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How to Make a Professional Culinary Portfolio
What should go in a culinary portfolio? Explore essential elements from food photography to credentials that can make your portfolio stand out.
How to Become a Traveling Chef
Thinking about a career as a traveling chef? Discover which opportunities are out there, how to find them, and if you have what it takes.
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.
Escoffier Expands Culinary Education Network into Canada; Chef-in-Residence Kristen Kish Joins Live Podcast Event in Toronto
As Escoffier expands its culinary education network into Canada, it recently hosted its first international live recording of The Ultimate Dish podcast in Toronto, featuring Emmy-nominated Chef-in-Residence Kristen Kish.
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.
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
6 Ways High School Students Can Plan for Culinary School Costs
Explore 6 tips to help high school students plan for culinary school costs, including federal loans, scholarships, and more.
Gap Year Before Culinary School: Making the Most of Time Between High School and Enrollment
Taking a gap year before culinary school? Explore how to use the time wisely, from kitchen jobs and food travel to saving money and preparing to enroll.
Culinary School with Kids: How Parents Can Balance School and Family
Can you attend culinary school as a parent? Explore strategies for managing childcare, meals, study time, and the guilt of investing in yourself.
Careers
Culinary & Pastry Careers
Hospitality Careers
Health & Wellness Careers
Food Entrepreneurship
Success Stories
Gravitate Toward Joy: From One Suitcase to a James Beard Kitchen
Kara Merchant arrived in Charleston with one suitcase and no plan. Five years later, she's the pastry chef for West Virginia's first James Beard Award-winning chef.
How to Change Restaurant Jobs Without Burning Bridges
Leaving a restaurant job? Explore how you can give proper notice, handle counteroffers, and protect your culinary reputation on the way out
From Stress-Baking to Chocolate Judging: How Curiosity Transformed Erin Seidemann’s Life
From stress-baking to judging the world's largest craft chocolate competition, Erin Seidemann followed curiosity and never looked back.
Food Culture
How To Make One Giant Corn Cream Puff
No, you're not dreaming. But Chef Instructor Stefanie Bishop-Schmidt does create a dreamy, giant, corn-based cream puff in Episode 3 of Escoffier’s Sweet-Savory-Seasonal video series.
How To Make Shrimp and Grits with Corn 5 Ways
In classic Chef Luke style, he puts a personal spin on this Southern comfort food favorite-Shrimp & Grits with Corn 5 Ways.
How to Stock Your Pantry Like a Chef
What could you cook with a better-stocked pantry? Explore the staples and organizational habits that can help you prepare flavorful meals faster.
