École Grégoire-Ferrandi

• culinary arts: cooking and service, catering, bakery and pastry
• restaurant management
• craftsmanship and interior design

History

• 1932: The Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry established the first "Atelier Ecole" offering professional training in foodservice. Over the next fifty years, the training program grew steadily and the Ferrandi School earned a reputation for excellence.
• 1950: The leather program of the Paris Chamber of Commerce located to Rue de l'Abbé Grégoire, in the heart of Paris's famous Latin Quarter.
• 1958: The Ferrandi School also moved to the Latin quarter, next to the Grégoire School.
• 1983: The Ferrandi School created the Ecole Supérieure de Cuisine Française program to provide the highest level of culinary training and associated management skills in France.
• 1997: The Grégoire and the Ferrandi schools merged to form L'Ecole Grégoire-Ferrandi.

  Notable alumni

• Claire Saffitz, from Ecole Supérieure de Cuisine Française