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Chef Robin Serge

Directeur pédagogique des Instituts Escoffier

French National Education’s work experience

  • 1980: First teaching job as trainee, hospitality and professional high school, Menton (France)
  • 1982: Cooking teacher, hospitality and professional high school, Dives sur Mer (France)
  • 1983-1986: Head of works, hospitality and professional high school, Dives sur Mer (France)
  • December 1986: Opening of a new hospitality and professional high school in Herouville St Clair (France)
  • 1987-1993: BTEC national diploma’s cooking teacher, hospitality and professional high school, Herouville St Clair (France)
  • Since 1999: BTEC higher national diploma’s head of cooking teacher, hospitality and professional high school, Plateau Caillou – St Paul – Reunion Island – Indian Ocean (France)
  • 2007-2012: Indian Ocean culinary arts courses to BA tourism students at the IAE high school of management, Saint Denis – Reunion Island – Indian Ocean (France)

Consulting and training missions

  • From 1989 to 1999: Jury member of open and internal national competitions for the hiring of cooking teachers
  • From 1982 to 1999: Academic former in preparation for the open national competition of cooking teacher- Caen’s Academy (France)
  • Academic culinary former for adults at the professional institute, Caen (France)
  • From 1986 to 1999: Educational consultant for cooking teacher trainees’, Caen (France)
  • From 2001: International culinary consultant for the Indian Ocean hospitality hotel groups:
  • Mauritius: Beachcomber hotels, Naïade hotels, Dalais hotels
  • Madagascar: Malagasy hospitality federation ( 180 hotels)
  • Shangaï and Honk-Hong: International Escoffier Asia delegation’s consultant
  • Laos: French embassy’s consultant ; “Rêves d’Indochine”‘s association consultant ; hospitality high school’s consultant
  • 2005-2006: Academic culinary former for adults at the professional institute, Reunion Island-Indian Ocean (France)
  • Quality consultant for the French reunion island hotel group Apavou:
  • Grand hotel des Mascareignes
  • Aigrettes’s hotel
  • Maharani Hotel

Awards

  • Senior reserve officer of national gendarmerie (Major)
  • Reunion Island head of military preparations
  • Bronze medal for voluntary military service
  • Vice-president of the Auguste Escoffier’s international association
  • Auditor member of the French culinary academy
  • Member of the catering French association Normans toques, Normandy (France)
  • Member of the authentic “Andouille de Vire”’s association (France)
  • Member the Normandy’s Teurgoule’s association (France)
  • Member of the wine grapes association- Cilaos, Reunion Island, Indian Ocean (France)

Activities

  • French culinary open competitions’ manager:
  • Grand Marnier french open competition
  • Escoffier’s junior chef international open competition (15 countries, 21 hospitality schools)
  • Normans toques’association open competition
  • Indian Ocean culinary open competitions’ manager:
  • Madagascar’s and Mauritius’s “Chef of the year”
  • Collaboration for the writing of two books on the French Normandy’s gastronomy
  • « Grand livre gastronomique des poisons », Charles Corlet’s editions
  • « Grand livre gastronomique de la viande », Charles Corlet’s editions
  • Collaboration for the writing of a book on the Reunion Island’s gastronomy
  • « Balade gourmande en terroir Réunionnais», Orphies’ edition

Work experience

  • Summer 1972: 2nd fish commis, 3-star Mercedes hotel, Hossegor (France)
  • Summer 1973: 1st fish commis, 4-star Modern hotel, Saint Jean de Luz (France)
  • Summer 1974: 2nd sauce commis, 3-star Beausejour Hotel, Hossegor (France)
  • Summer 1975: Chef de partie, gastronomic Pam restaurant, Oslo (Norway, Europe)
  • Summer 1976: Executive chef, Flunch catering chain, Paris (France)
  • 1977: Meat chef the partie and 2nd banquet executive sous chef, 5-star Palais de la Méditerranée, Nice (France)
  • 1978: Military service, Saumur military officer’s school (France)
  • 1979-1980: Executive chef, la taverne Saint Veran’s gastronomic restaurant, Vence (France)
  • 1992: Executive chef for the XXV international olympics games of Barcelona, management of a team of 150 chefs (Spain, Europe)

Education

  • 1971-1973: Youth training and BTEC first diploma in cooking (hospitality school of Capbreton (France))
  • 1973-1975: BTEC National diploma in hospitality (hospitality school of Grenoble (France))
  • 1975-1977: BTEC higher national diploma in management (hospitality high school of Nice (France))
  • 1981-1982: Open competition exam for teaching hospitality to youth training degree (Toulouse, France)
  • 1987-1988: Open competition exam for teaching hospitality in BTEC first diploma and BTEC national diploma (Paris Antony, France)
  • 1994-1995: Open competition exam for teaching hospitality in BTEC higher national diploma degree (Paris, France)