About Me

I have been training as a Pastry chef and chocolatier with William Curley for over 4 years. With William and Suzues' help and guidance I won The William Heptinstall Scholarship 2010. The Scholarship is a fund to help young chefs gain experience through work placements in other countries. William Curley won this scholarship as well, travelling to L'Esperance, France. I have been inspired by William and Suzue who have both spent time training in France. Travelling in France will be the first leg of my trip. I will also travel to Japan in October, which I am really looking forward to as Suzue has shown me many books and magazines of Japanese chefs taking Traditional french classics and making it their own with flavour and style.

Tuesday, 5 July 2011

Paris... 3 weeks

5th July 2011

Time keeps spinning away from me....

I finished in lovely Strasbourg last week.. here is me with Theirry as I was dashing off to catch the train...

I then travelled down to Aurilliac in the Auvergne, where I enjoyed a quick relaxing break before continuing on my Patisserie Tour de France.




On Monday afternoon I arrived in Paris.... I am here on work experiance at Arnaud Larher... He has two shops in montmarre district in Paris.

Today I worked in the "Four" section (four is oven in french so the bakery section)

In the morning I assisted with the finishing of the Patisserie for the shop making a raspberry macaroon with vanilla whipped ganache and apple tarte fine. After the service preparations began for rose and pistachio macaroons and lastly hundreds of kilos of puff pastry!

So here begins another stage and another huge amount of knowledge...

I have a map of Paris in front of me and all the addresses of Patisserie and chocolate shops I should visit.... Pen...

Sarah
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  1. ~~Martine~~7 July 2011 at 01:36

    Sarah..here's the link to these two macaroons shops
    http://www.leopold-macarons.com/
    and the other one - traditional recipes macaroons to which they add honey
    http://www.boutique-saintrop.fr/

    Don't forget to get out on the 14th July

    Chaque année, la fête du 14 juillet à Paris est célébré par les feux d'artifice (fireworks) et un concert (concert) géant.
    La fête du 14 juillet est événement qui rassemble les foules autour de la tour Eiffel et sur le Champ de Mars. Le meilleur endroit pour assister au spectacle est la place du Trocadéro.

    Ajouté à cela, au matin du 14 juillet, le fameux défilé militaire (large military parade) du 14 juillet , qui descend des Champs-Élysées, passant par la place de l’Étoile jusqu’à la Concorde.
    See here http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/france/bastille-day

    Enjoy your stay in Paris

    Martine x

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