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How to Become a Food Influencer
Spend your days creating content and sharing it with your online audience as a foodie influencer. Here’s how to get started.
October 25, 2023
How to Organize Your Home Kitchen Like a Professional Chef
To set up a home kitchen like a professional chef, efficiency and organization are key.
October 20, 2023
Kitchen Incubators: What They Are & Why You Might Use One
Kitchen incubators can be a way for small food businesses to access commercial kitchen equipment and business advice in one location.
October 19, 2023
How to Calculate Food Cost Percentage
Learn how to calculate food cost percentage, and find out how this vital performance indicator can help contribute to the success of your business.
October 18, 2023
Inside a Chef’s Mind: The Process Behind Creating New Dishes
Discover how to create new dishes, with insights from a professional chef into the techniques, process, and mindset that can contribute to culinary innovation!
October 17, 2023
How to Negotiate with Food Vendors
Explore how to negotiate with vendors, including researching your options, using your leverage, and requesting terms that can benefit your business.
October 6, 2023
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.
Take the Culinary Career Survey
Editor’s Choice
FAFSA® for Culinary School: A Step-By-Step 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.
Get Our How to Start a Food Truck Guide
Education
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.
April 17, 2024
Food Trucks in Austin: The Story of How Mobile Cuisine Took Over the Capital
Explore the evolution of food trucks in Austin, Texas, from humble beginnings to a cultural phenomenon.
March 26, 2024
How International Students Can Get a US-based Culinary Education
Want to study culinary arts in the U.S. but can’t get here? Our guide can tell you how international students can study culinary arts online at Escoffier.
March 25, 2024
Careers
Culinary & Pastry Careers
Hospitality Careers
Health & Wellness Careers
Food Entrepreneurship
Success Stories
“See as Much as You Can”: Chef Instructor Gregory Bonath’s Lifelong Embrace of Curiosity
With the support of family and mentors, Chef Gregory left his small town behind and embarked on a unique culinary career that has culminated at Escoffier.
April 26, 2024
How to Price a Menu to Improve Profitability for Your Restaurant
Elevate your restaurant's success! Learn how to set profitable menu prices with smart strategies that could increase your bottom line.
April 3, 2024
How Restaurants Can Get Involved in Their Community
Restaurants are often vital parts of their communities. Explore some strategies restaurants can use to give back to the communities that support them.
March 22, 2024
Food Culture
Fiesta Flavors: Spicing Up Cinco de Mayo Celebrations
At Escoffier, we love a good party, and Cinco de Mayo probably ranks as one of the best! In the United States, we celebrate the day with dance, song, and, of course.... food!
April 25, 2024
Winning Recipes: Trotting Through the Kentucky Derby Kitchen
Escoffier is running for the roses with five delicious derby-themed recipes. Chef Instructor Luke Shaffer has compiled a time-tested classic menu from the starting gate to the finish line.
April 24, 2024
Functional Foods & Superfoods: Everything You Need to Know
Confused about functional foods & superfoods? Debunk misconceptions, learn what they really can do, and elevate your eating habits for better health.
April 23, 2024
