Diploma from Le Cordon Bleu, 1951

Diploma from Le Cordon Bleu, 1951

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Julia Child received this diploma in March 1951, a full year after completing her course of study at Le Cordon Bleu, the esteemed culinary school in Paris. It is signed by both Chef Max Bugnard, Julia’s cooking teacher, and Madame Elisabeth Brassart, the school’s director, who was responsible for the long delay in awarding the diploma.
In 1949, Julia enrolled in the 10-month program at Le Cordon Bleu, along with eleven American veterans who wanted to become professional chefs. The U.S. Government paid the veterans’ tuition and, by virtue of her work for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during the war, Julia’s tuition was covered as well. As the only woman in her class, Julia was a rarity, but she threw herself into the training and carried out the rigorous work, completing the program in 1950. Because of ill will between Madame Brassart and Julia, however, the diploma was not awarded until a year later and after the intervention of Max Bugnard. Julia Child went on to become America’s influential and beloved cooking teacher, cookbook author, and television chef.
Object Name
diploma
date made
1951
used
United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
glass (overall material)
wood (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 15 9/16 in x 20 1/2 in x 9/16 in; 39.52875 cm x 52.07 cm x 1.42875 cm
ID Number
2001.0253.0024
catalog number
2001.0253.0024
accession number
2001.0253
Credit Line
Gift of Julia Child
subject
Education
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Home and Community Life: Occupations
Food
FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000
Julia Child's Kitchen
Data Source
National Museum of American History
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I have a diplôme from Cordon Bleu 1956 - it was situated at Rue de la Pompe, I am a Swedish journalist sometimes writing about food in Swedish magazines.

Britt Reuterwall Hörnstedt

Tue, 2018-04-10 09:02

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