In 2004, the Association Ensemble began organizing gala dinners for physically challenged people; the dinners were prepared on a volunteer basis by the Great Chefs of France with the support of many different suppliers to the food industry.

The goal was simple : to offer physically challenged people the opportunity to share in the pleasures of the table.

Over the three years spent organizing gala dinners, it became very clear that participants took great pleasure in sharing these special occasions with the chefs.

We also realized that many of the physically challenged participants dreamed of one day being able to work in this beautiful field.

In the light of this realization, which was moving both for participants and for us, we decided to mobilize a wide range of food professionals to satisfy their demand by creating a Cooking School for physically challenged people to train chefs, caterers, pastry chefs, chocolate makers, ice cream makers and bakers, with the ultimate goal of helping the latter to get jobs in the food sector.