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Find out how you can propel your culinary career to new heights! Dive into strategies and insights that may foster professional growth—which could position you for success in a competitive industry.
Why Is It Important to Go to an Accredited Culinary School?
Discover why you should attend an accredited culinary school to avoid losing time and money. Secure a high-quality education that could help you in your career.
How Many Employees Does It Take to Run a Restaurant?
Discover the perfect team size for your restaurant's success! Learn how factors like cuisine, size, and service hours shape the ideal staffing strategy for a thriving restaurant business.
5 Experiences that All Great Chefs Should Have
Whether you start your own restaurant, write a cookbook, or train under elite chefs, here are experiences all chefs should have.
What Is a Maillard Reaction?
Discover how the Maillard reaction affects the most important aspects of your culinary masterpiece, including flavor, color, and aroma!
5 Ways Chefs Can Continue Their Culinary Education
How do professional chefs stay up-to-date with contemporary culinary techniques, trends, and more? Explore the best culinary education for chefs today!
7 Reasons to Get an Online Hospitality Degree
Get an online hospitality degree without uprooting your life or quitting your job. Explore industry technology & bring your unique experience to the field.
How to Become a Pitmaster
Your ultimate guide on how to become a pitmaster or BBQ expert. Follow a step-by-step process to start on this path!
How to Manage Your Time as an Online Culinary Arts Student
Time-saving strategies for busy or working online culinary school students, who want to succeed in their education.
8 Steps Restaurants Can Take to Prepare for Inflation
Tips to cut restaurant costs as everything from food to labor to utilities gets more expensive. Plus find out what’s contributing to worldwide inflation.
What Does It Take to Be a Line Cook?
Thinking about starting a career as a line cook? Find out how to become a cook, what your daily responsibilities might look like, and how to advance.
Boulder Student Chris Marhevka Blends Social Work and Culinary Arts
Follow associate degree student Chris Marhevka as shifts his boundless energy from social work to culinary arts on Escoffier’s Boulder campus.
What Culinary Training Do You Need for a Professional Cooking Career?
Culinary training is a long-term endeavor that starts with safety and sanitation, knife skills, flavors, and cooking techniques. Start at culinary school!
Careers a Hospitality & Restaurant Operations Management Degree Can Prepare You For
Discover thousands of careers you can pursue now with a Hospitality & Restaurant Operations Management degree from Escoffier!
What Does It Mean to Be a Professional Cook?
A professional cook prepares and cooks food for a living, but is not necessarily a chef. Learn the difference and how you could start cooking professionally.
How Do You Take Virtual Cooking Classes?
With a combo of reading, live sessions, cooking practice, and personalized feedback, virtual cooking classes can be a smart way to learn the culinary arts!
Dietitian vs. Nutritionist: What is the Difference?
Both nutritionists and dietitians work with food and health, but a dietitian is often more regulated and educated than a nutritionist.
5 Effective Ways Chefs Can Communicate With Wait Staff
Great chefs are also skilled communicators. Here are five ways chefs can improve communication with wait staff.
The Future of Culinary Education Is Here: This Is What It Looks Like
As the world changes, so does culinary school. Here’s what the future of culinary education might have in store.
5 Culinary Apps All Chefs Should Have
Here are the top culinary apps every chef should have: creating recipes, managing inventory, food trends and more.
How GLEAM & Escoffier’s Mentorship Program Can Guide Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Escoffier has teamed up with the GLEAM network to offer mentorship opportunities to student and alumni entrepreneurs. Check out these success stories!
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.
How to Communicate Effectively in the Kitchen
Check out these tips on how to communicate in the kitchen for both a productive and safe foodservice operation.
What Skills Do You Need for a Career in Hospitality and Tourism?
Learn about the important skills you need to start a successful career in the hospitality and tourism industry.
7 Tips for Becoming a Faster Cook
If you’re looking to increase your speed in the kitchen, check out these tips for becoming a faster cook.
What Chefs Look For When Hiring Culinary School Graduates
Before you begin a professional cooking career, learn about what chefs may look for when hiring culinary school graduates.
Why Earn an Associate Degree in Culinary Arts?
If you’re interested in a culinary career, an associate degree in the culinary arts could be a great starting point. We explain why.
The Pros and Cons of Becoming an Uber Eats Restaurant Partner
If you want to offer food delivery, consider working with a delivery company. Here are some of the pros and cons of becoming an Uber Eats restaurant partner.
5 More Ways to Manage Your Time as a Chef
Kitchens are busy places and chefs have to efficiently manage their time. Here are five time management techniques that chefs can adopt.
Is Getting a Degree in Holistic Nutrition and Wellness Worth It?
Yes it is! Holistic nutrition and wellness is about more than just healthy eating. It could be the first step to an exciting and lucrative career in health!
Why Are Internships and Externships Important For Culinary School?
Internships and externships allow students to work in professional kitchens and develop skills outside of the culinary school classroom. Here's how.
Starting a Career as a Garde-Manger
If you’re passionate about appetizers and desserts you may be interested in starting a career as a Garde-Manger. Learn more about this important position.
What Is It Like to Be a Pastry Chef?
Find out what it takes to work in a bakery or pastry department. What is it really like to be a pastry chef, and how can you get started?
Why Older Students Should Consider Culinary School
While some people think culinary school is for younger students, there isn’t an age limit! Here’s why older students can excel in culinary school.
French Culinary Education: 7 French Cooking Techniques Chefs Need to Know
Build flavor with a simple mirepoix and a fresh bouquet garni. Perfect your julienne and brunoise. And get plenty of practice in French culinary school.
What Can You Learn in a Hospitality Degree Program?
Menu design and purchasing. Facilities operations and technology. Accounting and event management. There’s plenty to learn in a hospitality degree program.
10 Tools You Need in Your Chef Utility Belt
To simplify their job and create a more perfect product, every chef should possess certain culinary tools. Here are the top ten to keep in your utility belt.
What Can You Learn in Baking School?
Are you curious about what baking school can teach you? Here are some of the skills and techniques you may learn to help prepare for a career or promotion.
5 Lessons From Culinary School You Can Use Every Day
Along with kitchen skills, culinary school can expose you to valuable lessons that you can apply to everyday life.
Is Culinary School Considered a “College”?
Where does culinary school fit in with other colleges and universities? Is it a culinary college? A trade school? It turns out “college” is tough to define!
Culinary School vs. Working in a Kitchen: Which Should You Do First?
If you’re unsure whether you should get your culinary degree, let’s look at some reasons to attend culinary school – and some reasons to work in a kitchen.
