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5 Tips for Buying and Serving Beer
Beer can be an excellent accompaniment for dishes from ribs to a nice slice of cherry pie.
4 Pieces of Career Advice for Every Young Chef
When you're just starting out in the culinary industry, it's important to rely on others for insight and words of wisdom.
Chef Instructor Spotlight: Chanel Martinez
One of the more recent additions to our chef instructor roster, Chef Chanel Martinez was a welcome addition to our online...
Changing Up The Menu
Restaurants take different approaches to menu-building and some changes are more successful than others.
Should Restaurants Take Reservations?
Restaurants must determine whether the benefits of taking reservations outweigh the drawbacks.
4 Tips for Working at Food Festivals and Other Events
Working at food festivals and farmer's markets is a great way to share your love of food with others.
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
How Much Education Might You Need to Become a Chef?
Do you need professional training as a chef to succeed? Explore the value of chef education and whether it may be right for you.
How to Build a Culinary Portfolio as a High School Student
Build a strong culinary portfolio in high school with free tools and phone photos. Stand out for scholarships, competitions, and your first kitchen job.
How Online Pastry School Works
Discover how Escoffier’s online pastry school works with flexible scheduling, hands-on assignments, live chef sessions, and personalized feedback.
Careers
Culinary & Pastry Careers
Hospitality Careers
Health & Wellness Careers
Food Entrepreneurship
Success Stories
The Difference Between a Professional Cook and a Chef
Discover the difference between a cook and a chef, including responsibilities, skills, pay, career paths, and how you can move up in the kitchen.
What Is a Stagiaire?
You’ve heard the term stagiaire—but what does it mean? Explore the past—and future—of this culinary practice, and why aspiring chefs should care.
How Escoffier Student Richard Hodgkiss Found Healing in the Kitchen
Veteran and former ER worker Richard Hodgkiss found healing in the kitchen. Now an Escoffier student, he’s building a new future through food.
Food Culture
Neurogastronomy: How Understanding the Science of Taste Is Changing Restaurant Menus
What if flavor starts in the brain? Explore how neurogastronomy is changing restaurant menus and how chefs can shape perception.
Gluten-Free Baking Tips: How to Achieve the Right Texture
Why does gluten-free baking turn gritty? Discover how to fix texture with better flour blends, hydration, resting, and smart ingredient choices.
What Education Do You Need to Be a Pastry Chef?
Considering a career in pastry? Explore how pastry education works, what skills you’ll build, and how different learning paths can support your long-term goals.
