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Navigate a career transition into the culinary industry! Uncover real-world stories, advice, and resources for individuals looking to make a transformative pivot to pursue their passion.
How to Become a Chef: The Essential Guide
How to earn the title of “chef” with the broadest application across the professional food service industry.
Which Culinary Career Is Right For You? 5 Tips for Choosing a Career in Food
Even if you know you want to work in food, choosing a career can be difficult. Check these tips for selecting a career in food.
Which Degree Do You Need to Become a Nutritionist?
Do you enjoy healthy cooking and creating nutritious recipes? Find out the type of education you may need to start a career as a nutritionist.
8 Career Paths If You Want to Be a Food Entrepreneur
If you’re interested in merging business with the culinary world, consider these 8 careers for food entrepreneurs.
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!
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.
5 Alternative Careers Out of Culinary School
Not all culinary students become chefs. Here are five alternative careers culinary school graduates can pursue.
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.
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!
How to Start a Career in Holistic Health
Find out how to start a career in holistic health, whether your interests lie in health coaching, holistic nutrition, or even acupuncture.
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.
Are The Baking and Pastry Arts a Career For You?
Learn about the baking and pastry arts and find out if you’re the type to thrive in this detail-oriented industry.
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.
What Does a Chef Consultant Do?
Chef consultants are valuable resources for coaching and advising restaurant owners and managers. What is a chef consultant, exactly? Let’s explore this role.
What It Takes To Be An Executive Chef
Think you’ve got what it takes to be an executive chef? Find out how you can set yourself up for success in your culinary career.
How Much Does It Cost to Become a Nutritionist?
Find out how much it may cost you to pursue a career as a nutritionist. The state where you plan to practice may have a big impact on your costs!
Can You Go to Culinary School With No Prior Experience?
Going to culinary school with no experience is daunting. Find out what you’ll be expected to know—or not know—before your first day in the kitchen classroom.
How to Start a Career as a Chef Instructor
Learn the steps to becoming a Chef Instructor. Pass on your skills and knowledge, and provide mentorship to the next generation of chefs!
How to Become a Chocolatier
Fancy a career as a chocolate expert? Find out how to become a chocolatier so you can master this sticky-yet-satisfying artistic medium.
Should I Go To Culinary School? A Guide For Deciding
You can’t answer “Should I go to culinary school” until you’ve answered some other questions first. Use this worksheet to help you think it through.
How Much Do Pastry Chefs Make?
Before you leap into a new career in the baking or pastry arts, what are the salary prospects? And what are the variables that impact those wages?
The Pros and Cons of Vocational School: Is It Right For You?
Considering a vocational school? Here’s what you need to know and what to ask yourself as you make this important decision about your future.
How Older Workers Can Change Careers and Enter the Culinary Industry
Older adults have different challenges and obligations than young ones. Here’s how they can get started in a new career in the culinary industry.
Job or School: Why Not Both?
Culinarians debating between getting a culinary job or a professional chef’s education shouldn’t choose one—they should choose both. Here’s why, and how it can be done.
Veteran Lance McWhorter Finds a Home in the Kitchen After His Military Service
Army and Navy veteran Lance McWhorter shares his successful journey from military to contractor to executive chef & restaurant owner. Get inspired!
Escoffier Graduate Talks About Going Plant-Based — in Culinary School and in Life
Meet plant-based chef, entrepreneur, and Escoffier graduate Shane Witters Hicks, and get his advice for vegetarian students attending culinary school.
What Escoffier Chef Instructors Love Most About Their Jobs
Escoffier Chef Instructors share what lights them up in their culinary school jobs, from sharing their passion to providing mentorship and more.
Education: The Most Important Chef’s Tool
Setting yourself up for culinary success means taking advantage of every tool at your disposal. At top of the list is a high-quality culinary education!
4 Traits All Restaurants Look for in Hiring New Chefs
What are the 4 traits restaurants look for when hiring new chefs? How can students learn these skills in culinary school?
Do You Eat Chaos for Breakfast? Great: You’ll Thrive in a Kitchen
Think you have what it takes to work in a commercial kitchen? Here’s how to know if you’ll thrive in this high-energy environment!
Why Culinary School is So Important For Networking and Career Building as a Chef
Networking for chefs is a career-long endeavor. But Escoffier students get a head start during culinary school. Here’s why that matters.
Is The Long-Term Chef Shortage Over…or Just Paused?
Over the past decade there was a massive shortage of trained chefs, and then COVID-19 happened. What’s next? Will the long-term shortage return?
From Education to Entrepreneur: Benefits of One-on-One Chef Mentoring
Don’t leave your dream of owning a restaurant to fate. Get a chef mentor to help you set a goal and hold you accountable.
Our Top 5 Blogs of 2020
In case you missed them, here are the most popular articles that Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts published in 2020.
4 Reasons Why Employers Pay More For Culinary School Graduates
Employers expect certain things out of culinary school graduates — and they may be willing to pay more to get them. So what makes a degree or diploma so valuable?
A Conversation with Expert Baker and Entrepreneur, Andy Clark
Last week, Escoffier hosted an exciting virtual event with expert baker and business owner Andy Clark. While Andy is a...
Managing Your Career During COVID-19
Yesterday we were honored to have Culinary Agents founder and CEO, Alice Cheng join us for a virtual event hosted...
Escoffier Boulder Named 2025-2026 Military Friendly® Culinary School
Escoffier Boulder is proud to be a 2020-2021 Military Friendly® School. Learn what this designation means and how we support our military and veteran students.
Escoffier School of Culinary Arts Honors 1,500+ Graduates in Virtual Commencement Ceremony
BOULDER, CO (June 25, 2020) –– More than 1,500 culinary students from Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts’ Boulder campus (residential and distance-learning online...
The Certified Master Chef; Ron DeSantis – Passion for the Craft
According to Chef Ron DeSantis, CMC, the key to successful ‘cheffing’ is to never stop learning. His sentiments echoed during...
