Le Cordon Bleu

Recently, we had signed up to go to a cooking demonstration and tour of the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts. Anli has been interested in cooking ever since I can remember. She watched the Food Network as a little girl and she wanted to meet Rachel Ray when she came to town. When we got there and realized that we needed TICKETS to see her...we were turned away. Anli began to cry (she was 4 years old!) and we took her outside and she wanted to at least write a letter to Rachel.

So, she did and we took it to one of the people in the bookstore. As we were walking out...one of Rachel Ray's people came up and took us over to the side and gave us a free copy of her kids cookbook and escorted us up to see Rachel!!! Anli was thrilled and she decided then she would become a chef. She loves to cook, loves to eat all kinds of food, and she is determined to become a chef. Actually right now she wants to be a Japanese teppanyaki chef...she would be hysterical...and CERTAINLY has the personality for it!

About a month ago I found out that the school (which is known worldwide and is very prestigious) was having a open house with a demonstration by one of their chefs and a tour of the school...AND it was free and open to the public!!! So, I signed up immediately...and Anli was thrilled!

We went on our tour first and we saw the baking kitchens where we were greeted by these cuties:) Then, we saw the pastry kitchens and regular cooking ones. There were SO many people there...and mainly it was high school seniors and older people. Anli was in awe and loved every moment!

This is the uniform for the students. I can imagine my sweet heart in her cool chef uniform going to culinary school! She looked at me during the tour and asked if she could just go STRAIGHT to culinary school. Um...not so much:) You always hear stories of people who just always knew what they wanted to do for a living...but having one of those is pretty cool. She said that she could be a chef missionary who could cook food for those who do not have any...great idea sweetie!

Then, we headed to a cooking demonstration that was featuring an Irish menu in honor of St. Patrick's day. He was really nice and from Morocco! Both of the girls loved the whole thing...food included!!!

That was our entree that we sampled...yuuuummmmyyyy. Our girls are HUGE fans of asparagus and shrimp.

It was a really neat day and since the school also features a restaurant we will be back sometime soon for sure. Anli was inspired and can't WAIT to get to college and get to cooking! Now, that's really great to hear:)