Terms of Use

Last Updated: August 12, 2026

Welcome to Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” or “AESCA”). These Terms of Use (these “Terms”) govern access to and use of the website located at www.escoffier.edu as well as any services that we may offer or provide to you through the website (collectively the “Website”).

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not access or use the Website. To the extent you are a student of AESCA or have some other written agreement with AESCA or its affiliates, you may be bound by different or additional terms (“Other Terms”). To the extent there is no conflict between these Terms and such Other Terms, both these Terms and the Other Terms shall apply. To the extent there is any conflict between these Terms and Other Terms, the Other Terms shall control.

1. Use Of This Website

You may only use the Website, its content, or tools in accordance with these Terms. If you violate these Terms, we can terminate your access to the Website and its content and its tools, and you will no longer be able to use our Website. In addition, violations of these Terms could subject you to civil and/or criminal liability. You agree to the following:

• Tools that we may supply may only be used by individuals visiting the Website.
• You are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information. If you have a password, you may not share it with anyone, and you are solely responsible for any account that you create, even if you have not authorized those uses. You will immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your account or password.
• You cannot post, provide, distribute, store or destroy any material, including content, in violation of applicable law or in breach of our Privacy Policy.
• You cannot do anything that imposes an unreasonable burden or load on the Website.
• You cannot use the Website for any unlawful purpose or in violation of these Terms;
• You cannot attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website, its servers, or any connected systems;
• You cannot interfere with or disrupt the operation of the Website;
• You cannot use any automated means, including bots or scrapers, to access or collect data from the Website without our prior written consent; or
• You cannot reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, or exploit any portion of the Website for any commercial purpose without our express written permission.
• You cannot violate or attempt to violate the security of the Website, including the use of probes, scans or tests of vulnerabilities unless we authorize you to do so.
• You cannot forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of any other header information.
• You cannot reverse engineer or decompile any parts of the Website or its content or its tools.
• You cannot navigate or search the Website using tools other than the ones that we make available to you or have otherwise approved, though you may use standard web browsers.
• You cannot use any data mining, robots, scrapers, or similar data gathering or extraction methods.
• You cannot aggregate, copy or duplicate any content, unless explicitly permitted by these Terms.
• You cannot frame or link to any content, unless explicitly permitted by these Terms.
• You cannot post any content that (includes links to another who) promotes, endorses or assists false or misleading information or illegal or any other activities that violate these Terms.
• You cannot access data or information not intended for you.
• You cannot submit information if it violates the intellectual property rights of others.
• You cannot delete or alter anything posted by others.
• You cannot harass, incite harassment or advocate harassment of any group, company, or individual.
• You cannot send unsolicited mail or email, “junk mail,” “chain letters,” or unsolicited mass mailing, “spamming,” or “phishing,” or make unsolicited phone calls or send unsolicited texts, tweets or faxes promoting and/or advertising products or services to any user of the Website.
• You cannot use our Website for any unlawful purpose or any illegal activity.
• You cannot post or submit any content, resume, or job ad that is defamatory, libelous, offensive, vulgar, obscene, threatening, abusive, hateful, racist, discriminatory, menacing, of a sexual nature, or likely to cause annoyance, inconvenience, embarrassment, violence, or anxiety or could cause harassment to any person or include any links to pornographic, indecent or sexually explicit material of any kind, nor can you link to any items that facilitate any of the foregoing.
• You cannot provide or link to material that exploits people under the age of 18 in a sexual, violent or other manner, or solicits personal information from anyone under 18.
• You cannot provide instructional information about illegal activities or other activities prohibited by these Terms, including making or buying illegal weapons.
• You must be 13 years of age or older to use the Website, and, if you are over 13 and under 18, you cannot use the Website without the supervision of a parent or legal guardian.

2. No Investment, Legal, or Financial Advice

The Website is provided for general informational purposes only and does not constitute, and shall not be construed as, an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security, investment product, or business managed or sponsored by the Company or its affiliates, in any jurisdiction. Nothing on the Website is, or should be relied upon as, a recommendation, invitation, or inducement to engage in any investment activity, and no such offer or solicitation will be made except pursuant to definitive offering or subscription documents, which would contain material information not included on the Website.

Nothing on the Website constitutes investment, legal, tax, accounting, or financial advice, and nothing on the Website is intended to form the basis of any investment decision. The Website is not directed at, and should not be relied upon by, any person in any jurisdiction where such reliance would be contrary to applicable law or regulation. You should consult your own professional advisors before making any decisions based on information found on the Website.

3. Intellectual Property

All content on the Website, including text, graphics, logos, images, and the compilation and arrangement thereof (collectively, the “Content”), is the property of the Company and its affiliates, or its licensors, and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, publicly display, or create derivative works from any Content without our prior written consent. You may view and print pages from the Website for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices included with such pages.

You should not send us your creative suggestions, ideas, drawings, concepts, inventions, or other information (“Your Ideas“), but if you do, we may use Your Ideas that you submit to us without liability to you.

Identification of Agent to Receive Notification and Elements of Notification of Claimed Copyright or Trademark Infringement

If you believe that your copyrighted work or trademark has been uploaded, posted or copied to the Website and is accessible in a way that constitutes infringement against your rights, please contact us at: [email protected]

or by regular mail at:

Auguste Escoffier Global Solutions, LLC
150 N. Martingale Rd.
Suite 300
Schaumburg, IL. 60173
Attn: Compliance

Policy Regarding Termination of Users Who Infringe the Copyright or Other Intellectual Property

We require that our users refrain from violating the intellectual property rights of others. You agree not to use the Website to infringe the intellectual property rights of any other person, and we reserve the right to terminate your account if you do. If, however, you believe in good faith that a notice of copyright infringement has been wrongly filed against you, please contact us as provided above.

4. Trademarks

The Company’s name, logo, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of the Company or its affiliates. You may not use these marks without our prior written permission. All other names, logos, and marks appearing on the Website are the property of their respective owners.

5. No Warranties

THE SITE AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-
INFRINGEMENT, OR ACCURACY. THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT ANY INFORMATION ON THE SITE IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR CURRENT.

6. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY OR ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE, THE SITE, EVEN IF THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

7. Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us, our affiliates, and our and their officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from (i) any of Your Content or other material you provide to us, (ii) your use of the Website, its content, our tools, or our Services, or (iii) your breach of these Terms.

8. Class Action Waiver

As a condition for your ability to use or access the Website, you agree not to sue us as a class plaintiff or class representative, join a class action as a class member, or participate in a class- action lawsuit brought against us relating to your use of or access to the Website, its content, our tools or our Services. If you are a job seeker, you acknowledge that your use of the Website is at no charge to you, and you further acknowledge that part of the price you are paying us to use the
Website is your acceptance of this class action waiver. Nothing in this paragraph, however, limits your right to bring a lawsuit as an individual plaintiff.

9. Links to Other Websites

The Website may contain links to other websites operated by the Company and/or its affiliates, including websites of the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts, Culinary Institute of Barcelona, Auguste Escoffier Global Solutions and Gecko Hospitality. Such websites, your access thereto and your use thereof is governed by the separate terms of use and policies of such websites,
which terms of use and policies may differ materially from the Terms and policies of the Website.

The Website may contain links to third-party websites that are not owned or controlled by the Company. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, or practices of any third-party websites. Your use of any linked third-party website is at your own risk and subject to the terms and policies of that website.

10. Privacy

Your use of the Website is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. Please review our Privacy Policy to understand our practices regarding the collection and use of information.

11. Geographic Restrictions

The Company is based in the United States. We make no claims that the Website or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Website may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Website from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local
laws.

12. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these Terms at any time by updating this page. Your continued use of the Website after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. We encourage you to review these Terms periodically so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

13. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or related to the Website shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Jurisdiction for any claims arising under this agreement shall lie exclusively with the state or federal courts within Cook County, Illinois. If any provision of these Terms are found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms, which shall remain in full force and effect.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us via the contact request page included in the Website or at [email protected].