emlyon business school partners with L’atelier des Chefs to enable PGE students to obtain a CAP qualification
emlyon business school has partnered with L’atelier des Chefs to offer students enrolled in its Grande École Program the opportunity to undertake training in skilled trades, enabling them to obtain a CAP qualification alongside their Master’s degree. Delivered online and fully integrated into emlyon’s academic pathway, the program allows students to complement their management education with the acquisition of technical skills.
A complementary program focused on hands-on and human-centered professions
Thanks to the partnership between emlyon business school and L’atelier des Chefs, students can combine high-level management training with the discovery of professional know-how in fields such as culinary arts, pastry-making, carpentry, or electrical work. In addition to the Master’s degree awarded by emlyon, students may obtain a CAP qualification in their chosen specialization. The online training program is embedded in the academic curriculum and leads to the award of ECTS credits. Offered at a preferential rate, L’atelier des Chefs’ training can be followed in parallel with emlyon studies and includes approximately 150 hours of theory and 200 hours of practical training. Around fifty students are currently enrolled in the program.
According to Lionel Sitz, Director of the Grande École Program - Master in Management: “This partnership reflects the evolving aspirations of students: enhancing their education at emlyon by discovering new skills to pursue a personal interest, develop an entrepreneurial project, or explore different professional sectors.”
Entrepreneurial pathways at the crossroads of skills
Within the programs offered by L’atelier des Chefs, culinary arts, pastry-making, and baking still account for 25% of the training pathways undertaken. The remaining 75% cover other sectors such as construction, health and social care, beauty and wellness, decorative and creative arts, and mechanics.
This partnership with L’atelier des Chefs fully aligns with emlyon’s distinctive educational approach, which is rooted in learning by doing and the hybridization of skills. By enabling students to combine management education with the acquisition of technical know-how, it broadens the scope of possibilities in terms of academic pathways, entrepreneurial projects, and career trajectories—at the intersection of managerial skills and hands-on, human-centered professions
This partnership demonstrates how, in the age of artificial intelligence, hands-on and human-centered professions offer incredible opportunities for business creation and scale-up for all emlyon students. The intelligence of the hand is not artificial!
More than one hundred emlyon students and alumni have already completed a CAP qualification with L’atelier des Chefs during their academic or professional journey.
“I prepared a CAP in culinary arts during my studies at emlyon. It was valued by recruiters during my interviews and is useful today, as it helps me better understand operational challenges in my role as HR Director for a restaurant group.” — Alix
“I completed and obtained my CAP at the end of my emlyon studies with L’atelier des Chefs. Above all, it was a personal challenge, a desire to deepen one of my passions and to learn something hands-on.” — Emilie