Le Cordon Bleu Event in Summerlin

Summerlin’s Le Cordon Bleu Event

This sounds like a wonderful event and yummy too. Le Cordon Bleu is a wonderful part of Summerlin, I will be doing a full post on this school. In the meantime this event sounds like a lot of fun.

FOURTH ANNUAL SWEETS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
RETURNS TO LE CORDON BLEU LAS VEGAS
Public invited to sample chocolates and sweets at pre-Valentine’s Day tasting

WHAT                        The public is invited to sample pastries, sweets and chocolates from around the world at a pre-Valentine’s Day tasting at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Las Vegas on Monday, February 9. The pastries and chocolates are made exclusively by chefs and students from the culinary school. This is the fourth annual Sweets from Around the World event hosted by the school.

                                    New this year, the school will offer an exclusive wine tasting, pairing six different wines with sweets from the event. The wine tasting is limited to the first 40 individuals who RSVP by calling 702.851.5322.

                                    The 60,000-square-foot school will also be open for self-guided tours. The facility includes several demonstration and instructional kitchens, classrooms and a student-staffed fine dining restaurant, Café Bleu.

WHERE                     Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Las Vegas
1451 Center Crossing Road
(Behind Bank of America on Town Center Drive)

WHEN                        Monday, February 9, 2009
                                    5:30 – 6:30 pm – wine tasting VIP event
6 – 8 pm – public event

COST                          $25 wine pairing event
$5 general adult admission; children age five and under are free

About Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Las Vegas
Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Las Vegas is an affiliate of Le Cordon Bleu Schools North America, one of the largest providers of quality culinary arts education. Few institutions possess the distinguished reputation of Le Cordon Bleu, the renowned cooking school with Parisian roots dating back to 1895. The Las Vegas college offers a Certificate in Le Cordon Bleu Patisserie and Baking as well as an intensive 15 month hands-on culinary arts training program that combines classical and fundamental techniques with contemporary methods culminating in an Associate of Occupational Science Degree and prestigious Le Cordon Bleu Diplome. The Las Vegas campus, which opened in Summerlin in 2003, is accredited by the American Culinary Federation and the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology and has more than 1,700 graduates.