News from Vatel Bordeaux

Vatel Bordeaux, in July 2016, was the first hospitality management school with an Ecolabel certified application hotel. An approach included in a global educational project.     “Our priority is to train our students to become aware of the stakes involved in companies so that they will be able to become key players in sustainable […]

Qian Qian Wu, a Chinese fifth year student, gives us her opinion on her schooling and life in Aquitaine.     Why did you decide to study at Vatel Bordeaux? Because of Vatel’s great reputation! After I finished my Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management in Amiens, I wanted to specialize in the hospitality […]

As he is about to leave on the Marco Polo program in the Philippines, Romain de Charnace, a Vatel Bordeaux student, gives us some tips to prepare such a trip. When do you have to get started? At least eight months before! Before I decided to register for the Marco Polo program, I looked into […]

Clémence, who was born in the region, is an MBA Vatel graduate majoring in Wine & Spirits Management. She tells us about the three years she spent in Bordeaux. After completing a vocational undergraduate diploma in hospitality in La Rochelle, Clémence decided to do a preparatory year at Vatel then study at the college to […]

Determined to improve her Spanish, Apoline, joined a Vatel school in a Hispanic country even before joining Vatel in Bordeaux, She tells us the about the year she sent Vatel in Buenos Aires. In her search for a unique opportunity, Apolline, a student at Vatel Bordeaux, decided to spend her entire second year in Argentina, […]

February 3rd, Vatel Bordeaux went to Château Castera, cru Bourgeois in northern Médoc, close to Saint Estèphe, for the Graduation ceremony of our MBA Wine & Spirits Business Management class. Welcomed by the sales manager Jean-Pierre Darmuzey and the technical manager Philippe Grynfeltt, the students were able to appreciate the history of this property and […]

3rd competition organised by the International Sommelier Association (ASI), in Hong Kong From 4 to 7 November, Jean-Pascal Paubert, board member of the “Union de la Sommellerie Française in Bordeaux”, was a judge at the 3rd competition organised by the International Sommelier Association (ASI), in Hong Kong. Mr. Paubert (far right in the picture) has […]

Nurtured by the delicate fragrance of the food prepared by his mother and grandmother, Aurélien Bouygues discovered his love of fine dining early on in life. By the age of 12, the Chef was already taking his place at the family’s stove, concocting dishes for young and old.   His career path When he was […]

From 7 to 11 December, five Vatel colleges competed against each other in the Business Game for the fifth consecutive year. In all, sixteen teams took part in the week-long competition. The game’s administrators, in Bordeaux, gave us their impressions of the event. Photo: Jean-Etienne PALARD and David GRIPPER What do you think of the […]

  His career path Despite a baccalauréat majoring in science, Gaëtan Gladieux from Brest had no plans to become a sommelier. He studied electronic engineering for three years but then his career path took a new turn and he decided to seek a professional qualification in wine at the prestigious Georges Pertuiset College in Beaune. His […]