Chia-Ching always lived in Taipei the capital of Taiwan. Then, three years ago she decided to go abroad to study in the program that she had always dreamt of. In the same way, her brother and sister have also come to Europe to study. When she was 14 years old, Chia-Ching was already convinced that she was made for the hotel and restaurant industry. Her French teacher told her about the Institut Paul Bocuse and she began to dream… Several years of patience and a general education later, she went to Paris and gave herself one year to round out her French.

The experience was doubly successful: today, she speaks clearly and with precision. She also fell in love with Paris and has decided to prolong her stay in France.
Chia-Ching speaks emotionally about these past three years which are almost over; the “friendly environment” in class and in the Clipper, the student housing where she has lived.
It was during her internships in Paris at the Crillon in the room service department and then in the Plaza Athenée as the assistant to the “gouvernante” that Chia-Ching learned her first tricks of the trade. Gentle and reserved, she learned to manage with calm and serenity: “the keys to success in this industry are enthusiasm, listening and communicating”.
Chia-Ching has lots of energy and more than one card up her sleeve. In 2005, she won the juries “favorites” prize from the Young Ambassadors of Rhone Alps for organizing the Taiwanese chef’s participation in the 2009 Bocuse d’Or. Her idea aims at recognizing Taiwanese cooking which is often forgotten in the shadow of Chinese cooking.
Above and beyond the quality of the education and the experiences during internships that the school provides, China-Ching thinks of herself as particularly lucky to have been able to “get some distance in order to see the different ways to handle things, French and Taiwanese culture being so different”.
Chia-Ching speaks about France and especially about Paris with a large smile on her face. Once her internship is finished and she has her diploma in her pocket, she would like to find a job there in Paris in order to prolong her French experience before returning to her country…maybe a little bit later!