Your Journey Starts Here
Becoming a "Homespitality™ Luminary"
A Homespitality™ Luminary is a discerning host who has demonstrated full embodiment of the six essential qualities of refined homespitality™.
Mastery of Craft
- Achieve the "Homespitality™ Luminary" credential by completing our online course and passing the final examination on food, wine, and hospitality techniques. The exam requires an 80% passing score (unlimited number of attempts allowed), setting a meaningfully higher standard than what is typically found in commercial dining today.
Homespitality™ Pledge
- A commitment to the timeless principle articulated by Fernand Point: “To receive a guest is to assume responsibility for their happiness for the entire time they remain under your roof.” The pledge is completed online as part of gaining access to the course and exam.
Optional: A Personal Touch
- The presentation of a homespitality project sample and menu of one’s own creation, reflecting individual taste, creativity, and care.
what we have to offer
- Live coaching at Le Ciel Bleu in Fernandina Beach, Florida — where you’ll experience real homespitality™ in action, exactly as described on our Coaching page.
- The Homespitality™ Luminary credential is an online program designed to deepen your knowledge and elevate your reputation as a refined host. As a Homespitality™ Luminary, you’ll gain exclusive access to preferential pricing and specially curated supplier packages tailored to your needs. You will also receive official credentials to proudly display, ranging from the automated certificate awarded upon successful completion of the online exam to elegant options such as a personalized bronze plaque and other refined display pieces.
- Retreats and consulting for individuals who want to master the art of hosting, and for hospitality professionals at clubs and high-end restaurants seeking to raise their standard of service.
THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE GUIDE
The Professional Service Guide - authored by your host is the most comprehensive work on dining hospitality in English. Spanning three volumes, over 800 pages, and nearly 1,000 illustrations of culinary arts, wine service, etiquette, and management techniques.
FROM THE Federation of dining room professionals (FDRP) TO YOUR HOME
Your host and founder of Homespitality is a hospitality professional since 1977 in France and the United States - holds a three-year Culinary Degree from Burgundy.
From Paris to New York and many other cities he served dignitaries and fashion icons at private Dior runway dinners, taught at the French Culinary Institute in Manhattan, the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Par, NY, and founded the Federation of Dining Room Professionals (FDRP).
He worked with French Maître Cuisinier de France, U.S. Certified Master Chefs and Maître Rotisseur de France.