Le Cordon Bleu News

	Partnership with Slow Food  Returning to the source  Slow Food is an international association with over 100 000 members worldwide, dedicated to preserving taste - promoting traditional food products within local ecosystems, educating on food issues, and lobbying against undesirable food practices. Slow Food and Le Cordon Bleu have frequently associated on various projects and events; recently for the Festival Cinemaligre.
	Le Cordon Bleu and "Chefs without Borders"  World Association of Chef’s Societies  The World Association of Chef’s Societies (WACS) launched the association “Chefs without Borders” in collaboration with Le Cordon Bleu. This humanitarian aid program is pivotal to the history of the fight against hunger. The ceremony held at the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry was presided over by Hervé Novelli, the French Secretary of State. The Ambassador of Iceland in France, his excellency Mr. Thorir Ibsen was also present. Le Cordon Bleu was asked to participate by organizing the cocktail at the official opening ceremony.

	Le Cordon Bleu entertains Chilean President  The Ultimate Accolade  Le Cordon Bleu recently had the honour of entertaining Chilean President, Sebastiàn Piñera serving canapés prepared with products from Chile. These products were promoted in the SIAL fair. Chef Terrien, Chef Pablo Galvez from Chile, and a team of students prepared over 1500 canapés, which were served during the official cocktail at the Embassy of Chile.
	The 2011 Rugby World Cup  Cooking Match: New Zealand ‘v’ France  Our network is expanding into New Zealand next year, we are opening a school in Wellington – the same year the country hosts the 2011 Rugby world cup – their national sport. The first “culinary rugby match” was held on 18 October in Paris. Two teams comprising of Chefs and rugby men competed to make recipes using authentic New Zealand ingredients. International rugby stars Chris Masoe and Dimitri Szarzewski participated in this event. Read more
	Hautes Etudes de Goût  "Note à Note" dinner by Le Cordon Bleu Chefs  Hautes Etudes du Goût is a program designed to cover all aspects of “Taste” studies. This specialized intensive course is only held once a year – this year’s participants were entertained to a unique “note à note” menu prepared by the Chefs from our faculty in collaboration with Hervé This. Watch the video.   TWITTER.COM/LOCALFOODWINE *LOCAL FOOD AND WINE* FACEBOOK/LOCALFOODANDWINE

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