Top Culinary Arts Schools

When it comes to the selection of top culinary arts schools, there are several factors that lead to the right decision. Normally, the culinary art schools have four major culinary courses, namely, general culinary arts, baking and pastry arts, restaurant and/or hospitality management, and Le Cordon Bleu. Each school is likely to concentrate in one or two of the above four courses, while a handful of top culinary art schools offer programs in all these subjects. The assessment of such schools is not an easy job and the recommendations about these kinds of schools vary from website to website. Some of them offer the list of schools in each region without any bias, while others have their own method of selecting the best culinary arts schools. As such, a partial list of the standard schools in the United States accepted as top culinary arts schools providing on campus programs are presented here.

Our Top 10

1. California Culinary Academy in San Francisco, California offers courses in culinary arts and restaurant/hospitality management.
2. California School of Culinary Arts in Pasadena, California with campus course in culinary arts.
3. Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago, Illinois in Chicago provides campus courses in culinary arts and Le Cordon Bleu.
4. Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Minneapolis, Minnesota also presents campus courses in culinary arts and Le Cordon Bleu.
5. Scottsdale Culinary Institute in Scottsdale, Arizona is another school offering the above two courses.
6. Texas Culinary Academy in Austin, Texas is also a similar school with same programs.
7. Western Culinary Institute in Portland, Oregon provides courses in culinary arts and restaurant/hospitality management.
8. Orlando Culinary Academy in Orlando, Florida presents the same type of courses.
9. Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Las Vegas, Nevada offers courses in culinary arts and Le Cordon Bleu.
10. Bradford Hall Career Institute in Springfield, Massachusetts

Other Culinary Arts Schools

11-15. Culinary Academy of Long Island in Westbury, New York, The Art Institute of Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona, Salter College in Worcester, Massachusetts, The Art Institute of California in San Diego, California, and The Art Institute of Seattle in Seattle, Washington offer exclusive campus courses in culinary arts.

16-27. The other top Culinary Arts schools providing the same culinary arts courses in the United States are The Art Institute of California in Santa Monica, in Santa Ana, and in San Francisco, The Art Institute of Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina, The Art Institute of Texas in Dallas, Texas, The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale in Fort Lauderdale in Florida, The Art Institute of Las Vegas, Nevada, The Art Institute of New York City in New York, The Art Institute of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Art Institute of Pittsburg in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, The Art Institute of Tampa in Tampa, Florida, and the Art Institute of Vancouver in Burnaby, British Columbia.

28-32. Lacole Culinaire in St. Louis, Missouri, Kaiser University - Center for Culinary Arts in Melbourne, Florida, in Sarasota, Florida, and in Tallahassee in Florida, and the Art Institute of Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana are among the other schools in US that concentrate exclusive in providing on-campus education in culinary arts. You can choose the top culinary art schools that are near your residence and find out the level of education offered by them before deciding to join the culinary arts school that suits you best.

Choosing one of the Top Culinary Arts Schools