Cameron, Restaurant service apprentice at Club TF1 (TF1)

Third year of Professional Baccalauréat in Catering at the Tecomah school of culinary arts, landscaping and agribusiness

I’ve done the three years of my professional baccalauréat on a work-study basis at Club TF1, the Group’s business restaurant. As an apprentice, I inform the team of the meals to be served every day. I also handle service at the brasserie (bar, table service, order taking) and in the private rooms. In this last case, I set up the room and take care of the customers who have reserved it, from when they arrive to when they leave. I also have other tasks, including setting up tables for customers and staff.

Discipline and assiduousness, qualities I have gradually acquired thanks to TF1’s know-how

I was very young when I arrived, and I was fortunate enough to join a really nice team. My responsibilities are varied and call for a lot of discipline and assiduousness, qualities I have gradually acquired thanks to TF1’s know-how.

In 2013 I took part in and won the “Best Apprentice in France” competition in the “Culinary and Service Arts” category. It was an extremely rewarding experience – and one that calls for a great deal of work and personal investment. But I am very proud to have won the competition. It gives me more confidence in myself and opens up doors to the future. After my professional baccalauréat, I’m going to do a BTS vocational degree in Culinary Arts at Tecomah on a work-study basis, working in the famous Jules Verne restaurant in the Eiffel Tower.