The One Skill Every High-Earning Chef Has (It's Not What You Think)
Discover the skill that high-earning chefs can use to lead kitchens, boost income, and enhance their culinary careers.
Fast-Casual Restaurants: Do They Need Culinary School Graduates?
Explore how culinary grads fit into the fast-casual industry, and why skills like leadership and creativity can often give them an edge.
Food Network Can Make It Look Easy: The Truth About Food Media Careers
Thinking about a food media career? Explore what it really takes—from skills and storytelling to hustle, resilience, and growing your voice.
How You Can Get Your First Job in a Professional Kitchen
Learn how to land your first professional kitchen job with entry-level salary data, essential skills, interview tips, and career advancement strategies.
Canadian Dining Trends 2025: How Canadians Are Eating, Spending, and Ordering Food
Explore trends showing how Canadians eat, spend, tip, and order food with insights for journalists and culinary professionals.
The Modern Sommelier: How Wine Experts Are Breaking Barriers and Making Wine More Approachable
Wine culture is getting a glow-up. See how a new wave of sommeliers is ditching the rules and making wine more about joy, flavor, and community.
The Geography of Chef Pay: How Location Shapes Culinary Salaries
See how chef pay varies by state, city, and cost of living. Learn where salaries stretch furthest, and how to negotiate your next culinary job offer.
What's Your Ideal Culinary Career? Take Our Survey!
We’ve compiled a checklist of all of the essential questions into one handy tool: career options, culinary interest surveys, educational opportunities, and more.
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FAFSA® for Culinary School: The Essential Guide
Use this FAFSA® application guide to help you get started and speed up the process of securing financial aid for culinary school.
Escoffier 101: Everything You Need to Know About Culinary School
All the answers you need about culinary school at Escoffier. What you could study, how to finance it, and what sets us apart from other culinary programs.
The Essential Guide to Culinary School Scholarships
Tons of resources for culinary school scholarships to fund your education and make your dreams a reality. Options for people from all backgrounds.
Yes, Online Culinary School Works.† Here’s How.
With online culinary school from Escoffier, you can get professional-level training from your own kitchen while juggling family, work, and more.
How to Start a Food Truck: A Step-By-Step Guide
Launching a food truck business can be a rewarding and flexible career option! In our guide, explore what you might need to start: from licenses and permits to marketing strategies.
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Education
Fast-Casual Restaurants: Do They Need Culinary School Graduates?
Explore how culinary grads fit into the fast-casual industry, and why skills like leadership and creativity can often give them an edge.
Why Online Culinary School Works for Canadian Students (Even in Remote Areas)
Dreaming of culinary school? Here’s how Canadians can train from their own kitchens, with real chefs, and no big-city move required.
Why Older Students Should Consider Culinary School
Think you’re too established for a new career? Research says otherwise. See why culinary school can work at any age.
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Food Network Can Make It Look Easy: The Truth About Food Media Careers
Thinking about a food media career? Explore what it really takes—from skills and storytelling to hustle, resilience, and growing your voice.
How You Can Get Your First Job in a Professional Kitchen
Learn how to land your first professional kitchen job with entry-level salary data, essential skills, interview tips, and career advancement strategies.
Why Social Media Skills Are Essential for Culinary Career Success
Discover why social media skills are essential for chefs and managers to build brands, attract diners, and grow culinary careers.
Food Culture
Canadian Dining Trends 2025: How Canadians Are Eating, Spending, and Ordering Food
Explore trends showing how Canadians eat, spend, tip, and order food with insights for journalists and culinary professionals.
The Modern Sommelier: How Wine Experts Are Breaking Barriers and Making Wine More Approachable
Wine culture is getting a glow-up. See how a new wave of sommeliers is ditching the rules and making wine more about joy, flavor, and community.
The Geography of Chef Pay: How Location Shapes Culinary Salaries
See how chef pay varies by state, city, and cost of living. Learn where salaries stretch furthest, and how to negotiate your next culinary job offer.
