St. Louis, Missouri Cooking and Culinary Schools
Degree Programs: Culinary Management, Culinary Arts, Baking, Pastry, Restaurant Management, Catering Management, Food & Beverage Management...
Surrounding Areas: East St. Louis, Fairview Heights, Centreville, Cahokia, Lemay, Crestwood, Madison, Venice, Brentwood, Kirkwood ...
Surrounding ZIP Codes: 63101, 63103, 63106, 63115, 63120, 63125, 63129, 63135, 63143, 63147, 63155...
St. Louis, Missouri, is known as the Gateway to the West, and its towering 630-feet arch aptly symbolizes the country's westward expansion. Home to highly diverse cultural and tourist attractions, St. Louis welcomes visitors to places such as Missouri Botanical Gardens, Six Flags St. Louis, and the Riverfront Trail. St. Louis is home to Major League Baseball's Cardinals as well as the National Football League's Rams, making it a fantastic sports town. Budding chefs will find no shortage of opportunities to hone their craft. St. Louis offers a number of top-notch institutions to study the culinary arts, including L'Ecole Culinaire, Dierbergs School of Cooking, and the Kitchen Conservatory. The culinary-minded will also be happy to know that St. Louis is forecasted to see an increase of 19% in opportunities for chefs through 2012.
The city prides itself on its array of restaurants representing dozens of ethnicities and cuisines and showcases some of these establishments annually during the Taste of St. Louis, a two-day festival that provides the public a sampling of foods from a number of different restaurants. St. Louis is also immensely proud of its famous and not-so famous unique fare. Famous as the home to Anheuser-Busch, St. Louisans also enjoy items such as gooey butter coffee cake, pork steak, fried brain sandwiches, and toasted ravioli.
