Alain Ducasse Visits Tuloy Foundation

Heart2Heart not only loves Alain Ducasse for his great contribution to the culinary world but also because he came all the way to the Philippines to give back to society and we are so lucky he chose the Philippines to be one of the beneficiaries, to Tuloy Foundation in particular.  When he arrived, he paid a visit to the foundation and they warmly welcomed him to the Tuloy family.  It was such a touching event.  I am so happy to have witnessed this.  God bless Alain Ducasse for his kind and generous heart.  I made an amateur video just to put together the photos and the beautiful song number the kids prepared for Chef Alain

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The chapel is so beautiful!!  You really have to come over to see it 

Alain Ducasse arrives and is welcomed by the children

Thank you to Enderun Colleges for also being a part of this great endeavor.  Thank you Jack Tuason, co founder of Enderun Colleges

The building where all the classrooms are.  There are 927 kids.  There are 10 buildings with 30 kids per building.  Each building is self contained.  The place is very organized and very clean and orderly

Gymnasium

Where all the kids assembled and performed for Alain Ducasse

Presentation of the Chef’s uniform for Chef Alain Ducasse from the Tuloy Foundation Culinary Center

One of the students made a sketch of Chef Alain and gave it to him that day

Welcome to the family

Culinary Center

There are 20 per batch and this is already the 4th batch

Laurent Plantier, CEO of the Alain Ducasse Enterprise

Fr. Rocky Evangelista, founder of Tuloy Foundation.  He told me that he acquired the land in 1999 and it took him two years to sean it up since it was a garbage dump. He said that there are three qualifications to be a Tuloy Foundation student – You must be hopelessly poor, You want to have a better life and are willing to obey the rules.   There is a Mancom to manage the daily affairs of the foundation and the Board sets the vision.  I also met Tony, a generous donor to Tuloy Foundation.  He teaches English to the students and he also takes 3 to 4 students to a restaurant of their choice every Sunday so they can also taste and be able to dine out in a real restaurant 🙂  

Chef Dimitri Amouroux – Head of Pedagogy, Ducasse Education

Chef Jerome Lacressoniere who prepared the charity dinner 

Meal prepared by the students for Chef Alain Ducasse and all of us who were there

The students of the Culinary school do On The Job Training ( OJT ) in some companies and some are hired by them after graduation.  One actual example is Village Gourmet.  Thank you Noye and Nicole Fandino for sharing these photos at Heart2Heart.  They are one of the generous and loyal benefactors of Tuloy and Fr. Rocky and they continuously help Father Rocky in his 

10 Tuloy Scholars are starting their culinary training at Ducasse Institute Philippines at Enderun Colleges on Monday, April 7.  You can still sponsor a Tuloy scholar by buying raffle tickets:  one ticket will sponsor lunch for one week; 5 tickets will buy a complete set of kitchen uniform; and 2 tickets will cover roundtrip transportation cost from Muntinlupa for a week.  On top of that, you’ll get a chance to win wonderful prizes!  This is your opportunity to help former street children from Tuloy Foundation jumpstart their career in the culinary arts.  Click below for a more readable version of the details of the raffle

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