Le Cordon Bleu

Famous cooking school

Le Cordon Bleu is a prestigious culinary arts school founded in Paris in 1895, now with locations worldwide.

The name means "blue ribbon" in French, evoking excellence and distinction.

Graduates often cite their Le Cordon Bleu training as a credential: She trained at Le Cordon Bleu.

The term also appears in cordon bleu as an adjective describing exceptional cooking or a dish of breaded meat stuffed with cheese and ham.

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culinary prestige/training quality

Le Cordon Bleudiploma mill

Fraudulent credential seller

formality of culinary learning

Le Cordon Bleuself-taught

Educated without instructors

home cooking · trial and error · family recipes · untrained · autodidact

culinary tradition/philosophy

Le Cordon Bleumolecular gastronomy

Scientific study of cooking

processed food · TV dinner · fast food · junk food

Family

cordon, cordons, cordoned, cordoning, blueing, bluing, bluish, blueness, bluest

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Rated G