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Julien Millanvoye, 34, is a journalist who has worked for Radio Nova, a hip radio station that plays music outside the mainstream. He collaborates on the magazine Ravages and also hosts a blog for Le Monde.
l’école des loisirs
GLOBE
160 pages
I Have a Job! As a teen, I wasn’t all that inspired by the manual labor of artisans. But that was before. Before our time, when overeducated graduates can’t find work. For a year I followed young apprentices at a crucial moment in their career: the preparation for the Olympiades des Métiers, or WorkSkills in English. This international competition to honor the best professionals was created in 1950, and today more than fifty countries participate in it. I must admit that when I began my research, the word «Olympiades» called to mind a wacky image vaguely inspired by the Olympic games. I wasn’t completely wrong, and what I saw there has opened my eyes to the future of these professions.
Foreign Rights Manager Mrs Isabelle Darthy idarthy@ecoledesloisirs.com
Xavier-Laurent Petit is a writer
176 pages
Alternate Routes Many believe the Compagnons du Devoir are artisans from another age: masons, carpenters, and those who build cathedrals. Well, welcome to the 21st century! Meet Yann, a plumber who is responsible for strategic forecasting in health and climate engineering. He keeps an eye on the future, observing new technological tendencies and locating emerging markets throughout the world. Élodie is an upholsterer who collaborates with designers on decidedly contemporary projects. Once allergic to school, grades, and teachers, she now transmits her knowledge to interns not much younger than she is. There is also Jeremy, blacksmith farrier whose horseshoes use ultra-sophisticated materials in order to equip the best racehorses in the world. Discover seven different career paths of Compagnons artisans who are at the forefront of their profession. These men and women work with their hands, creating, thinking, and striving every day.
l’Êcole des loisirs
GLOBE
of numerous novels for children and young adults. His extremely successful novels for teens often originate in a press clipping, a piece of news, or a true story that ignites his wish to understand, search, document, and then tell.
Foreign Rights Manager Mrs Isabelle Darthy idarthy@ecoledesloisirs.com
Joël Robuchon is the most-starred chef in the world (with 26 stars from the Guide Michelin). Named «Chef of the Century» by the Gault & Millau guide, he has received numerous awards and has opened more than thirty restaurants throughout the world. Before his successes and glory, however, he was a fourteen-year-old apprentice. He recounts his early years in this autobiography.
l’école des loisirs
GLOBE
176 pages
How I Became a Chef At 14, Joël Robuchon quit school. At 17, he was already an accomplished craftsman: hardworking, perfectionist, and inventive. As a child, Robuchon wanted to be an architect or a priest, not a chef. But an incident in the family forced him to end his studies early. He had to find an apprenticeship, and fast. As chance or luck would have it, it was in the field of cuisine. In this book, Robuchon tells about his profession’s tough apprenticeship: the long hours, the hierarchies that must be respected, and the love of work well done. But there are also the masters who trained him and the values transmitted to him.
Foreign Rights Manager Mrs Isabelle Darthy idarthy@ecoledesloisirs.com