The Ritz Escoffier school celebrates its 30 years of culinary excellence

A few steps from the star-sudded restaurants, where chefs Nicolas Salle and François Perret elaborate the quintessence of French gastronomy, Place Vendôme is considered as a unique culinary establishment. With ultimate refinement, cooks, master sauce-makers, bakers, pasty chefs and sommeliers teach their know-how to budding cooks and professionals.

30 years of culinary excellence at the Ecole Ritz Escoffier

Having become an international reference when it comes to the training of tomorrow's chefs, 800 students per year, stemming from 40 different nationalities, come here to follow thematic workshops that last between one and four hours, in small groups. Organized in an elegant setting, from basic training to more technical gestures, these courses take place in French and are simultaneously translated into English.

During the workshops, it will be your turn to perform, under the eye of the chef… © DR

After having taken a course, managing to compose this star recipe will be right up your alley. © DR

Very tempting menus on the programme

Everything begins at the bar of the hotel, with a glass of champagne, before heading on to the lower-level, where a special kitchen counter and a programme await the students with dishcloth, apron, knife and cutting slab. Each one then discovers the menu to produce during their course, with all the goodwill and necessary explanations. After that, just rent a suite…

At the Hotel Ritz, perfection is a philosophy applied in all the fields of hospitality. © DR