The Tour

As I walked down Broadway and saw the "L'Ecole Restaurant" sign, my heart began to race. I walked into the door next to the restaurant to the French Culinary Institute, got into the elevator and pushed 4. The door opened into a bright room. "I am here for my tour."

My tour guide was so enthusiastic that it was making me even more excited! We walked through the whole school, not stopping for a breath along the way, and I even got to meet one of the chefs that would be my first teacher. It was the best hour of my life and I cannot wait to start my time at the FCI!

I immediately went home and baked blueberry muffins. It let out some of my excitement :)

Here are my first two gifts from the school! A sugar flower and a loaf of sour dough bread....all freshly made by the current students! I clearly could not resist nibbling on the bread. It was DELICIOUS!

And so it begins...

Hello everyone!

I am about to embark on an incredible new journey and I am so excited to share it with you!

I have been accepted to the highly esteemed French Culinary Institute and will begin my studies in the Classic Pastry Arts on November 11th, 2010. I will be in the kitchen five days a week, six hours a day, for six months... and will be loving every single second!

Follow my blog as I learn from some of the BEST pastry chefs in the world, like Jacques Torres and Ron Ben-Israel (while secretly bowing to them in my own head), as I bake creations I can't even yet pronounce, and as I graduate from the same school as Bobby Flay and Nils Norén.

There will be many opportunities for me to have guests come taste and review my (and my classmates) creations so stay tuned for those dates and times.

I am confident this will be the beginning of a very long and fulfilling career...so I invite you all to come along for the ride!