Twelve Ukrainians, aged between 18 and 43, are currently undergoing training at Thierry Marx’s Cuisine Mode d’Emploi(s) school in Toulouse, with a clear objective: to rebuild their future and themselves.
Among them are Denys, a former soldier captured and tortured by the Russians, and Tetiana, a mother evacuated from Marioupol with her daughter, who has already opened two cafés in Ukraine. These apprentices, whose backgrounds have been scarred by the war, are now training as cooks and bakers to help rebuild their communities.
This initiative, supported by the NGO Stand With Ukraine, is part of a wider project: the opening of a restaurant in Dnipro, ‘La Cantine de Marioupol ’, at the heart of a centre for temporarily displaced Ukrainians.
Read the full article in Ouest France.
