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BY ASIA ARMOUR
Student chefs composed plates of sh, vegetables and rice in a May 30 class at Culinary Institute Lenotre.
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The school has 14 kitchen laboratories and boasts small chef-instructor to student ratios for personalized training.
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Culinary Institute Lenotre owners toast to 25 years Alain LeNotre comes from three generations of culinary professionals. The Culinary Institute Lenotre, which LeNotre founded in 1998, along- side his wife Marie, recently celebrated a 25-year milestone.
Alain and Marie LeNotre established the Culinary Institute Lenotre in 1998.
About the school Today, CIL o ers associate degrees in hospitality and restaurant management, baking and culinary arts; as well as diploma programs in baking and culinary arts. The school hosts job fairs and several seminars for budding chefs and employers in the food and beverage industry. The institution boasts a low chef-instructor to student ratio for personalized instruction and 14 kitchen labs with individual work stations for each student to practice. To stay around for the next 25 years, LeNotre said the key will be to continue investing in his teaching sta . “When the recipe is good, you don’t change the recipe,” he said.
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“It is more than pride,” LeNotre said. “It’s also a responsibility. We started with six students, and now there are more than 3,000 [graduates].” The backstory LeNotre said his father became a household name in the 1950s through an innovative concept of combining fresh pastries, bread, wine and a deli in one, upscale store. LeNotre said he urged his father to start a school. “I knew education was my calling,” he said.
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