The “Cuisine mode d’emploi(s)” school opened in 2018 in Dijon by Chef Thierry Marx is expanding. In addition to the bakery, a new pastry training welcomes eight students on March 21st.

In addition to crispy breads, the inhabitants of Fontaine d’Ouche in Dijon will soon be able to taste all kinds of pastries. school “Kitchen Manual(s)” included in 2018 is expanding: in addition to offering bakery training, the school is launching for the very first time in France, a pastry clerk training course.

The students’ creations will be available for sale every Wednesday at the Fontaine d’Ouche market and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the new tea room.

The first class will return on March 21. Eight candidates were selected from around thirty files to follow this completely free training. Candidates selected solely on their motivation and the coherence of their professional project.

All profiles are welcome: job seekers, RSA beneficiaries, in professional retraining, former prisoners, or refugees. Because for Thierry Marx, Cuisine Mode d’Emploi(s), must above all give a second chance to those who are passionate about cooking.

The famous cook, two stars in the Michelin guide, is also an ardent defender of professional training. In 2012, he opened the first school “Cuisine Mode d’Emploi(s)” in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, the neighborhood of his childhood. Today, there are nine throughout France.

A success due to the originality of his training, rooted in reality. The training is short, but essentially practice-based, with eight weeks of training at school and three weeks of practice in the workplace.

The training provides the necessary bases to be quickly operational and integrate the job market. “With bakery training, on a return to work between 80 and 90%” says Céline Quinquenel, the head of the school in Dijon.

With nearly 50,000 vacant jobs in the catering industry, students at the school easily find work after training. But it can also serve as a springboard for enrolling in a CAP and continuing to train.