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Escoffier Partners With ZWILLING to Equip Students and Support Culinary Scholarships
Partnership provides professional-grade toolkits to students and contributes to the Escoffier Scholarship Foundation
How Escoffier Programs Can Fit Different Career Stages
Whether you’re a recent grad or a professional looking to advance your career, Escoffier’s culinary programs offer flexible options to support your goals
How Escoffier’s Plant-Based Program Compares to Traditional Culinary Tracks
Compare Escoffier’s plant-based and traditional culinary tracks—same core skills, different ingredients, new opportunities in a growing industry.
Canada’s Most Diverse Food Cities & Provinces: Ranking Culinary Diversity Across the Country
Which Canadian cities have the most diverse food scenes? Escoffier’s analysis reveals surprising insights from the nation’s 30 largest cities.
The Myth of Overnight Success: What Celebrity Chef Careers Really Look Like
Explore the real timelines behind famous chefs and why slow growth, skill-building, and persistence matter in culinary careers.
Escoffier Alumni Share Their Favorite Chef Instructor Moments
Discover how Chef Instructors at Escoffier provide meaningful support beyond the classroom. Read inspiring stories of mentorship and guidance.
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
Culinary Career Paths for Veterans
Explore culinary career paths for veterans. Discover how your military skills could translate to chef, management, and food service roles.
How Online Culinary School Can Build Real Kitchen Skills
Discover how online culinary school really works. From hands-on training to industry externships, explore myths vs. reality about virtual culinary education.
The Escoffier Externship Experience: Real-World Training in Professional Kitchens
Discover how Escoffier externships can connect classroom learning with real professional kitchen experience to help prepare you for culinary careers.
Careers
Culinary & Pastry Careers
Hospitality Careers
Health & Wellness Careers
Food Entrepreneurship
Success Stories
Is Culinary School Hard to Get Into?
See how to get into culinary school with Escoffier’s guide to admissions requirements, program selection, financial planning, and enrollment steps.
From Kitchen to Corporate: Culinary Careers in Hotels, Resorts, and Hospitality
Explore five culinary careers in hotels, resorts, and cruise lines. Learn about salaries, benefits, and how you can transition into hospitality management.
Multiple Income Streams for Chefs: Diversifying Beyond Your Primary Job
Explore practical ways chefs can build multiple income streams through catering, classes, products, and consulting without leaving their day jobs.
Food Culture
25 Cooking Techniques Every Cook Should Know
Discover the essential cooking techniques that can help you build confidence, flavor, and real skill in the kitchen.
What Is the Bocuse d’Or? Inside the World’s Most Prestigious Chef Competition
Discover how the Bocuse d’Or works, what it demands of chefs, and why this global competition matters for culinary students preparing for their careers.
Why Earn a Degree in Baking & Pastry Arts?
Wondering if you need a degree in baking? Explore how a formal pastry school can help you compete, gain skills, and build professional networks.
