Culinary Program

Find culinary inspiration and helpful career information on topics such as cooking with chocolate, French and Greek cuisine, the life of a Chef, and what to expect in culinary school.

Does your sweet tooth lead you straight to your oven? Read how to avoid the pitfalls of cheese cake, bake creative cookies, use fresh fruits in baking, and more.

Catering and Restaurant Management

If you've ever prepared a Thanksgiving dinner, you know that cooking for a group takes planning and skill. Learn more about the art of catering and restaurant management, including specialized catering such as chocolates or high tea and how to prepare for a restaurant career.

Culinary Schools in the United States

With culinary schools in all 50 states and additional culinary education available online, you don't need to relocate unless you want to. Each state has its own special mixture of culture, cuisine, and locally grown agriculture that inspires the chefs and students who work and live there. If you're passionate about Maine lobster dishes, California cuisine, or any dish or state in between, you'll find a culinary school that is where you are or where you'd like to be.

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Chef School: Homework Never Tasted so Good

By Emily Kerr

If you take classes at a school for chefs, you can learn the theory behind cooking. It's not all just baking and boiling. In hands-on chef classes taught by master chefs in modern, fully equipped kitchens, classes will include intense, practical and comprehensive teaching on cooking technique and the theory behind cooking. You'll learn safe food management techniques, how to choose the freshest, tastiest fruits and vegetables, the cuts of meat, the types of cheese, and how to pair wine with each course.

What's Cooking at Chef School?

Technique classes at chef school will be augmented with hands-on demonstrations from visiting chefs, with discussions on style, creativity and global cuisine, as well as the basics behind questions like, what's charcuterie?

If you're looking for a career and you're in love with food and with cooking, chef school might start you on the road to a new job you'll love. But chef school can also be the recipe for success if you're looking to start a catering business, work in the hospitality industry or simply want to impress your friends with your ability to whip up the perfect souffle. Whether you're working on a degree program in chef school or taking classes for fun, chef school can enhance a career or start one, or just make you the most-loved host or hostess.

Charcuterie, by the way, is a French term for cooked meet, most of the time meaning cooked pork sold by a charcutier, including ham and sausages.