Culinary schools offer a range of courses and certifications, from basic cooking classes to professional degrees. Reputable schools include Le Cordon Bleu and the Culinary Institute of America, with famous graduates including Julia Child and Anthony Bourdain.
Culinary school is a layman’s term for a cooking school or cooking school. Culinary school can serve a variety of purposes, from cooking classes for children to gaining culinary degrees and certification. The location of a culinary school could be the kitchen of the local parks and recreation department or the kitchens of Le Cordon Bleu, the largest hospitality education training institution in the world. Gaining admission to a culinary school can be as simple as a phone call and a credit card payment, or it may require an application, a well-thought-out letter explaining your motivation for attending the culinary school, and a hefty application fee.
With a focus on culinary schools, there are a variety of courses one can expect to be taught there and a variety of diplomas and certificates one can earn. In most culinary schools, there is either a cooking curriculum and a pastry curriculum or a culinary arts curriculum and a baking and pastry arts curriculum. In some cases, certificates are offered at multiple levels at multiple levels, for example, basic, intermediate, and higher. A certificate in professional cooking may also be offered; in this case, the certificate levels could be Certified Culinary, Certified Chef, and Certified Executive Chef, as they are at the Culinary Institute of America.
Additionally, you can find degree programs including Associates or Associates in Occupational Studies degrees and Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Professional Studies degrees. Fields of study may include baking and pastry, sustainability, wines and beverages, hospitality and restaurant management. Some schools put their culinary education into a hospitality school, with the result being degrees and certificates in related fields such as Food Service Management or Food Store.
There are reputable cooking schools in many different parts of the world. Le Cordon Bleu alone has 29 schools in Paris, France; London, England; Ottawa, Canada; Seoul, Korea; Kobe and Tokyo, Japan; Adelaide and Sydney, Australia; and in the United States. Julia Child was one of its graduates.
Widely known culinary schools in the United States include the Culinary Institute of America, which has locations in New York, California and Texas, and uses the abbreviation CIA, as well as the Central Intelligence Agency. Graduates include Food Network stars Sara Moulton and Michael Chiarello and Iron Chef Cat Cora. Anthony Bourdain, host of several cooking shows including No Reservations, is also a graduate. Johnson & Wales University, from which Food Network chef and restaurateur Emeril Lagasse graduated, has four campuses across the United States.
There are also smaller cooking schools. The New England Culinary Institute in Vermont is a small culinary arts school, but it boasts famous graduates like Alton Brown, who created and hosts the Food Network show, Good Eats. Others include the DCT European Culinary Arts and the Pastry & Chocolate Center in Switzerland.
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