| Culinary schools teach the fine art of cooking. | | | | traditional cooking, and encourage innovation and |
| Cooking is no longer considered to be just simple | | | | novelty. They generally have small |
| cooking. It involves a lot of expertise and | | | | teacher-student ratios. One way to judge the |
| innovation. With the food industry growing at | | | | quality of a culinary school is to take at look at its |
| spectacular rates, there is a lot of demand for | | | | alumni and where they are placed. These people |
| good cooks. This is the reason most people are | | | | can also provide their own critique of the various |
| taking up the culinary arts as a serious career | | | | schools. Another way to judge is to see the |
| option. There are now hundreds of culinary | | | | accreditations that school has. |
| schools that teach not just basic cooking but also | | | | There are many rankings and ratings provided to |
| specialties like pastry preparation, wine classes, | | | | culinary schools by Princeton Review or US News |
| knife skills, desserts, baking, holiday foods, healthy | | | | or World Report. Some of the best culinary |
| foods, regional cooking, style cooking, sauces, | | | | schools across the world are: The Culinary |
| chocolates, safety and sanitation, cost | | | | Institute of America, Texas Culinary Academy, |
| management, food handling and identification, food | | | | Sullivan University, New England Culinary Institute, |
| and nutrition, special cuisines, and more. | | | | Liaison College, The Art Institutes, Johnson and |
| Culinary schools offer a lot of courses: executive | | | | Wales University, Le Cordon Bleu, the French |
| chef, sous-chef, saucier, garde manager, pastry | | | | Culinary Institute, Western Culinary Institute, and |
| chef, sommelier and more. The courses are | | | | several others. |
| based on the level of expertise: level 1 for basic | | | | Information about top culinary schools and their |
| introduction, level 2 for more experienced cooks | | | | programs can be obtained by visiting the school |
| and level 3 for professional cooking. | | | | or requesting a brochure. The internet will help |
| The best culinary schools not only offer | | | | you locate a top culinary school in your area; |
| certifications that are respected worldwide, but | | | | there are several websites that provide |
| also the finest facilities and instructors, food | | | | information. The schools also have their own |
| service operations, job placement assistance, | | | | websites that advertise their latest courses and |
| good credentials, teaching by experts, hands-on | | | | offers. |
| teaching, and so on. They teach fundamental and | | | | |