2017
Charentes region is full of undreamed discoveries. A variety of products are created in this one. We explore their home and meet their passionate makers. Cognac, Pineau, Wine and Cremant are suddenly less mysterious. Chateau de Beaulon : The Chateau Pietrus of Cognac and Pineau Our classroom (First year of a master degree in [...]
Back to school at Vatel Bordeaux 5 tips to start out right You’ve just started school at Vatel Bordeaux and you’re wondering what could help you succeed? You’re familiar with our school, but would like to review a few things? Here’s a short list (far from a complete one) of tips for a seamless [...]
Vatel Bordeaux Hotel has a new Rooms Division Manager Portrait - Eric Pourtau-Mondoutey, who started his job just three months ago, has already imposed his style and won his students’ hearts. After a mere few months, everyone thinks that this job was tailor-made for him. Eric, a charming, elegant and authentic man who always smiles, [...]
Quentin Merlet, the “Tables Vatel” Chef, will ensure the show for the 2017 Épicuriales event! There will be innovations by the bushel for the 23rd edition of the Épicuriales with Insider by La Fourchette, a gourmet bistro where talented Chefs with a bright future will be competing with each other. The new Chef of [...]
Tables Vatel has a port of call in the Antilles Students, supervised by Chef Franck Descas and Chef Quentin Merlet, prepared and served a Creole menu. On May 17, students doing an application week at the Tables Vatel had a unique opportunity: cooking and serving an Antilles menu, supervised by Chefs Franck Descas and Quentin [...]
Graduation ceremony at an exceptional host’s Château Haut-Lagrange An evening full of emotions and memories for MBA International Hotel Management alumni Warmly welcomed by the Château Haut-Lagrange owner, Francis Boutemy, the future alumni had the privilege of touring the vineyard and tasting several different wines. They then met for the graduation ceremony speech, given by [...]
Vatel Bordeaux hosts the Aquitaine Organic Winegrowers competition Experts blind-tasted hundreds of samples to determine the 2017 winning wines. Each year, in May, the New-Aquitaine Federation of Organic Wine organizes the Organic Winegrowers Competition to find the best organic wines in the area. “Open to all organic certified wines, (VQPRD and IGP, two French [...]
The 2017 Vatel Bordeaux Gala - an unforgettable evening Let’s have a closer look at this exceptional, pleasant and congenial event. The Vatel Bordeaux Gala is an event everyone loves, where all the different classes of the school meet up to celebrate the new Bachelor’s and MBA alumni. This year, students and the Vatel Bordeaux’s [...]
Students doing a hospitality and tourism two-year vocational degree, who will soon be graduating, decided to go to Bordeaux for their annual school trip. What kind of jobs can you get with a vocational degree in hospitality? Is my level high enough to continue my studies with an MBA? What do different schools expect from [...]
On March 11, Vatel Bordeaux hosted the L’Étiquette - Blind Tasting Inter-School Wine Tasting Challenge created by Kedge in 2016. Six teams of four students from the Kedge, the ESVV (School of wines and wine sciences), the EM Lyon and Vatel Bordeaux met to defend their schools’ colors. In front of a jury made [...]