Christmas: When snowflakes fall like questions

Christmas: When snowflakes fall like questions This article is the follow-up to another article we’ve posted a few days ago, entitled Listen to my fireside stories… If you haven’t read it yet, you can find it back by clicking the image below, and then come back here: Saturday, December 1st, 2018.

Continue reading

Uncovering the Mystery of Yeast: Lesaffre Yeast Training

Uncovering the Mystery of Yeast: Lesaffre Yeast Training As the core ingredient in baking, yeast has always had a mysterious aura to it. In order to expose our students to a better understanding of yeast and the importance of its functions, we invited industry technician Emily Li fromLesaffre Management (Shanghai)

Continue reading

October Newsletter: The future of the Hospitality Industry

The future of the Hospitality Industry After 7-week basic learning, the 11th batch of students have started a new study pattern in October, which is a special training model in SYB (Shanghai Young Bakers) called ‘alternance’ program – students alternate between 2 weeks of learning baking, life skills and English courses

Continue reading

THE POWER OF A TEAM

THE POWER OF A TEAM Humans are amazing. Think about it: built pyramids, eradicated diseases, understood our planet and even landed on another one, we have done all this. And I say “we”. Because none of these could have been possible without cooperation between humans. Whether it is at the

Continue reading

SYB and APM: supporting each other’s charity

SYB and APM: supporting each other’s charity To operate a charity organization, you need a lot of support from different social groups. Besides receiving help from corporations and individuals, mutual support between charities is another worth-considering way. In recent years, Shanghai Young Bakers and A Pleines Mains (APM) have been exploring this new model of

Continue reading

Listen to my fireside stories…

Listen to my fireside stories… Today, let’s have a little experiment: I would like you to use your imagination.  You won’t find many pictures in this article,  I’m letting your mind create its own images! *** Picture this: you are now comfortably seating on a soft chair, a cup of

Continue reading

Jiang Zhanpu: Happiness Consists in Contentment

Jiang Zhanpu: Happiness Consists in Contentment Jiang Zhanpu, one of the 4th batch students of Shanghai Young Bakers, interned at JW Mariott Hotel Shanghai Changfeng Park during his study at SYB. He is now working at one of Accor Group Hotels. Although he doesn’t consider himself as someone who’s outgoing and talkative, it’s quite relaxing and enjoyable to

Continue reading

Li Cui’e: Always Seeking for Perfection

Li Cui’e: Always Seeking for Perfection Li Cui’e, from Shangqiu, Henan province, is a graduate of the 6th batch of SYB. She used to intern at JW Mariott Hotel Shanghai Changfeng Park. During the 4 years after her graduation, she has worked in hotels, western restaurants, and social bakeries, making both pastries

Continue reading