Le Cordon Bleu - Orientation

8 o' clock in the morning new students from all over the world are gathered for their orientation day. Students from China, Malaysia, Mexico, Korea, Brazil, Australia, USA, India... and many more nationalities were all kind of anxious to start a new chapter of their lives and some to refine their culinary skills at le cordon bleu.
There were very young guys who just finished high school, late 20s, many people who are over 30s and 40s who made a big decision to change their stable career to go after a dream of being a chef.

Chefs, lecturers, staffs introduced themselves and the school. While the lecturers were giving speeches in the auditorium all the students were so concentrated and focused. I was sitting in the front seat of auditorium and when I turn my head around to look at the back seats, everyone seemed to have eagerness to start the course right away. If you really like something (food) and know that you're now going to be surrounded by many others who share the same interest for around 2 years (and more after graduation). Oh boy! Time will fly fast~!

We had a tour around the demonstration room, practical kitchen and student facilities. the demonstration room was highly equipped with state-of-the-art tools and machines with a huge plasma screens showing all the small movements of the chef.

After the tour, we had a guest speaker who graduated LCB and opened her own Pastry shop called Sweetness. Her name is Gena and she is another person who's crazy about food (in her case, sweet foods). She was telling us about her unforgettable experiences at LCB days and how she loved this industry. Actually before I came to sydney I read an article in SMH about her pastry shop at epping and I wanted to visit her store, so it was a very good surprise to see her on the Orientation day.

In the hallway it was full of trophies and the pictures of celebrity chefs who visited or gave classes to students.

How do I feel right now?
I feel very glad that I made the right choice of going to le cordon bleu.