Sacre Cordon Bleu

Alex Lowe reads from Michael Booth's account of his French culinary education, abridged by Libby Spurrier.

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20080225

Michael enrols at Le Cordon Bleu, the most famous cookery school in Paris.

20080226

Autumn has arrived and the students of Le Cordon Bleu pay an educational visit to the vineyards outside Paris.

But the pursuit of knowledge is soon abandoned in favour of binge drinking.

20080227

The Basic Cuisine exam takes place in late autumn.

But will Michael remember the dishes, let alone the ingredients, without a recipe book in sight?

20080228

The students of Le Cordon Bleu make their professional catering debut at the Musee d'Orsay.

Crossing a room with a tray full of canapes proves rather more challenging than they thought.

05 LAST

20080229

Michael's nine months at Le Cordon Bleu are nearly over.

But he still faces the Superior Cuisine exam, his toughest test yet.

Can he trust the appointed kitchen assistant, his nemesis Paul?

Episode	First Broadcast	Comments
01	20080225	Michael enrols at Le Cordon Bleu, the most famous cookery school in Paris.
02	20080226	Autumn has arrived and the students of Le Cordon Bleu pay an educational visit to the vineyards outside Paris. But the pursuit of knowledge is soon abandoned in favour of binge drinking.
03	20080227	The Basic Cuisine exam takes place in late autumn. But will Michael remember the dishes, let alone the ingredients, without a recipe book in sight?
04	20080228	The students of Le Cordon Bleu make their professional catering debut at the Musee d'Orsay. Crossing a room with a tray full of canapes proves rather more challenging than they thought.
05 LAST	20080229	Michael's nine months at Le Cordon Bleu are nearly over. But he still faces the Superior Cuisine exam, his toughest test yet. Can he trust the appointed kitchen assistant, his nemesis Paul?