i am currently surviving my first year out o high school and have realized my love for baking and pastry arts. I am currently looking into schools that are focused in that field, though i enjoy cooking, as well are preferably in france or italy, and a shorter time span. Not to mention possibly on the cheaper side if there is one.
I have looked into Ecole nationale superieure de la patisserie, but unfortunatley found a lot more bad reviews than good ones. I am now looking into Olivier Bajard as well as Le Cordon Bleu a little. So i was wanting to hear from anyone who could either give reviews on those two school, or any other helpful information.
Any suggestions on where else to go/look, anything will be helpful. thank you
Hi did you get any responses did you make any chocies I am in the same position and any suggestions on where I can look for advice would be great, what I have found that has helped a bit is looking at the websites of alumini of the schools to see what they are doing.
Any advice you can pass on would be appreciated ;}
Hey- I did a lot of research on schools in France. I found that ENSP went through a really rough time about 4 (?) years ago. If you join their Facebook group there's actually a member from that school year that wrote a couple notes on it explaining the situation. It seems to have gotten better but I would probably only go there if it was a study abroad type portion of another school I was attending just in case it didn't workout. Other schools to look at in Paris are Le Cordon Bleu (of course), Ferrandi, Escoffier Ritz, and Valrhona (chocolate school). Something I found was that the schools in France, were shorter, and cheaper than attending them in the US. hmm I did find a school in Italy that looked promising too but can't remember the name..
My advice- talk to different bakers/chefs in your area for advice on schools and entering the culinary world in general; find blogs written by the students who attended the schools you're interested in. It will give you the "inside knowledge" about classes and they're unfiltered thoughts about the school. I also joined the facebook groups for the schools I was looking at and messaged students questions.
I'll be attending Le Cordon Bleu in Paris in March. Very excited and happy about my decision.
Does anyone have any recent feedback on the programs at ENSP in Yssingeaux? I see a lot of negative posts from 1-2 years ago- but nothing recent... Any one out there that went through one of their programs? Thanks.
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