Dining: Culinary: Education: Top 10 Culinary SchoolsTop Ten Best Cooking Schools in U.S. and Canada Named In SurveyLatest Study Among Leading Food Editors, Culinary Writers, and RestaurateursRecently, over one hundred culinary industry leaders were asked to name and rank the best professional cooking schools in the U.S. and Canada. They developed a list of the top 10 best culinary schools and colleges in the US and Canada, according to those culinary experts. In this culinary school research for CookingSchoolsCompared.com, 150 food editors, journalists and restaurateurs were asked to name the best professional American and Canadian culinary schools. The industry study was conducted by TrueComparison.org and included e-mail, web and direct mail responses. “Each respondent could submit only one survey, and we used a list of culinary industry experts so we protected our results from the repeat voting that has occurred in other rankings,” said a spokesperson from market research firm TrueComparison.org. Read more about culinary schools and cooking classes.
The 10 professional cooking schools range in size from the tiny Tante Marie’s Cooking School in San Francisco, to The Culinary Institute of America, one of the world’s largest institutions devoted to culinary education. Canadian schools Ottawa Culinary Arts Institute, affiliated with Le Cordon Blue Paris, and the George Brown Chef School in Ontario, Canada were also named by respondents to the list. About CookingSchoolsCompared.com “While there are many websites that provide a directory of 1400 or so cooking schools in the US and Canada, only CookingSchoolsCompared.com offers real comparison data, including tuition costs, among 40 of the best and largest culinary schools.” said founder Gregg Dearth. U.S. Department of Labor Awards $481,200 Apprenticeship Grant to American Culinary Federation Education FoundationThe U.S. Department of Labor awarded the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation (ACFEF), the educational arm of the American Culinary Federation (ACF), a grant in the amount of $481,200 on August 5 for the ACFEF Apprenticeship Program to advance the growing needs of apprenticeship in the 21st Century. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, chefs, cooks and food-preparation workers held 3.1 million jobs in 2006, and an 11 percent increase is expected in these positions between 2006 and 2016. Continue reading about the Culinary Apprenticeship Grants and the culinary industry today. Chef Salaries Drop for the First Time in Four YearsMore Culinary Schools Information, Resources and Links to Complimentary InformationCooking/Culinary Schools Home Page | Dining Home PageEntertainment Magazine Home Page© 2006-2009. EMOL.org / Entertainment Magazine On Line / AZentertain. All rights reserved. |
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