wow, lucky you to be embarking on such a training! Can’t wait to live vicariously through your adventures.
Thanks for stopping by Yummy Supper. I will definitely coming back to hear what you are up to.
-E
What's Mine is Yours on 17 Jun 2010 at 8:34 am #
I’ve always wanted to do the Pastry Course at Cordon Bleu.. but never managed to get to do it due to various reasons… i am so excitied to read your blog and follow your journey through it!! =)
hungry dog on 21 Jun 2010 at 2:37 am #
I’m late in reading this, but how exciting to read about your first day! I love this blog!
Julie on 28 Jun 2010 at 4:53 pm #
so proud of you. n btw seems like your blog is getting more popular and popular by day whoot whoot
Madeleines + Macarons on 01 Jul 2010 at 8:44 pm #
Congratulations… you’re living my dream! I look forward to following your progress!