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While he is not a Chef by trade, he is a very good cook. We organised a team building French cooking session with him recently – it was great and the food was excellent.

We cooked the following dishes:

• Rabit in White Wine
• Duck in Port
• Duck in Cider
• Pineapple and Rhum Charlotte for the desert

If you are interested you can contact him at fpenfrat@aol.com

As a heads-up, Alliance Française de Brisbane will produce shortly the first annual guide to the food, clothes, furniture, interior design, fabrics, services, etc. that are either French or give an authentic taste of France.

For more information, see Le Guide 2009.

Australian schools are required to focus on teaching Asian languages these days. It is not so easy to find a school teaching French, for example, even though the demand is fairly strong on this side of the world.

Some schools however have French immersion programs, such as the Mansfield State High School, near Brisbane, where several courses are provided in French.

It is also possible to attend courses with specialised schools, such as the French Ethnic School Les Petits Princes in Brisbane, which provides courses on Saturday morning for children aged 4 to 12.

Otherwise, in order to research schools around Australia by language have a look at the web-site Language-School-Teachers.com.

Also interesting, this article about teaching French in Western Australia.