Le Cordon Bleu México. Mexico.
“Students have the option to use other equipment, but they always prefer RATIONAL.” - Chef Arnaud Guerpillon, culinary director
“Students have the option to use other equipment, but they always prefer RATIONAL.” - Chef Arnaud Guerpillon, culinary director
Le Cordon Bleu can look back on tradition and excellence for more than a century. The name comes from the order of the “Knights of the Holy Spirit” which were characterized as being very good cooks and wearing a “Blue Ribbon”. It became tradition in France to call a person a “Cordon Bleu” when that person was a good cook. Originated in Paris in 1985, Le Cordon Bleu is a world leader in the industry of Gastronomy and Catering, currently with schools in over 20 countries and 8 schools in Mexico.
At Le Cordon Bleu located at the Universidad Anahuac Norte we have approximately 80 students per quarter and 200 reaching for a Bachelor degree. We expect this number to increase in the upcoming years. We are 10 chefs that teach cooking and pastry classes with 5 kitchen assistants. We consider ourselves a school that teaches cooking and pastry techniques so that students have the manual skills and basic knowledge required to survive in a professional environment and always receive exactly the same results.
Before we had RATIONAL, we needed to renew the material and techonology in our classrooms and production kitchens. I knew from the start that we need this technology, since I previously worked with RATIONAL.
Their equipment works excellently, endures a lot, their after sales service is the best and their equipment is also very easy to use, even the first quarter students use it for pastry. These are all very important values for us.
We have a production kitchen where we produce everything for our students, all fonds are prepared there, as well as staff meals and all the recipes. This kitchen is always in operation. Our classes are based on demonstrations from chefs to students. Chefs teach cooking and pastry techniques in the classrooms equipped with the SelfCookingCenter®. Afterwards, the students proceed to a second kitchen also equipped with a SelfCookingCenter®. There they have to repeat for themselves what they just learned. Each student has to prepare a plate or a complete meal after classes every day.