Week 2

The second week had more to offer in different forms than I expected. What a relief! Not only are we (my other 9 classmates) and I taking French language and Pastry classes, we are also taking sparsely spread Bread workshops, Catering, Cuisine, Wine, Art study, and Food Technology. I am just amazed at how much the teachers know here. I have not had a teacher yet who has not taught at Ferrandi for at least 15 years, and that is so impressive and such a relief. Friday would have to have been my favorite day of classes this week. The whole week we had classes spread from 8am to around 5 everyday, but on Friday we had one class; Bread workshop from 1:30pm to 7:30pm. It felt strange waking up and running errands and then going to school, but class was amazing...The teacher was so knowledgeable and so good at conveying a lot of information in a respectable manner. We learned how to make traditional French bread, and what the guidelines are to make bread to actually be able to call it French bread. It was SO good. I have not eaten that much bread since I arrived, or ever for that matter. Chef Maurice was quite impressive. Next week we start off at 8am again, but we have catering all week. It's going to be all new classes again!