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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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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 Look for When Touring a Culinary School (A Checklist)
Wondering what to look for on a culinary school tour? This checklist covers facilities, instructors, curriculum, externships, and more.
Can You Go to Culinary School With No Prior Experience?
Culinary experience isn’t required to enroll in culinary school. See what to expect at every experience level, from none to years in a kitchen.
Culinary Math & Science: Turning Your High School Education Into a Culinary Career
Cooking is a delicious blend of math, chemistry, and biology. Find out how your high school education can help you in your pursuit of a culinary career.
Careers
Culinary & Pastry Careers
Hospitality Careers
Health & Wellness Careers
Food Entrepreneurship
Success Stories
How to Become a Food Stylist: A Career Guide
Find out what a food stylist does, what they can earn, and how to become one, with insights from working professionals.
Culinary Jobs You Can Start While Still in High School
Explore 7 entry-level culinary jobs high school students can start now, including pay data, skills you can build, and insight into how early experience can lead to a culinary career.
How to Become a Recipe Developer
Discover how you can become a recipe developer, from building culinary skills and earning a degree to growing a portfolio and exploring career paths in food.
Food Culture
A Brief History Of The Chef’s Uniform
The chef's uniform has a history spanning two centuries. Here's what each piece means, where it came from, and why it still matters.
Pastry Chef vs. Baker: What’s the Difference?
Wondering if you should be a baker or pastry chef? Compare roles, salaries, schedules, and skills to find the right baking career path.
How To Improve Your Cooking Skills: 15 Professional Techniques
Level up your cooking with 15 essential techniques used in professional kitchens. Practical advice for cooks ready to refine their skills.
