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Discovering Babka
In recent years, babka has undergone a huge increase in popularity and become more widely available in the U.S.
The Rise of Brunch
Restaurant owners and chefs have discovered that there is a significant payoff to putting their finest work into brunch.
Tips For Chefs On Choosing The Right Ingredients
For chefs, ingredients are an important tool and one of the defining characteristics of a meal. Here is how to choose the best ingredients every time.
The Basics of Sushi Etiquette
Here are some etiquette tips to keep in mind when you are visiting a sushi bar.
The Ultimate Chocolate Cakes
For all our chocolate cake lovers out there, you know just how special this particular pastry is. Rich, moist and...
Making Fresh Pasta
Use the tips below to begin experimenting and developing your own preferred technique for making pasta.
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: 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.
Get Our How to Start a Food Truck Guide
Education
What to Know Before Enrolling in Culinary School
Thinking about culinary school? Learn what to expect from programs, costs, timelines, and enrollment at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts.
Culinary School for Home Cooks: Making the Leap from Amateur to Professional
Curious about taking your home cooking to the next level? Learn about the key skills, mindset, and training that turn passion into a professional career.
Start the New Year Right: Why January Is the Perfect Time to Begin Culinary School
Considering a career change to culinary arts? See why January can be ideal for starting culinary school and how you could set yourself up for success.
Careers
Culinary & Pastry Careers
Hospitality Careers
Health & Wellness Careers
Food Entrepreneurship
Success Stories
Culinary Careers for the Health-Conscious: Nutrition and Wellness Roles
Explore six culinary careers blending nutrition and cooking skills, from health coaching to private chefs. Find salary data and next steps.
The Power of Saying Yes: Chef Marion Lancial’s Journey Across Three Countries
Chef Marion Lancial changed careers every year until she found pastry. Now she's a head chef in Belfast who baked for royalty. Her secret? Say yes first, figure it out later.
Why Earn a Degree in Food Entrepreneurship?
Want to start a food truck or restaurant? Find out why culinary skills alone aren't enough and how business education can help you achieve success.
Food Culture
AI & Cooking: 6 Chef Skills AI May Never Replicate
AI is transforming kitchens, but it can't replace chefs. Discover six human skills that make culinary careers future-proof.
The Science of Cooking: What Every Chef Should Understand about Chemistry
Think cooking is all art? Think again. Discover the chemistry behind every seared steak, emulsified sauce, and risen loaf that separates good chefs from great ones.
Risotto Made Simple: Tips to Make Creamy Risotto
From rice choice to stirring rhythm, learn the secrets to silky, comforting risotto.
