Message from Le Cordon Bleu - the graduation June 2010

Le Cordon Bleu Paris graduation ceremonies took place on June 3 and 4, 2010. The graduation for the basic and intermediate cuisine and pastry levels was held at the school and ended with a buffet prepared by the chefs. The superior level ceremony took place at the prestigious private club Le Cercle de l'Union Interalliée.

We are proud to announce the top five students from each level:

BASIC CUISINE

* 1st: Hubert Ly, France - Distinction
* 2nd: Wonhoo Lee, South Korea - Distinction
* 3rd: Leonardo Silva Carvalho, Brazil - Distinction
* 4th: Sarah Gill, United Kingdom - Distinction
* 5th: Josée Caron, Canada - Distinction

BASIC PASTRY

* 1st: Ban Tell, Jordan
* 2nd: Wang Ting Cheng, Taiwan
* 3rd: Mohsen Abedi Jazini, Iran
* 4th: Loredana Cunti-Mayr Harting, Canada
* 5th: Yee Men Chong, Singapore

INTERMEDIATE CUISINE

* 1st: Hitomi Saito, Japan - Distinction
* 2nd: Bruna Amaral, Brazil - Special mention from the Jury
* 3rd: Michele Maino, Italy - Special mention from the Jury
* 4th: Mayuko Okada, Japan - Special mention from the Jury
* 5th: Blanca Garcia de Sola Cabello de Alba, Spain - Special Mention from the Jury

INTERMEDIATE PASTRY

* 1st: Naomi Lee, United Kingdom - Distinction
* 2nd: Blanca Garcia de Sola Cabello de Alba, Spain - Distinction
* 3rd: Dimitrios Karabatsos, United States
* 4th: Jean-Sébastien Clapié, France
* 5th: Noor Kandiel, Saudi Arabia

SUPERIOR CUISINE

* 1st: Mayra Toledo, Brazil - Distinction
* 2nd: Joeson Ramos, Italy - Special mention from the Jury
* 3rd: Melissa Lombardi, United States - Special mention from the Jury
* 4th: Maya Patnaik, India
* 5th: Tatiana Bykovskaya, Russia

SUPERIOR PASTRY

* 1st: Mayra Toledo, Brazil
* 2nd: Jong-In Park, South Korea
* 3rd: Paula Silva e Silva, Brazil
* 4th: Amandine Madelaine, France
* 5th: Sachiyo Yamamoto, Japan

Also a Special mention from the Jury to Meaghan Cherny from United States.

Congratulations to all of our students! For those of you who are not attending the next level we hope to see you in the near future and for those who continue, keep up the good work!

For more information about Le Cordon Bleu Programs, visit lcbparis.com

And no, I wasn't in the top 5.....
Sjoerd
PS: Well done Sarah - Basic Cuisine with distinction! Justice...

The menu of Superior Cuisine - March/June 2010

I've had a few requests to publish the list of the menus that the chefs made in Superior Cuisine this semester - so here we go; If you see anything interesting you'd like to make at home, and you want some background info (the recipe - my interpretation...) just send me an Email. (click on the picture for a larger image. The images are not of the best quality, sorry about that, but it's good enough to get an idea of what we did in Superior Cuisine.)