Dine for a cause with Alain Ducasse

MANILA, Philippines - On Nov. 25, Ducasse Institute Philippines at Enderun Colleges and Ducasse Education in France will host a charity dinner with award-winning chef and founder of Ducasse Education Alain Ducasse as guest of honor.

Guests will get to experience a five-course dinner led by chef Jérôme Lacressonnière, Ducasse Education chef instructor and consultant, with the Ducasse Institute Philippines team. Proceeds will benefit the culinary center of Tuloy Foundation, Inc.

“After learning more about the Tuloy Foundation from chef Jérôme during his last visit in Manila, I was very impressed by its rich advocacy, which is to reintegrate streetchildren into mainstream society through a comprehensive program of caring, healing and teaching,“ explains Ducasse on why he chose to assist the Tuloy Foundation. “I do believe that learning to cook is a very effective way for less fortunate people to get a job and gain access to a better life.”

The charity event, titled “Youth With A Future,” was inspired by the “Women With A Future” initiative led by Alain Ducasse Entreprise where 15 of Paris’ underprivileged women were trained for a year in a special culinary program.  The program included an apprenticeship in Alain Ducasse’s restaurants.

Following an eight-month program in the Tuloy Foundation campus, the students will be exposed to further training at the Ducasse Institute Philippines for two months. These beneficiaries will complete their program with internship placements that will last from three to five months.  The scholars will benefit from the expertise of the world-class chefs at Ducasse Institute Philippines, as well as Enderun Colleges’ strong internship and career placement program.

“We were very impressed by all the efforts put together by the Tuloy Foundation on a daily basis,“ says chef See Cheong Yan, culinary head of Enderun Colleges. “We look forward to welcoming the 21 students to Ducasse Institute Philippines.”

For information,  visit www.youthwithafuture.ph.