Last day in Paris

So what to do on your last day in Paris i asked myself. I consulted tripadvisor.com and found that the no. 1 thing to see in Paris is the musée de l'orangerie, http://www.musee-orangerie.fr/ . How they got to that position on tripadivor i do not know, but it is certainly not justified. It is a fine museum, but can in no way keep up with the quality and quantity of art in the Louvre or Musée d'Orsay.
After this i visited the Sainte Chapelle. GORGIOUS, a must see in Paris. It is on the courtyard of the palace of justice. I also vivited "The concierge", not worth spending your time on and i visited the Notre Dame to see the christmas stall. Further i had to clean the appartment as i am leaving.

Marvelous time in Paris, but also glad to go home again. 

Graduation

Final exam was difficult for me and my notes were not good at all. My exam dish was:  Filet de veau cuit rosé, un risotto crémeux et duxelles de champignons, sauce asperges, below a picure of how it should have looked:

My practical exam started with a stove of whish one of the plates did not work. This is the life of a cook and on exam we need to work around this problem. I started with my bearnaise sauce, a technical dish which came out very well. Than i decided to change my usual way of working and first to do all the prep work before startting to cook (like you would do in a restauarant). For future students an advice: never change your way of working on your exam. So i got into time problems and for that reason i plated my dish 1 minute too late, which cost me 2 % of my final note. Another result was that i did not plate everything that i should have plated: i forgot to plate my aspereges coulis and my duxelles, both were ready, but i just forgot under the time pressure. Stupid, but true. So i did not plate 2 out of the 6 items in this recipe, which probably costed me a full point or even more. Further i kind of threw everything on the plate, so i did not spent time on presentation.Endresult: 10,4 ans 10,1 out of 20 points for presentation and taste.
My other notes were good thoughm so i passed anyhow. For organisation i scored 14,4 out of 20, so that was good.

Gradudation the next day with a small after the after party at Annicks house. I must make her a compiment, she presented some of the best wines of France and excellent cheese to go with it. So yes, we druk too much again .......

Below the certificate and some pictures.

The after party

Allthough nobody at this stage knows whether he / she has passed exam we already had a great after party in café Vaugirard.