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The medal
and the ribbon
In1578,KingHenryIII ofFranceestablished the
Order oftheHoly Spirit.Theknights ofthis
order were identified byacrosspendant
hanging from ablue ribbon.TheOrder ofthe
Holy Spirit,which existed formorethan two
centuries, was the most prestigious French
Royalorder,andits knights were often referred
toas“CordonsBleus”.
TheOrder
oftheHoly Spirit
Their sumptuous meals set
ahigh standardforfinedining.
Asaresult, theexpression
“cordonbleu”did nottake long
tobecome, byassociation,
synonymous with culinary
excellence.
Frenchjournalist Marthe
Distel publishes aculinary
magazine, “LaCuisinière
CordonBleu”.
InOctober, subscribers are
invited tothefirstLe Cordon
LeCordonBleuParis
welcomes its firstRussian
student.
Bleucookingclasses.
MagazinesLeCordon Bleu
LeCordon Bleu,
rueduFaubourgSaint-Honoré,
LeCordonBleuParis
trainsits firstJapanese
student.
LeCordonBleuoperates
fourschools inParis.
MagazineLeCordon Bleu
LeCordon Bleu,ruedelaPompe,Paris16e
TheLondon DailyMail
16november 1927
Rosemary HumeandDione
Lucas, who trained at Le
CordonBleuParisunder the
guidance ofChefHenri-Paul
Pellaprat,opentheschool
L’Ecole duPetitCordonBleu
andthe restaurantAuPetit
CordonBleuinLondon.
Rosemary HumeandDione
Lucas, who trained at Le
CordonBleuParisunder the
guidance ofChefHenri-Paul
Pellaprat,opentheschool
L’Ecole duPetitCordonBleu
andthe restaurantAuPetit
CordonBleuinLondon.
ChefHenri-PaulPellaprat
MagazineLeCordon Bleu
LeCordonBleuis accredited
bythePentagon forthe
professional trainingof
young G.I.s after their tour
ofduty.Asaformermember
oftheOSS,JuliaChild
qualifiesandenrols at Le
CordonBleuParis.
Dione Lucas launches Le
CordonBleuSchool and
Restaurant inNewYork.She
also authors thebestseller
“TheCordonBleuCookBook”
andbecomes thefirstwoman
tohaveatelevised cooking
showinUnitedStates.
JuliaChildat LeCordon BleuParis
Thesuccess ofthe
Hollywoodmovie “Sabrina”,
directed byBillyWilderand
starring AudreyHepburn,
contributes tothegrowing
fame ofLeCordonBleu.
LeCordonBleuLondon
creates theCoronation
Chicken dish,served to
foreign dignitaries at the
coronation lunchofHer
Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Sabrina filmposter
Coronation Menu
theQueen ElizabethII
LeCordon BleuParis
TheCointreaufamily,
descendants ofthefounding
families ofRémyMartinand
Cointreauliqueur,takes over
thepresidency ofLeCordon
BleuParis,following Mrs.
Elisabeth Brassart, Director of
theschool since 1945.
•LeCordonBleuParismoves
from rueduChamp deMarsby
theEiffelTowertorueLéon
Delhomme, inthe15thdistrict
ofParis.
•LeCordonBleuOttawa
welcomes its firststudents.
Mister André J.Cointreau
President LeCordon BleuInternational
(1984àcejour)
LeCordon BleuOttawa
Minister
EdouardBalladur
inaugurates
LeCordon Bleu
school inthe
15thdistrict
LeCordon BleuTokyo
LeCordonBleuJapan opens
inTokyoandlater inKobe.
Theschools areknowned as
“Little FranceinJapan”.
LeCordon BleuKobe
•LeCordonBleuParis
celebrates its 100th
anniversary.
•Forthefirsttime ever,the
Chinese authorities ofthe
ShanghaiDistrict send chefs
abroad fortrainingat Le
CordonBleuParis.
Agreementbetween
theauthorities ofShanghai
andLeCordon Bleu
LeCordon BleuAustralie
LeCordonBleuAustralia begins
operations at therequest ofthe
New SouthWalesgovernment,
andprovides trainingin
preparation forthe2000
Olympic Games inSydney.
Management coursesarethen
developed inAdelaide,drawing
onBachelor andMasters
degrees andUniversity research
onHospitality, theRestaurant
Industry,Culinary Artsand
Wine.
LeCordonBleusigns an
exclusiveagreement with the
Career EducationCorporation
(CEC)tobring teaching
expertise totheUnited States
andtooffer Associate Degrees
with auniquecurriculumin
Culinary ArtsandHospitality
Management.
LeCordon BleuPeru
LeCordonBleuKorea and
LeCordonBleuMexico
welcome their firststudents.
LeCordonBleuPeru begins
operations.Theinstitute
flourishes,becoming
number oneinthecountry.
LeCordon BleuKorea
OneofthemissionsofLeCordon Bleu:
combineFrenchculinary techniques
with localingredients
Mister André Cointreau,
MerylStreep andNoraEphron
LeCordon BleuThailand is
launched inpartnership with
Dusit International.
LeCordon BleuThailand
LeCordon Bleuschools around
theworldparticipate inthe
releaseoftheHollywood movie
“JulieandJulia”,starring Meryl
Streep asJuliaChild,alumni
LeCordon BleuParis.
TheacteursofthefilmJulieandJulia
with LeCordon Bleustudents
•LeCordon BleuMalaysiais
launched with Sunway
University College.
•LeCordon BleuLondon moves
toanewbuildingin
Bloomsburysquare.
•LeCordon BleuNewZealand
opensinWellington.
•LeCordon BleuMadridopens
inpartnership with the
University FranciscodeVitoria.
•ThefirstLeCordon Bleu
onlineMasterofGastronomic
Tourism programis launched.
LeCordon BleuMalaysia
LeCordon BleuMadrid
LeCordon BleuNewZealand
•OfficialinaugurationofLe
Cordon BleuIstanbul.
•LeCordon BleuThailand
receives theaward of“Best
Culinary School inAsia”.
•AnagreementtoopenLe
Cordon BleuinthePhilippines
is signed with Ateneo University
inManila.
•LeCordon BleuIndia opens,
offering students Bachelor
degrees inHospitality and
RestaurantManagement.
•LeCordon BleuinLebanon
andleCordon BleuHautes
EtudesduGoûtcelebrate their
10thanniversary.
LeCordon BleuThailand
10thyear anniversary oftheHautesEtudes
duGoût(AdvancedStudies inTaste)program
LeCordonBleucontinuestodevelop
internationally with newopenings inMelbourne,
SantiagodeChileandRiodeJaneiro.
LeCordonBleucontinuestodevelop its activities,
broadening thechoice ofprogramsavailable and
establishing private andpublicpartnerships.
•LeCordonBleu’s 120th
year anniversary is
celebrated around theworld.
•LeCordonBleuShanghai
welcomes its firststudents.
•LeCordonBleuPeru is
bestowed University status.
•LeCordonBleuTaiwan
opensits doors with NKUHT
andMing-Tai Institute.
LeCordonBleuregularlypublishes
cookbooks,manyofwhichhavereacheda
globalaudience andsome ofwhichhave
become areferenceinthe worldofculinary
training.Morethan14millionbookshave
beensoldworldwide.
LeCordonBleuChefsselect andrecommend
gourmetproductsofthe highestqualityto
presentarangeofgourmet foodandculinary
products.
CultureofExcellence