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Gulf Coast enjoys an student foreign exchange program with our sister-college in Biarritz, France. Each year one or two of our students have the opportunity to travel to and work for six weeks in Biarritz, France at our sister campus, the Lycée Hotelier de Biarritz. Biarritz is located at the southwestern tip of France, on the Atlantic Ocean, 11 kilometers north of Spain.

The Lycée is a well-regarded hospitality and culinary school in France where students train, learn and work for several years in the areas of the cuisine, dining room and beverage operations, hotel and hospitality operations and management. Now in its sixth year, the exchange program offers a wonderful chance of a lifetime experience, allowing students to visit and work with Michelin star-rated French chefs in respected restaurants and health spas. The French students who join us each summer live in area homes and work at a variety of local restaurants and hotels.

American exchange students work in one of several fine dining restaurants, and in the 

health spa of Serge Blanco, the famous French rugby star. View the Serge Blanco site here, 

http://www.thalassoblanco.com/animthalasso.html 

 
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Click here to view our online PowerPoint presentation of the French exchange.