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Recently, LENOTRE had the honor of welcoming Chef Mario Da Silva, executive sous chef from Le Jardiner, to tour our campus! โฃ
@chefdasilva, born in Venezuela, began his culinary journey at 17, studying Gastronomic Science at the University of Yaracuy while gaining hands-on experience in hotels and catering. His passion led him to train under renowned Chef Carlos Garcia (@chefcarlosgarciar) at Alto, the only Venezuelan restaurant ranked on the LATAM 50 Best Restaurants list.
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As sous chef to Chef Humberto Arrieti (@humbertoarrieti), Da Silva joined Venezuela Gastronomica, a prestigious collective dedicated to celebrating and promoting Venezuelan cuisine. In 2016, he moved to the U.S., helping launch five casual dining concepts before returning to fine dining.โฃ
Currently, Da Silva serves as Executive Sous Chef with the Bastion Collection at Le Jardinier (@lejardinierhouston), where he remains devoted to seasonality, quality ingredients, and a deep sense of place principles that define his culinary philosophy. โฃ
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Beyond the kitchen, Chef Mario is a valued industry partner who actively supports the next generation of talent, currently employing Culinary Institute Lenotre graduates and students across both pastry and line cook roles in the kitchen. โฃ
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Our Level 5 Baking & Pastry students created their masterpieces using #RepรบblicaDelCacao chocolate. Throughout the year, LENOTRE organizes numerous competitions, providing our students with invaluable experience, ensuring they are ready for successful careers in the Culinary and Baking & Pastry Arts!โฃ
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Weโd like to take a moment to honor one of our top chef instructors at CIL, Chef Stephanie Lamour! @stephanielamour_frenchchefโฃ
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โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ a ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต-๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ง๐ง, ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.โโฃ
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We are grateful to have her on our team, leading the way every day at the Culinary Institute Lenotre!โฃ
๐ช๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ซ๐, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง`๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ`๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ญ. โฃโฃ
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Nestled in the heart of one of the country`s biggest culinary capitals, Houston holds infinite possibilities for our alumni! Our regularly scheduled Job Fairs make sure that you`ll make all the connections you need to get your career started. ๐ฅ๐ฉโ๐ณโฃ What are you waiting for? โฃ
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While we offer online course options, some things can`t be taught virtually. Like the ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ ๐`๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก๐๐ง: ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฌ! โฃ
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Our in-person classes teach you how to work closely with other chefs, strengthening the interpersonal skills necessary to succeed in every facet of the Restaurant and Hospitality Industry. โฃ
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Ready to join our culinary crew?
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๐ช๐`๐ฏ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ.โฃ
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Culinary Arts, Restaurant & Hospitality Management, Baking & Pastry Arts, wherever your passion lies, we`re here to jump-start your career!โฃ
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Scholarship and financial aid options are available. Talk to one of our advisors today ๐Link in bio!โฃ
๐๐ฐ๐ธ`๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ท - ๐ท๐ถ? ๐ฐโฃ
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Our Baking & Pastry students know how to take the sweet life to level 10! Pastry chefs aren`t just highly skilled professionals; they`re artists with an unlimited creative vision. At CIL, we encourage all of our students to express themselves with every new masterpiece they create!โฃ
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Time to put the icing on your future ๐Link in bio!
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How are your chicken fabricating skills? ๐ ๐ชDon`t know what fabricating means? ๐๐จ๐ง`๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง`๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ! ๐โฃ
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Watch the full tutorial on our YouTube channel (@culinaryinstitutelenotre1472) ๐ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cXqhCoVIkk โฃ
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#ChefSkills #HomeCook #ChickenPrep #PreppingWholeChicken #CookingSkills #CILKnowledgeโฃ
๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ! ๐จโ๐ณ๐ฉโ๐ณโฃ
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Our chef instructors bring the joy of cooking and life to work with them every day! Working in the restaurant and hospitality industry isn`t for everyone, but those of us who live it, LOVE IT! โฃ
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๐๐ข๐๐`๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ!๐ฉโ๐ณ๐โฃโฃ
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Take your culinary training overseas when you join our partner @Sofitel in Corsica, France, during one of our many International Externship opportunities!โฃ
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Ready to say ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐บ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ to ordinary and start your own extraordinary culinary adventure?โฃ๐ Link in bio!
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๐๐ฝ๏ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ?โฃ
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๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ต๐ดโฃโฃ
๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ & ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ตโฃโฃ
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Whether you`re plating the dish or running the show, Culinary Institute Lenotre has the recipe you`re looking for. โฃ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ฒ @nichesocial ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐!โฃ
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๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ? Thatโs because community is built in the kitchen. Food connects us all.โค๏ธ We take this to heart at CIL, we cook together, we eat together, and we celebrate together! โฃ
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Youโre joining a community of passionate, like-minded people when you choose Culinary Institute Lenotre for your degree. Letโs grow together ๐Link in bio!
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