Auckland Tasting Day

Chef Sebastien Lambert and Diplôme de Pâtisserie alumna Briony Guest.

Wellington may be the gastronomic centre of New Zealand and home to our campus, but further north, Auckland provides abundant opportunities as New Zealand’s most populated city. The city is full of aspiring culinary professionals, many who wish to learn about our programmes book a virtual tour with us. However, the best way to experience what we have to offer is through our campus tours, short courses, and brasserie restaurant events.

For those that wish to experience these services but are unable to venture to Wellington, we now bring a taste of Le Cordon Bleu New Zealand to them with our Auckland Tasting Days. Earlier this year we partnered with alumna Wendy Lau, owner of Folds Patisserie to run a culinary demo session and Q&A session with prospective students.

Marketing Director Andrew Lee, connecting with potential students.

For this tasting day we brought with us our Head Chef de Pâtisserie and Technical Director, Sebastien Lambert. After demonstrating how to create lemon meringue tarts chef Sebastien held a Q&A session alongside alumna Briony Guest, owner of butterfingers by Briony. Briony is one of many alumna success stories and provided a hands on chocolate mediant workshop to guests, allowing them to experience basic chocolate tempering.

It was a fantastic opportunity for those with culinary dreams to meet with our staff and alumni. With registrations exceeding capacity we look forward to returning and offering more opportunities for those who could not attend.