She has not yet had time to present her tricolor medal to her 100,000 subscribers on TikTok. “Léna the butcher” has left her account a little while she prepares for her competition. Which was successful for her, since last month, the 19-year-old Lorraine won the title of best apprentice in France in the delicatessen and catering category.
“There were twenty of us in the final, and only three women who had to make a lemon ginger galantine, a land and sea dessert and then a raspberry chocolate tart,” explains the young woman from Nomeny (Meurthe-et-Moselle). Her tutor, Alain George, admits to not having helped her technically during her preparation and recognizes that she is gifted in her field.
Her creativity paid off, even though she started with raw meat. “After a two-year butchery CAP, I realized that I wanted to do something other than cutting meat so I branched off into charcuterie. »
Léna Perrin-Manginois also knows how to stand out through her presence on social networks, to “demonstrate that learning is not a sidetrack. » On her TikTok account, she shares behind the scenes of her job, such as deboning a beef leg. She, a slim young woman, wants to emphasize the fact that butchery practice is not just reserved for men “and to dismantle preconceptions. »
This video has been viewed more than 900,000 times. And yet, she calls herself a flexitarian
(flexitarians are vegetarians at heart who allow themselves occasional consumption of animal flesh). “At work, I have to taste everything, but when I’m at home, I pay attention to my meat consumption,” she concludes.