Hi! I am Nina! A food blogger. Now I study to cook in France (at Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Pâtisserie (ENSP)), highly prestigious school of confectionary art not far from Lyon.
This was a crazy Friday (July, 20th). But it was the tastiest day of the week. On Fridays we arrange so called “buffet” – an exhibition with an opportunity to taste anything made on a week.
Awakening. Our classes start at 5:30. So I have to get up at 4:30. It was soooo hard!
Why do classes start so early? In order fresh bread could appear in stores in the morning.
We live right in the castle! Everyone has a personal room with a bathroom.
As always I am the first to be here except the boss. I have 15 min before the classes. But I am already ordered to start working, prepare necessary ingredients.
Our book with 100 recipes
The topic of this week is ice-cream with sorbet.
Marchmellow
Glazing the ice-cream
It’s me with a knife, cutting Pina Collada ice-cream
Time to have breakfast, as for me – I am dreaming about curd fritters.
Then I come outside to rest
Symbol of our school and the cup “Coupe de France des Jeunes Chocolatiers Confiseurs. 2012. Medaille d’Or”.
And back to work again
Belle from Brazil has burnt her hand ((
But in half an hour she was laughing again! )
A guy from North Africa
That little proud woman is a teacher
Our equipment
My partner this week is from Jakarta
Little lemon cakes
Chocolate crunch
A girl from India whose English I understand so worse than of others’, though she speaks fluently… but she has such an accent!
Pleased chef
Then we have to clean the room, the cleanness must be ideal!
Here’s what we have cooked!
Tiny cake must by fully put into a mouth
Marchmellow creations
From left to right: choux caramel banane, tarte framboise Soho, double chocolate crunch, sable lemon merngue.
Ice-cream cake “Vacherin Modern”.
Ice-cream
That was a senior class, now we are back in the class of beginners.
Lemon cake
Apple and pear cake
Degustation. Lena from Moscow and Emilio from Panama.
The topic of another class was “Chocolate, candies and marmelade”.
Nut nougat and sugared almond
Caramel and truffles
Back in the senior class until everything is not eaten..
So beautiful!
Cake “Black forest”
Pina Colada
Good job! )
My case with tools and a “happy” number 13. A book with recipes.
Lunch time, should I mention that we are fed perfectly here?
I am at risk to get very very fat))
Shower before a walk with girls, I want to show you the city.
Our castle
Way forward
Tennis court nearby
Suddenly in the yard!
Shop in the centre. Passers-by are rare, people are in cars and in pubs, cafes…
My favourite building – Hotel de Ville, city hall
Fruits here are very tasty!
Have to go up
In my room
Checking my blog
Our living room, we agreed to meet here with girls
Relevant pictures
The weather changes rapidly here
Railway station
Over the bridge to Bellicourt
Then we had dinner in a local cafe, no photos from there, sorry.
Triple room for the three. Going to sleep!
Bye!
Location: Lyon
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