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in management, plus customised programmes for
senior managers.
Paris Graduate School of Management: 242 rue du Faubourg
Saint-Antoine; tel: [phone]; website:http://www.
pgsm-group.com. Bachelor's and Master's of Business
Administration; the American MBA offers a year in an
accredited American university. The European MBA offers
an intensive 12-month programme.

Exam Preparation
Preparatory workshops for college and graduate school
qualifying examinations may be taken at the Kaplan Center,
3 bis rue Jean Pierre-Bloch, 75015, which offers courses for
the GMAT, GRE, TOEFL, SAT, ISAT, etc.; tel: [phone];
website:http://www.kaptest.com.

Studying French
See Chapter 8, pages 296-297.

Cooking Courses
What could be better than learning to cook in this world
capital of haute cuisine? Short- and long-term cooking classes
and demonstrations are both instructive and fun. Some of
the language schools offer their own classes, but there are
well-known cooking schools that offer both serious long-term
programmes for serious chefs and short-term courses for those
who just love to cook. Librairie Gourmande at 4 rue Dante,
75005 specialises in cookbooks; tel: [phone].

Ritz Escoffier School: Ritz Hotel, 38 rue Cambon (Place
Vendome), 75001; tel: [phone]; website:http://
www.ritzparis.com. Demonstrations and courses of all
levels. Also offers pastry courses, wine appreciation, flower
arrangement and even cocktail preparations.

École Le Cordon Bleu: 8 rue Léon Delhomme, 75015;
tel: [phone]; website:http://www.cordonbleu.edu;
Short-term courses and demonstrations are held in
English; long-term courses for the serious chef are in
French. Other addresses throughout the world and in the
Loire Valley, at the Château des Briottières.