Thursday, November 14, 2024, the Salle des Forges, in Bourbriac, hosted the Evening of Costa Rican Artisanal Excellence, organized with the aim of promoting craftsmanship, apprenticeship and business transfer. The opportunity to honor the department’s craftsmen, masters, apprentices and business buyers.
Among the recipients, two young people from Guingamp, Rose Belhache and Jessy Lenestour. A pride for the first because, she says, “I was the only CAP apprentice, all the others are at least in professional Baccalaureate. I worked to get there, I got my bakery CAP with very good honors.” Aged 18, the Guingampaise continued her studies with a second CAP, this time in pastry, at the CFA in Ploufragan. At the rate of two weeks in class followed by two weeks in business, at the Julian bakery, in Grâces.
“Basically, I wanted to be a hairdresser”
“I work from 5 a.m. to 12 p.m.,” explains Rose Belhache. Even if we get up early, we have our afternoons. My master, Julian Bigeault, made me love this profession, after an introductory course in third grade, with him. Basically, I wanted to be a hairdresser. It’s certain that if you don’t like this job, you can’t continue.” Pastry chef or baker? The young apprentice is already set: “I have a preference for pastry because you can create new things, mix more textures and flavors.”
My master made me love this profession, after an introductory course in third grade, with him. Basically, I wanted to be a hairdresser.
Next year, with her second CAP in hand, she plans to continue her training with an additional qualification in pastry, then with a technical trade certificate (BTM). Afterwards ? “I see myself starting as an employee, and I later dream of opening a pastry shop or a tea room. And why not both at the same time? But no bakery. Baker-pastry chef is too restrictive and requires too many staff to manage.”
“I loved seeing my father tinkering with cars”
Jessy Lenestour has turned to automobile repair. A passion he has had since a young age, when he “watched his father tinkering with cars”. An internship in third grade finally convinced him. Even if, before that, he took a few alternative routes, training in boilermaking in particular, which he did not like. An internship within the Bodemer company, the Renault dealership, based in Ploumagoar, was extended by a summer contract and now apprenticeship training, with courses at the CFA in Ploufragan.
“I am in the second year of BTS, after having obtained the CAP then the professional baccalaureate. I like the job of mechanic. I work on major repairs. The higher technician diploma can open many doors for me, I can become an automobile expert or, with experience, a workshop manager.” At 25, the Guingampais knows that he has found his path: “It took time, but I got to where I wanted.”
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