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India’s next President – the emerging scenario – III

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Fri, May 18, 2012 12:48PM UTC View Comments

The third part in serial posts in the run-up to India’s Presidential and Vice Presidential elections 2012. In the fortnight since the last post in this series has there been any tangible movement in the unfolding saga of India’s next President? Well not really except that the media has reported that Pranab Mukherejee and Vice...

Le Cordon Bleu New Zealand announce scholarship winners

By Le Cordon Bleu Australia Fri, May 11, 2012 5:04AM UTC View Comments

A group of aspiring chefs and restaurateurs are closer to fulfilling their culinary dreams after being announced as the first Le Cordon Bleu New Zealand scholarship recipients.

Le Cordon Bleu New Zealand, the newest Le Cordon Bleu Institute to be opened since the school was founded in Paris in the late nineteenth century, has awarded substantial fee reductions to 15 talented students, to mark its opening in October 2012.

The scholarship winners have been selected from the UK, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, India and China with eight scholarships awarded to New Zealanders.

Institute director, Ms. Cath Hopkin, says the...

Le Cordon Bleu partners with Southern Cross University

By Le Cordon Bleu Australia Wed, May 09, 2012 11:08AM UTC View Comments

World famous culinary arts and hospitality school, Le Cordon Bleu, in collaboration with Southern Cross University have launched an exciting new online postgraduate degree for 'foodies,' the Master of Gastronomic Tourism (MGT). The first cohort for the degree started on Monday (7th May 2012) with more than 25 students enrolled from around Australia and the world.

On Friday 11th May Le Cordon Bleu President, Mr André J. Cointreau, will visit Australia and meet with Pro Vice Chancellor Professor Andrew McAuley from Southern Cross University at a function to officially recognise the special partnership between the two educational institutions...

Indian sari now ‘the wrong drape’ for politicians

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Wed, May 09, 2012 2:39AM UTC View Comments

We are in the season of wrapping up Pratibha Patil’s presidency as her term comes to an end in two and half months, on July 24. For reasons that are not difficult to discern, this is a tenure about which the popular perception is that the negatives far outweigh positives. There is, however, one criticism...

Chef Frédéric Lesourd Jury member at the 35th World Association of Chef Societies’ (WACS) Congress

By Le Cordon Bleu Australia Thu, May 03, 2012 2:10AM UTC View Comments

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Chef Frédéric Lesourd Jury member at the

35th World Association of Chef Societies’ Congress

Chef Frédéric Lesourd will participate in the 35th World Association of Chef Societies’ Congress, to be held in the city of Daejon, South Korea, from May 1 -5, 2012. This year, the theme of the Congress is “How to Feed the Planet in the Future”. A preview of the 2015 Milan Universal Exhibition thematic: “Feed the Planet, Energy for Life” Chef Lesourd, Chef instructor at Le Cordon Bleu Paris School, will be a jury member for the Daejon International competitions: the Young...