L'Academie continues to offer our alumni new classes to enhance their culinary and pastry careers. This page lists the classes and events we have scheduled including continuing education courses and networking opportunities. As always, please contact us at alumni@lacademie.com if there are additional events or courses you would like L’Academie to offer.

February 9-10, 2008 — American Personal & Private Chef Association Training

The Personal & Private Chef industry has expanded enormously and blossomed into a recognized career path, with the demand for high-quality food and service growing each year in the Washington area. L’Academie de Cuisine is pleased to partner with the American Personal & Private Chef Association (APPCA) to bring you the dynamic 2-day high-intensity seminar providing the best tools and educational materials in the industry for you to operate a successful personal chef business.

This 2 day seminar provides you with a detailed analysis of getting your business up and running in the shortest time possible. The live seminar is your fastest path to success. Prepare to spend part of the second day networking with successful personal chefs in the metropolitan Washington, DC area.

The weekend seminar provides you with a detailed analysis of getting your business up and running in the shortest time possible. In order to enhance your business exposure online for more clients to reach you, we have added "Internet Marketing & Search Engines for Personal Chefs" and "Personal Chef Office." This section was developed by APPCA's Webmaster and IT Director, please see the Schedule below. The presentation includes how to include simple techniques to your Web site and to your Find-A-Chef page to increase traffic through the major search engines as well as how to write Web copy for the search engines. This is MUST HAVE information to increase your success as a personal chef.

This Live Quick-Start seminar is your fastest and most effective path to success. Prepare to spend part of the second day networking with successful personal chefs in the Mid-Atlantic area.

Breakfast and lunch provided by L’Academie de Cuisine. For further information and to register for this weekend, check out the APPCA online at: www.personalchef.com.

Seminar Agenda Overview:

Saturday - February 9
8:30 - 9:00    Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 12:30 "Advertising and Press Releases"
12:30 - 1:30  Lunch (Hosted)
1:30 - 3:00   "Working with the Media"
3:00 - 3:30    Break
3:30 - 5:30   "A Day in the Life of a Personal Chef"

Sunday - February 10
8:00 - 9:00     Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 11:30   "Internet Marketing: Writing Web Copy Workshop, Local                      Search Engine Placement"
11:30 - 12:30 "Personal Chef Office"
12:30             Q&A - Seminar Concludes (after ALL questions are                      answered)

Tuition: $995. (Special 10% discount for graduates of L'Academie de Cuisine's professional Culinary or Pastry Arts programs.)

Seminar held at L'Academie de Cuisine's professional school located in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

All registration and inquiries are handled by the APPCA. To register for this weekend seminar, contact www.personalchef.com and state that you are a graduate of L'Academie's Culinary or Pastry Arts Program.

Seminar hosted by Candy Wallace, APPCA President and Bryan & Jim Davis, Personal Chefs. Bryan is a 1998 L'Academie graduate.

Sunday, March 2, 2008 - Chefs Culinary Challenge

L’Academie de Cuisine will again host two graduates in a Chefs Challenge showdown on Sunday, March 2nd, 2008.  The 3-time defending champion, Pete Smith, Executive Chef of PS7 in Washington, DC will face challenger Barry Koslow of Mendocino Grill, in Washington, DC.  The Chefs will be judged on the presentation of each dish by a panel of peers, culinary “celebrities” and also a lucky member of the audience chosen at random. 

 You will be a part of the action as you watch the chefs prepare their dishes in L’Academie’s state-of the-art kitchen in the Gaithersburg school.  You will also watch the judges as they review and compare each course to make their decisions.  And, enjoy a dinner buffet prepared by students in the current Culinary and Pastry Arts Training programs.  This very special event will begin at 5:30 pm The cost is $95.00 per person.

All proceeds from this culinary event will go to L’Academie de Cuisine’s Scholarship Fund for students to attend L’Academie’s professional Culinary and Pastry Arts Programs. Register online to make your reservation.  Space is limited so get your reservations in early.