About: The Culinary Institute of America gives you all the ingredients you need to launch a successful career in the foodservice industry. Our students not only learn how to tantalize the taste buds, but how to think creatively, problem-solve, and manage others. Learn from experienced faculty in our outstanding facilities, featuring 41 professional kitchens and bakeshops. Whether working in foodservice, research and development, at magazines, or on television, our graduates are realizing their dreams. Earn your bachelor's or associate degree in either culinary arts or baking and pastry arts from the world's premier culinary college, and prepare to be a leader in the food world. Request Information

About: The Italian Culinary Academy, located at The International Culinary Center in New York City, offers aspiring Italian cooks at all levels the most well-rounded and authentic Italian culinary training available anywhere. Designed and overseen by acclaimed author, restaurant owner and master chef Cesare Casella, our programs offer a variety of exhilarating courses and convenient schedules--including an exciting option to train in New York and Italy. Request Information

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About: Institute of Culinary Education in N.Y. features an in-depth curriculum in Culinary Arts, Pastry & Baking, and Culinary Management. Study a variety of regional and international cuisines in small classes with distinguished chefs in 12 professional kitchens. Attentive career placement services have ignited many award-winning careers. Joint-diploma programs offer two diplomas in less than 11 months. Morning, afternoon, evening, and weekend classes are available. Externships at critically-acclaimed restaurants, hotels, pastry or catering facilities include: Union Square Caf¿, Le Bernadin, Gramercy Tavern, Daniel, Mesa Grill, and Nobu. Students outside of N.Y. take advantage of international connections to get into the best kitchens. In the heart of America's culinary capital, N.Y. City boasts a concentration of fine restaurants, cutting edge cuisine, food media and culinary energy that exists nowhere else in the world. Request Information

About: Culinary Academy of Long Island, Inc. is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools/Colleges of Technology as a vocational school for training in the exciting Culinary Arts field.The school prides itself on the warm, friendly relationship between the student body, the faculty and the administrative staff. The staff is available to all members of the student body for discussions about employment opportunities, continued education and help in meeting personal problems related to education. Our licensed teaching staff is comprised of professionals who relate program material to how it is in the real world of food service. Our performance-based training emphasizes the skills you will need in the real world of work. You learn from professionals with years of work experience. You train in facilities and with equipment similar to what you will find on the job. And you are graded according to how well you can actually do what you have learned. The Culinary Academy of Long Island accepts inquiries from the New York and Long Island areas only. Request Information

About: The French Culinary Institute prepares students for exhilarating careers in the culinary arts using their Total ImmersionSM training system that emphasizes technique training in small, intense hands-on classes. Students can be on their way to a new career in just six months (or nine, if one trains at night), and gain lots of real-world practice cooking at the French Culinary Institute's on-site restaurant, L'Ecole. In addition to career programs, the French Culinary Institute offers amateur cooking classes and continuing education courses in food writing, wine, and restauranteuring. Request Information

About: The Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health prepares students for a wide range of careers related to the role of food in society, culture, health, and commerce. The department's innovative mission is to educate students, professionals, and the public about the role of food and nutrition in all aspects of life. Department programs apply and integrate this information through undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degree programs in four distinct but related areas of study: Nutrition and Dietetics, Food and Restaurant Management, the new field of Food Studies (with concentrations in Food Culture and Food Systems) , and Community Public Health (with a concentration in public health nutrition). Study abroad, kitchen lab, and extensive applied fieldwork and internship opportunities throughout New York City. Request Information

About: With the growing awareness of the effect that food has on health and well-being, there is a great demand for culinary professionals who can prepare food that is not only beautiful and delicious, but health supportive as well. Our comprehensive Chef¿s Training Program, the only one of its kind, offers preparation for careers in health spas and restaurants, bakeries, private cooking, catering, teaching, consulting, food writing and a variety of entrepreneurial pursuits. The Chef's Training Program is licensed by the New York State Department of Education and accredited by ACCET. It is offered on both a full-time and part-time basis. The focus of this 619 hour program is mostly vegetarian, and also provides instruction in fish and organic poultry. Our meals are high in fiber and complex carbohydrates, and contain no white sugar and minimal amounts of dairy products. Request Information