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Contact Page - Summer Pastry School in South of France

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Since 1984, ENSP has been recognized by the top pastry professionals worldwide as France’s leading school in pastry and baking arts. Almost 30 years of solid experience in transmitting best practices and skills to both prestigious chefs and students from all over the world.

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The school in Yssingeaux, France is owned by Yves Thuries and Alain Ducasse - who are two of the most influential chefs in the culinary world today.

Year-Round & Summer Culinary Arts Programs:

Superior French Pastry Arts Diploma:
• 2 months practical training + 2 months of internship

French Chocolate & Confectionery Arts:
• 2 months practical experience + 1 month optional internship

French Bakery Arts:
• 2 months practical training + 1 month optional internship

French Pastry Campus Program:
• 2 months practical training + 1 month internship

Pastry Arts Master Class:
• Duration: 1 or 2 days

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Address: Château de Montbarnier - Yssingeaux, Provence, France
Some interested visitors submitting program inquiries to our school up to 2024-01-08 were from:

VA, USA; Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, USA; Doha, Qatar; Mexico; BC, Canada; Muzaffarnagar, India; Atlanta Georgia, USA; Delhi, India; and more.
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• Would you like to study at a prestigious culinary arts school in France this summer? Situated in Argenteuil near Paris. Ducasse Education was founded by Alain Ducasse - the legendary award-winning chef & restauranteur, whose restaurants had a total of 21 Michelin stars in 2014.

• In addition to our Argenteuil school, we also have a training center in Yssingeaux, in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. 

• Ducasse Education offers discovery programs in English or French in summer and year-round for serious amateurs, career-changers or future entrepreneurs aiming to open a restaurant or other food-related service.

• The Summer and Spring Pastry Arts courses are intensive training programs which allow you to discover basic professional techniques and knowledge needed to enter in the professional world of culinary and pastry arts. 

• French culinary students and professional chefs alike have benefited from the highest level of personal training offered through the programs of Alain Ducasse for the past 12 years.

• This is the same expertise that has created the long list of Michelin-starred restaurants that includes the Louis XV in Monaco, the Plaza Athenée in Paris and the Dorchester in London, among 25 other restaurants in 8 countries across the world.
French Pastry Campus (Summer & Spring Programs)
• Taught in English
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• Summer Session in June-September
• Spring Session in March-May

Year-round Culinary / Pastry Arts Programs:
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Altiplano Training
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P'tit Chef Academy, Normandy
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This experience will allow participants to develop their creative sense through arts and cultural activities guided by experienced teachers.

This program will give you a panorama of opportunities offered in design and image fields.
2-week Art & Design Summer Program:
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- Art & Design Workshops

- Arts Culture Development (Art History, Cultural

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We offer intensive summer programs in the subjects of fashion, interior design, fine arts and creative writing. Our summer courses last for four weeks and are all taught in English. A Survival French course is included in the program.

In addition, the English Language Institute at Paris American Academy (ELI PAA) offers an intensive 4-week English course year-round.

During the past forty years, students and professions from thirty five nationalities have participated in either the intensive short-term seminars or attended a longer four month Spring term or a three year curriculum.

PAA has formed a unique teaching staff comprised of academics, qualified professionals, guest artists and visiting professors. Students benefit from a personalized learning environment created by a student instructor ratio of one to five and small class numbers.

Each of the summer workshops can be booked with or without accommodation. Accommodation is available in local three star hotels or private furnished apartments.
4-week intensive summer programs in:

- Fashion (with specializations in Design Process or Couture Techniques or Fashion Merchandising & Communication)
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Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art, Brittany
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Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art (PASCA) is a highly acclaimed international fine arts institution situated in the historic artists' colony of Pont-Aven, in Brittany, France. We offer summer intensive courses aimed at nourishing the students´ talent and expression as well as challenging students to experiment with new conceptual and technical approaches.

The setting offers artists stunning natural beauty, from wide, white sand beaches and dramatic coastal cliffs to rolling green hills marked by ancient stone walls, thatched roofed farmhouses and brilliantly colored flowers. Celtic traditions in music, dance, language and legends, and the French joie de vivre all combine to create an inescapable sense of place.
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