Culinary arts students participate in competitions to enhance their ability to work under pressure and to expose them to the challenges they will face in the real world of culinary arts. Many types of competitions make their way into the lives of students; some compete to create the best meal using surprise ingredients while others, like those in the story below, get to show off their candy … [Read more...]
Student Wins Scholarship to Culinary Arts College
May 3, 2012 - By Leave a Comment
Culinary arts school competitions offer students in college the chance to test their skills in real time. In front of a panel of judges, students are ranked based on their understanding of cooking skills – from basic knifing techniques and use of ingredients to the fragrance and presentation of the finished product. But as one high school student found out recently, you don’t always need a few … [Read more...]
AZ Cooking Program Moves to New School
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Students in an Arizona professional cooking program will soon be asked to transfer their studies to another college in the area. The culinary arts program at Mesa Community College experienced significant challenges when it came to class locations and facilities, but the school chose to resolve this issue by transferring the program to another local college. In a win-win for students and … [Read more...]
San Fran Culinary Art Program Limited by Budget Cuts
April 27, 2012 - By Leave a Comment
An article from the San Francisco Chronicle this week is calling on alumni and restaurant owners to help save the culinary arts program at an area college. The school is facing a major budget cut that could result in losing an important part of the culinary art program’s curriculum: real time training in the school’s cafeteria. The cuts will cost the school less than 25% of the overall … [Read more...]
Culinary Art Students Take on Secret Ingredient
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Culinary art students learn a great deal about the pressure and challenges of a real commercial kitchen through culinary art competitions like the Iron Chef competition hosted by Atlantic Cape Community College’s Academy of Culinary Arts. And it’s about much more than knowing how to cook – competitions require months of advanced planning, often involve at least one surprise element for … [Read more...]
Culinary Art School Plans New Facility
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While culinary art classes focus primarily on the details of the art, teaching students about nutrition, seasoning, and knife handling, it is still important that students be exposed to equipment they will find in a commercial kitchen. HGTC is one school that is upping the ante on their student’s resources by building a new culinary art facility this year. The new building should bring students … [Read more...]
Culinary Art Class Hosts Extravaganza
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A culinary arts class in a high school near Galveston, Texas is proving that you don’t have to wait to go to cooking college to compete with skilled chefs. According to The Daily News, students from the school will take part in a cooking event that blends student cuisine with that of professional chefs: LEAGUE CITY — The age-old excuse “The dog ate my homework” doesn’t get much play … [Read more...]
Cooking School Returns to Virginia
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A cooking school program returned to a Virginia college this year. As more people begin to take on training in subjects for which they are passionate, schools like Blue Ridge Technical Center are opening doors once again to culinary art students and food aficionados who want to learn more about their favorite pastime. “After canceling the program for two years, the Blue Ridge Technical … [Read more...]
New Cooking Schools Speak of Interest in Culinary Arts
April 12, 2012 - By Leave a Comment
As more people decide to choose a career for which they can be passionate, culinary art schools catch the eye of many. Whether individuals want to go into restaurant management, hospitality, or become a chef – cooking schools can help prepare you for a variety of culinary art occupations. This may be one of the reasons that new cooking schools seem to be opening up all over the place: It … [Read more...]
Cooking Classes from Cookery School Live
April 11, 2012 - By Leave a Comment
Cooking classes can take place in a higher education institute, where students learn to skills of their trade day-in and day-out. But for those who are still on the fence about what school to attend or undecided if cooking school is the right choice for their future, cooking classes that are informal can help make a decision. Cookery School Live is one of the companies that offers the latter to … [Read more...]
