Legendary White House Pastry Chef Joins L’Academie de Cuisine
Former White House Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier is joining the teaching staff at the recently expanded L’Academie de Cuisine.
(PRWEB) March 7, 2005 -- Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier,
who retired from the White House in November, 2004, will be joining the teaching
staff at L’Academie de Cuisine, Founder and Director Francois Dionot announced
today. L’Academie de Cuisine is a well-known culinary arts school that serves
the Washington, DC region and beyond from its home in nearby Gaithersburg,
Maryland.
Hired by Rosalyn Carter in 1977, Mesnier was the White House
Executive Pastry Chef for 25 years, creating pastries for hundreds of
state dinners as well as family occasions. He also developed the original Pastry
Chef Program for L’Academie de Cuisine in 1979 and continued to teach the
program until 1988.
“We are thrilled to have Roland Mesnier back in the
fold”, said L’Academie de Cuisine Director Francois Dionot. “He is one of the
most accomplished pastry chefs in the world. His dedication to classic French
pastry techniques and his love for education will provide an unparalleled
opportunity for aspiring students.”
The announcement came on the heels of
L’Academie’s grand opening of a 6,000 square foot expansion of the school on
March 6. At that event, the new pastry chef kitchen was
dedicated to Mesnier.
Mesnier recently published “Dessert University”, a
pastry cookbook in which he shares his years of expertise creating confections
for the First Families and international dignitaries. He will begin teaching
aspiring pastry chefs during the spring 2005 session. “Trayed Desserts,
Presented in the Manner of a State Dinner” will be his first class.
With
expansion of the school to 13,000 square feet, Mesnier will have all the space
he needs for instructional lessons as well as grand buffet displays, according
to Mark Ramsdell, Head Instructor in the pastry chef program. “He will
be able to offer students the personal attention and small class size they have
come to expect at L’Academie.”
L’Academie is currently accepting
applications for the April 2005 and July 2005 Culinary Arts and Pastry Chef
programs. To apply online, visit www.LAcademie.com. Class schedules, financial aid options and
special programs for home cooks can also be found at the school’s website. Due
to the school’s expansion, the professional pastry chef programs are now offered
four times a year – January, April, July and October.
About L’Academie de
Cuisine
For over 29 years, L’Academie de Cuisine has been the premier source
of talent for fine-dining establishments in the nation’s capital. Founder and
Director Francois Dionot created a small, private school where students could
learn classic French techniques to become skilled culinary professionals. It has
become a nationally known, award-winning school that has produced many of the exceptional pastry chefs in the Washington, DC area.
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