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How To Shadow a Chef While in High School
Thinking about becoming a chef? Discover how to shadow a chef while in high school, including outreach tips, kitchen etiquette, and how to make a strong impression.
What Culinary Training Do You Need for a Professional Cooking Career?
Explore the culinary training you may need for a professional cooking career, from knife skills to food safety, plus how to choose the right program for your goals.
Over $32,000 Toward Scholarships Awarded as 175+ Students Compete in Young Escoffier High School Culinary Competition in Austin
Culinary skill, creativity and teamwork took center stage at the 12th annual Young Escoffier Scholarship Competition at Escoffier's Austin campus, where Chef-in-Residence Kristen Kish was on-site to support student competitors.
Culinary School Pros and Cons: How to Decide If It’s For You
Discover the pros and cons of culinary school to decide whether it's right for you. Explore the potential career benefits and downsides in this helpful guide.
What Do Restaurant Consultants Actually Do? A Career Guide
What do restaurant consultants do, and how do you become one? Hear from working consultants about the expertise, income, and career path behind the role.
Starting a Career as a Garde-Manger
Explore what a garde-manger does, how the role fits into the kitchen brigade, and how to start a career at this classic culinary station.
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
Can You Become a Chef Without Going to Culinary School?
The path to becoming a chef doesn’t look the same for everyone. Find out where culinary school fits in and why you don’t want to skip this important step.
Culinary School, College, or Trade School: Which Education Path Is Right for Veterans?
Culinary school, college, trade school, or apprenticeship? Compare education paths for veterans, including GI Bill coverage, timelines, and career outcomes.
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.
Careers
Culinary & Pastry Careers
Hospitality Careers
Health & Wellness Careers
Food Entrepreneurship
Success Stories
What Skills Do You Need to Become a Chef?
What does it take to become a chef? Explore the key culinary, creative, and leadership skills that can shape a successful kitchen career.
How to Write a Chef Resume
Comprehensive guide to writing a chef resume: education, certifications, work experience, recruiter-friendly formatting, and more. Stand out in your culinary job search.
How to Become a Pitmaster
How do you become a pitmaster? Discover the culinary training, practice, and career opportunities in BBQ restaurants, competitions, and more.
Food Culture
What Is Korean Cuisine? A Complete Guide to Flavors, Techniques, and Traditions
Explore professional Korean culinary techniques. Study the science of Jang, fermentation, and modern innovations shaping today’s global food trends.
What Are Aromatic Bases in Cooking? A Guide to Mirepoix, Sofrito, and Beyond
Explore how aromatic bases like mirepoix, soffritto, and ginisa shape flavor, and how to use them in your own cooking.
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.
