Partnership with Lenôtre

CULINARY ARTS & LUXURY HOSPITALITY

In partnership with Lenôtre Culinary Arts School

Luxury Hotelschool Paris and Culinary Arts School Lenôtre join forces to launch an innovative professional training program

The Luxury Hotelschool Paris and Culinary Arts School Lenôtre have signed an unprecedented partnership to promote their respective expertise both in France and abroad.

The first step in this partnership is the creation of a professional training program combining the best of French gastronomy with the top-of-the-range hotel management. The program is aimed at:

  • Professionals wishing to enhance their leadership and management skills, deepen their knowledge in culinary arts, pastry-making or baking or simply develop their own business.
  • Employees or Executives in career transition or retraining to reinforce their experience and develop new managerial and operational practices.
  • Students and future professionals wishing to perfect their skill, reorient their careers, or move into management positions.

This Operational Management Certificate in Culinary Arts & Luxury Hospitality therefore offers a comprehensive 15-week operational training program for rapid placement.

This training specifically prepares participants for key positions such as: Restaurant Manager, F&B Manager, Hotel Director, Food Service Manager…

Training objectives

  • Discover the fundamentals of French gastronomy
  • Expand knowledge through workshops and hands-on courses
  • Understand the various professions within the culinary arts
  • Gain insights into the latest culinary trends
  • Master new trends in luxury hospitality
  • Develop the ability to manage the guest experience
  • Understand leadership management and intercultural dynamics
  • Master the fundamentals of finance and key performance indicators (KPIs)

Program details (15 weeks)

7 weeks of practical, theoretical and professional immersion with Culinary Arts School Lenôtre and 8 weeks of management training with Luxury Hotelschool.

LA PÂTISSERIE (2 weeks)

  • Access to fundamental knowledge of French Pastry
  • Learn the basic methods and techniques
  • Discover new trends and innovations in the French Pastry industry
  • Training includes 1 day of assessment

 

LA CUISINE (2 weeks)

  • Access to fundamental knowledge of French Cuisine
  • Learn the basic methods and techniques
  • Discover new trends and innovations in the French Cuisine industry
  • Training includes 1 day of assessment

 

LA BOULANGERIE (2 weeks)

  • Access to fundamental knowledge of French Bakery
  • Learn the basic methods and techniques
  • Discover new trends and innovations in the French Bakery industry
  • Training includes 1 day of assessment

 

PROFESSIONAL IMMERSION (1 week)

  • Elevate your skills through first hand exposure to the professional culinary industry
  • Benefit from an immersion at prestigious locations from maison Lenôtre and other iconic venus

EXPLORING THE WORLD OF LUXURY (1 week)

  • Overview of the luxury hotel industry
  • Developments in luxury hotels
  • Trends and new customer expectation
  • New strategies and marketing impact

 

OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING (2 weeks)

  • Evolutions in customer relations
  • New technologies and artificial intelligence
  • Personalization of customer relations and creation of the customer experience
  • Loyalty policy

 

HR MANAGEMENT (2 weeks)

  • Interculturality
  • Behavior and professionalism
  • Conflict management (employees and clients)
  • Development of individual and collective skills
  • Time management and work organization
  • Change management

 

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (2 weeks)

  • Revenue management and sales forecasting
  • Building an operational operating budget
  • Budget analysis and KPIs
  • Defining Capex (Capital Expenditures), cash flow needs, financing needs

 

EXAMS (3 days) & PROFESSIONAL VISITS (2 days)

“The combination of our two areas of expertise anables us to offer an exceptional program that will enable our graduates to improve their performance and quality of service, while giving them the keys to rapidly adapting to change in the tourism and gastronomy sectors.”

Bérangère Aubin, Director,
Culinary Arts School Lenôtre

“It make sense to create this synergy in luxury hotel management and haute gastronomy to offer a training program of excellence—both in France and internationally, where our expertise based in the high French quality standards is particularly recognized and sought-after in these two fields.”

Olivier Deveaud, CEO
Luxury Hotelschool Paris