Semaine 8 – je trouve l’étincelle pour ouvrir la porte sur le mois de Père Noël…..
Alors, la fin de la 8ème semaine, dont 6 à l’école et 2 à La Fontaine Gaillon (et 6 samedis au Zephyr). J’ai terminé la semaine dernière avec un samedi soir au Zephyr qui était un échec dès le début jusqu’à la fin…..un goût amer pour finir une semaine n’est jamais agréable, mais surtout quand […]
Setting up a restaurant….let the discussions begin
Last night my wife and I had our first “serious” discussion about the impending reality of setting up a restaurant in 3 years time. We lay have been talking about this “project” for approx. 2 years, but seemingly it wasn’t serious in my wife’s mind until only a few weeks ago. She clearly has been […]
The restaurant industry, Jean-Pierre Coffe and its bad press…..
just a brief word concerning the overall image of the restaurant industry, or more exactly, the life of a chef & restaurant owner. When I started on my career conversion “thing” over 2 years ago, I decided that I should start by asking people what they thought of changing from being a Senior IT Consultant […]
CAP Cuisine – What is it and what do we do ?
I wanted to give those who are interested a summary of what a French Cookery Diploma (the CAP Cuisine, similar to an NVQ in the UK) is all about – specifically for those English speaking people who love cooking and fancy knowing exactly what all French chefs learn when they first start cooking. Clearly this […]
CAP Cuisine – qu’est-ce que l’on y fait ?
Déjà, je vais écrire cet article en anglais et français / For starters, I’ll be writing this article in English and French. For the English version, click here Je voudrais partager avec ceux qui sont intéressés une synthèse de notre CAP de Cuisine afin de vous donner une idée concrète de ce que c’est un […]