cooking schools?

Answer 1

Alabama
• The Gulf Coast Culinary Institute - Gulf Shores

Arizona
• The Art Institute of Phoenix - Phoenix
• Scottsdale Culinary Institute - Scottsdale

California
• The Art Institute of California - Santa Monica
• The Art Institute of California - Anaheim
• The Art Institute of California - San Diego
• California Culinary Academy - San Francisco
• California School of Culinary Arts - Pasadena
• Kitchen Academy - Hollywood
• Professional Culinary Institute - Campbell
• Quality College of Culinary Careers - Fresno
• Bauman College: Holistic Nutrition and Culinary Arts - Berkeley, Penngrove, Santa Cruz
• California Premier Culinary School - Los Angeles
• Institute of Technology - Roseville
• San Diego Culinary Institute - La Mesa
• Sushi Chef Institute - Rolling Hills Estate

Colorado
• The Art Institute of Colorado - Denver
• Westwood College - Denver
• Cook Street School of Fine Cooking - Denver

Connecticut
• Connecticut Culinary Institute - Suffield

Florida
• The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale - Fort Lauderdale
• The Art Institute of Tampa - Tampa
• Capital Culinary Institute of Keiser College - Melbourne, Sarasota, Tallahassee
• Florida Culinary Institute - West Palm Beach
• Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts - Miami
• Orlando Culinary Academy - Orlando

Georgia
• The Art Institute of Atlanta - Atlanta
• Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts - Atlanta

Illinois
• The Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago - Chicago
• The Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago - Chicago
• Kendall College, The School of Culinary Arts - Chicago

Indiana
• International Business College - Fort Wayne
• International Business College - Indianapolis

Louisiana
• Louisiana Culinary Institute - Baton Rouge

Maryland
• Baltimore International College - Baltimore
• L'Academie de Cuisine - Gaithersburg

Michigan
• Grand Rapids Community College, Hospitality Education - Grand Rapids

Massachusetts
• Branford Hall Career Institute - Springfield
• The Salter School - Worcester

Minnesota
• The Art Institutes International Minnesota - Minneapolis
• Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts at Minneapolis-St. Paul - Mendota Heights
• Minneapolis Business College - Roseville

Nevada
• The Art Institute of Las Vegas - Henderson
• Le Cordon Bleu College Of Culinary Arts - Las Vegas

New Hampshire
• Atlantic Culinary Academy - Dover
• Chez Boucher French Cooking School - Greenland

New Jersey
• Gibbs College - Livingston

New York
• The Art Institute of New York City - New York
• Katharine Gibbs School - New York
• The Culinary Institute of America - Hyde Park
• The French Culinary Institute - New York
• The Institute of Culinary Education - New York
• Wood Tobé-Coburn School - New York
• Culinary Institute of America - Hyde Park
• Natural Gourmet Cookery School - New York
• New York University, Steinhardt School - New York
• The New School, Culinary Arts - New York

North Carolina
• The Art Institute of Charlotte - Charlotte
• King's College - Charlotte

Ohio
• Bradford School - Columbus

Oklahoma
• Culinary Institute of Platt College - Oklahoma City

Oregon
• Oregon Culinary Institute - Portland
• Western Culinary Institute - Portland
• Oregon Coast Culinary Institute - Coos Bay

Pennsylvania
• The Art Institute of Philadelphia - Philadelphia
• The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh
• Bradford School - Pittsburgh
• Lehigh Valley College - Center Valley
• Pennsylvania Culinary Institute - Pittsburgh
• The School of Culinary Arts at Yorktowne Business Institute - York

Tennessee
• The Art Institute of Tennessee - Nashville

Texas
• The Art Institute of Dallas - Dallas
• The Art Institute of Houston - Houston
• Texas Culinary Academy - Austin
• Remington College - Fort Worth
• Culinary Academy of Austin - Austin
• Culinary Institute Alain & Marie LeNôtre - Houston

Vermont
• New England Culinary Institute - Montpelier

Virginia
• The Art Institute of Washington - Arlington
• Stratford University - Falls Church

Washington
• The Art Institute of Seattle - Seattle

Canada
• The Art Institute of Vancouver - Vancouver
• Niagara Culinary Institute - Niagara-on-the-lake
• Northwest Culinary Academy of Vancouver - Vancouver

Europe
• Belle Isle School of Cookery - Fermanagh, Ireland

Answer 2

I went to college and then I went to culinary school. I'm glad I did it that for a few reasons. I go to the Art Institute of Washington and it's more of a trade school than a college. I went to a huge public university with a nationally ranked basketball and football school, lived in the dorms, did a lot of normal college things, road trips, huge library, etc. that I haven't seen at all in culinary school. No sports, and no "real clubs", no frats or sororities (i didn't join one, but it's still an experience), no real campus (we're located in the top of a pre existing office building (other Art Institute have different campus styles). So for me, I'm glad I got the "real" college experience. Also class scheduling is much different in culinary school than regular college. Culinary schools are on quarters or block scheduling. The best school is the CIA in NY. It has the best reputation and it's the MIT of culinary schools, I think you need 6 months experience to get in, so maybe do a semester at traditional college, take and English or math and transfer those credits in and work in the industry. I think you should do both, you need both experiences.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

CIA, Cordon Bleu will set you back at least $40,000, best bet is a community college or a state college for your money.

Answer 5

What about 'em? There's the CIA in either NY or CA. Or Johnson & Wales.

Answer 6

Go to the CIA, everybody that graduates from there thinks they know everything...that has to count for something.

Answer 7

Thanks to each and every one of you for the answers.