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Culinary Arts school?
I am a highschool student who is looking into being a chef for a career. I know you must attend a culinary arts based school, but how do they know if your qualified to join there school? I've looked at many websites and it seems they don't have any requirements. I would also like to get my Culinary Arts Bachelor's degree. Does anyone know off hand any colleges that have a culinary curriculm? thanks.
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i woudl say
1. check for any skills centers around where you live. for instance i go to a skills center for nursing. but i also thought i might want to do culinary insted. they provide both. my high school pays for me to attend there.
2. call a cummunity college.. ask to talk to one of the counsilers about their culinary programs and what intitutes accept their credits.
3. if you wanna shoot right into some really well known culinary instatute. id think you better be ready for some pretty hardcore stuff. so you should talk to your school counsilers/ career center, about where you might want to go
anyways i hope that gives you some options to try.
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Shoot for the best. Culinary Institute of America, in Hyde Park, NY. They have Associates and Bachelors programs in culinary arts, and if you've got the CIA on your resume you can pretty much write your own ticket. (Plus there's the cool factor of being able to say "I was trained by the CIA".)
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I live in North Carolina and at one point wanted to pursue a cooking career and a restaurant management career so I looked into this a lot. I'm a senior and I've taken all of the foods and nutrition courses offered at my school. I also made sure to get myself Serv Safe Certified so if you are not then you may want to look into that. It would look VERY good to any culinary colleges. They really don't know that you're qualified so I guess it's a really good question. Other than looking at grades I'm sure they ask why you want to go to their school and questions like that to determine whether or not you belong.
Being from NC I would reccommend going to the Art Institute of Charlotte. I have also looked into attending Johnson and Wales University. It was originally an all woman college but now accepts those of both genders. They have an AMAZING culinary arts program. My favorite thing about J&WU is that you can take all of your core classes your freshman year and then jump right into all the classes you need for your major. It's a really fun learning enviornment and there are a lot of hands on activities.
I would check them out if I were you. They are a private school and rather expensive but you hardly ever have to pay the entire cost. They offer so many scholarships and grants, it's amazing. Here is the link to their culinary school.
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Most culinary arts schools require a High School diploma, and sometimes have you take a short exam, but the only real requirement is that you are absolutely passionate about cooking and becoming a chef. Tuition is expensive, but financial aid (loans) is available. I would recommend going to a reputable Culinary Arts school...Le Cordon Bleu is very good, and is tied to the academy in France. There are different schools across the country. I think they also offer an Associate's degree. If you want a BA, then you can try researching the Art Institute, I think they have a culinary arts program. But to become a chef, you don't need a BA..only certified completion of a Culinary Arts program at a top culinary institute...and of course lots and lots of talent and passion. Good luck!
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