L’Academie de Cuisine Announces Major Expansion
The grand opening of the new 6,000 square foot expansion to L’Academie de Cuisine will feature a dedication to Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier.
(PRWEB) February 7, 2005 -- L’Academie de Cuisine, a professional culinary
school in Gaithersburg, Maryland, announced today that they will be hosting a
March 6 grand opening reception and dedication for the school’s new expansion.
The expansion, which nearly doubles the 7,000 square foot space, will be
celebrated with an open house for chefs, alumni and friends and a dedication of
the new pastry arts kitchen to Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier,
who served as White House Executive Pastry Chef for 25 years.
State-of-the-art culinary and pastry chef kitchens, a
demonstration/lecture classroom, offices and a new commissary are included in
the expanded space. “The new classrooms will allow us to maintain small class
size and personal attention to the students,” said L’Academie de Cuisine’s
Founder and Director, Francois Dionot.
Brian Ross, Head Instructor in
the Culinary Arts Training Program, added that the extra space will allow
L’Academie to increase the scope of their curriculum without changing the basic
structure of hands-on instruction in classic French techniques that has made
them a premier culinary school.
Mesnier, who retired from the White House
in November, developed L’Academie de Cuisine’s pastry chef arts program in 1979. He continued to teach the
program until 1988. Dionot praised Mesnier for his years of dedication to the
school and the industry. “Roland’s devotion to French pastry chef techniques and his desire to educate others has
been an inspiration for our students.”
The school, located just outside
of Washington, DC combines American sensibilities with modern French classic
techniques to provide a solid foundation for a culinary career. Certificates in
the culinary and pastry arts are offered.
The new kitchen classrooms will
allow L’Academie to expand their professional training programs to four sessions
throughout the year. The nationally accredited Career Training Programs will be
held in January, April, July and October. They also offer culinary trips to
France and recreational cooking classes for the amateur pastry chef or home
cook.
About L’Academie de Cuisine:
Francois Dionot opened L’Academie
de Cuisine in 1976 as a small, private school where students could learn classic
French pastry chef techniques and become skilled professionals in the culinary
world. L’Academie has grown to be the premier culinary school in the Washington,
DC region and is recognized as one of the finest culinary schools in the nation.
It received an International Association of Culinary Professionals Award of
Excellence for Cooking Schools in 1997.
Applications for the April 2005
and July 2005 Culinary and Pastry Chef Arts programs, as
well as schedules and financial aid information are available by visiting the
school’s website at www.LAcademie.com. Special tours may be scheduled by calling
1-800-664-2433
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