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Stephane
Hardy - Country:
France
College: Ecole Des Arts Culinaries et de L’Hotellerie
de Lyon, France
Rami
Isaac - Country: United
States of America
College: Göttingen University, Germany
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Stephane
Hardy |
 Country:
France
College: Ecole Des Arts Culinaries et de L’Hotellerie
de Lyon, France
I
was brought up in a family where cooking meant to give
of yourself to others. Passionate about it, I asked
myself if I could make a living from my pleasure. I
looked everywhere for a school where I would be able
to succeed in the discipline of “gastronomic”
. I then chose to study at L’ Ecole Des Arts Culinaries
et De L’Hotellerie in France. The culinary arts
management programme has finally given me the opportunity
to combine pleasure with an income. “L’EACH
Lyon” offers, amongst other things, courses in
French Cuisine, marketing, Human Resource Management
and Accounting to allow you to develop and sustain a
profitable business.
For
my first internship I was in a French gourmet restaurant.
I loved the chef’s personality which was deliciously
reflected in each dish. To make, to create, to par-take,
its marvellous. Admittedly the job is demanding and
there are difficult moments, but when you work for your
own pleasure and that of others, nothing can stop you.”
Stephane
Hardy, 2nd year student at L’EACH- Lyon.
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| Rami
Isaac |
 Country:
Palestine
College: Institute of Tourism and Transport Studies
(NHW), the Netherlands
Rami
Isaac, from Palestine, is in his final year of "International
Tourism Management and Consultancy" at the Netherlands
Institute of Tourism and Transport Studies (NHW) for
a period of three years. He plans to do a one-year follow-up
course: European Tourism Management4
"It's rare for someone from my country to study
abroad, so I am very motivated to finish this course
with good results. I worked in a souvenir shop back
home where I met many tour operators and became interested
in tourism. Unfortunately there are no universities
in Palestine offering tourism education. After Holland
I plan to go back to Palestine to work with the Ministry
of Tourism on the development of the tourism industry.
Tourism is very important for the economy in my country
and it's an industry that can provide employment right
now. There's a lack of infrastructure and educated personnel,
so there's a lot of work for me to do.
I
finished my first year of hotel management at the University
of Bethlehem before the NHTV In the beginning it was
difficult to get used to a different culture and different
people. I had never been outside my country and was
alone in a foreign country at nineteen years of age.
The teaching method was new too. I had never worked
in groups before and education in my country is very
individually oriented. But l mostly had no difficulties
with the subjects.
In my second yean I went to Wales for a traineeship.
At the Welsh Tourist Board I made a regional tourism
plan for Wales. I got experience to use in my future
work; for example, how to make a training plan for educating
people on the importance of tourism for Palestine. The
Chief Executive of the Welsh Tourist Board is willing
to help set up an exchange program to give Palestinian
people a chance to do a traineeship in Wales. So I'm
using my study in Holland to talk to organizations interested
in the development of Palestine.
In
consultation with the Minister of Tourism I have made
some plans for the future, which could be supported
by Dutch organizations. The difficulty is that we are
dealing with a very fragile political situation. If
the peace process fails, everything is lost. But tourism
is the best chance for the economical development of
my country.
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