Le Cordon Bleu London, the UK’s leading culinary institute, has announced the launch of their 2014 Scholarship Award. Now in its third year, the highly sought after award offers one UK student a place on ‘Le Grand Diplôme’ – a nine month culinary diploma providing classical training in the art of cuisine and pastry.
Worth over £30,000
Steeped in history and with a long held reputation for training the world’s best chefs, the name ‘Le Cordon Bleu’ has always been synonymous with the gold standard in culinary education.
The Scholarship Award is open to UK students between the ages of 18 and 24, and offers one young aspiring chef the chance to win a life changing experience. Worth over £30,000, the award includes education at the esteemed institute, accommodation in the heart of the UK capital – courtesy of partners urbanest – as well as an internship programme at The Ritz London.
Speaking of today’s announcement, Andre Cointreau, President and CEO Le Cordon Bleu said:
“This scholarship award recognises young UK students with an immense passion for food and cooking, and provides them with a once in a lifetime opportunity. With the overwhelming success of the previous two scholarship awards, we are absolutely thrilled to announce the launch of the third and look forward to an exciting few months ahead as the applications come in.”
Also commenting on the news, John Williams MBE, Executive Chef of The Ritz London said:
“It is a huge privilege for us to partner with Le Cordon Bleu on such a worthy project. Recognising young talent in the UK is integral to nurturing this country’s growing reputation for leading global gastronomy.”
While Mark Morgan, Senior Vice President of urbanest added:
“We are delighted that we can work closely with Le Cordon Bleu to offer an unrivalled living experience in zone 1, at our brand new property opening in 2014, urbanest St Pancras. We look forward to seeing the development of the winner’s talents through their Grand Diplôme while living with us – hopefully we may even get to sample!”
Applications
Applicants are invited to upload a short video of themselves at cordonbleu.edu/ukscholarship, explaining why they should be considered for the prize. Semi-finalists will subsequently be invited to attend Le Cordon Bleu London for an interview, before the finalists reconvene at the institute for the last stage of the competition in early 2014. The winner will be chosen by a panel of Le Cordon Bleu’s world-renowned Master Chefs, alongside senior members of Le Cordon Bleu’s academic committee.