Last but not least. Interesting last day at the ICC. Part of the team visits French Culinary Institute (FCI) at the International Culinary Center in NYC, together Martin Berasategui.

BasqueStage team visits the French Culinary Institute in NYC.  This act symbolizes the closeness of this project to the educational community.

Main entrance

We have visited the center in a tour guided by Chef Nils Norin. Chef Martin Berasategui is very impressed by the installations and the activity at the school.  All classroom are real, fully equipped kitchens. He comes across his own handprints in one of the aisles of the Institute and his own menu at the library! He dedicates one of his books at the library.

Chef Martin Berasategui's handprints

One of the classrooms

We introduce Basquestage project at the Institute, and they show real interest in I Sammic Scholarship program. Moreover, on tuesday Marykate Roberts, from the Career Services at the FCI, visited our stand at Star Chefs and was given documentation regarding the project. We are sure a few fresh graduates from this Institute will apply for the Scholarship.

Chef Berasategui gives BasqueStage documents to Chef Norin

After a short visit to Star Chefs, we head towards the airport under T-storm threat leaving Jorge Bianchi in charge of Sammic stand. We board in the middle of the storm.