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Kitchen Hierarchy Explained: Different Jobs in the Brigade de Cuisine
Dive into the French cooking brigade system and discover the chefs who keep kitchens running smoothly.
What Is a Mocktail and What Are the Best Recipes?
What is a mocktail? Discover the best mocktails, trending mocktail recipes, and why Gen Z is embracing alcohol-free drinks for mindful, flavorful sipping.
How to Make the 5 Mother Sauces
Explore the five mother sauces of French cooking with this guide. Discover key ingredients, techniques and variations, plus expert tips and tricks.
How to Start a Food Business from Home
Explore how to start a food business from home, from picking your niche to following food laws, building a brand, and finding your first customers.
Chef Albert Schmid Shows That a Culinary Career is Yours to Write
Learn how Chef Albert Schmid built a culinary career that balances passion and family, proving there are many paths to success in the food industry.
Food Waste in America: Which States Produce the Most Food Waste?
Which U.S. states produce the most food waste? We did the research to find out which states waste the most food.
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
Why Older Students Should Consider Culinary School
Think you’re too established for a new career? Research says otherwise. See why culinary school can work at any age.
Is Culinary School Necessary to Be a Chef?
Is culinary school worth it? Discover the benefits, career outlook, and how formal training can help launch your culinary or pastry career.
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.
Careers
Culinary & Pastry Careers
Hospitality Careers
Health & Wellness Careers
Food Entrepreneurship
Success Stories
Cooking Up Success: How Chris Puga Turned His Baking Passion into a Thriving Career
From childhood dreams to Food & Beverage Director, Chris Puga proves that passion and perseverance can lead to extraordinary culinary success.
The Highest Paying Culinary Jobs and Positions
Explore some of the highest paying culinary jobs and see which career path could be the perfect fit for your skills and goals.
How Photographer Bree Chumley Built a Plant-Based Food Career from her Home Kitchen
Discover how Bree Chumley blended photography, plant-based cooking, and zero-waste creativity into a new career—one delicious project at a time.
Food Culture
Top 10 Countries with the Most Michelin Stars
Explore the top countries with the most Michelin stars in 2025 and what makes each one a global standout.
Hospitality Statistics: Industry Trends and Data for 2025
Human connection and tech often clash, but 2025 hospitality trends show technology enabling more personalized, human-centered experiences.
Vanilla 101: How to Choose the Right Type for Baking
Think you know vanilla? Think again. Discover how the smallest ingredient makes the biggest difference in your bakes.
