New Orleans School of Cooking is in the French Quarter in a renovated molasses warehouse from the 1800s. In operation since 1980, the school's classes are taught by Creole/Cajun experts and local chefs. Coursework includes the basics as well as specialties of Louisiana cooking. Kevin Belton, Michael W. DeVidts, Anne Leonhard and Tom Nagelin bring their wide range of cooking fame, expertise and specialties to the school's students in a variety of classroom formats including open demonstration lunch classes, private demonstration classes and hands-on cooking classes. While not a full culinary degree program, the interactive and entertaining format of the instruction ensures students learn how to cook "Louisiana style."
New Orleans School of Cooking
524 Saint Louis Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
504-525-2665
neworleansschoolofcooking.com
The New Orleans Cooking Experience is located near the French Quarter and the New Orleans Museum of Fine Arts. The classes are in a renovated Creole plantation built in the 1790s, including landscaped gardens and lawns, courtyard and cottages. The school offers a variety of cooking class formats, including cooking vacations and series classes with personalized instruction. The school's chefs are Frank Brigsten, Chiqui Collier, Janice Macomber, Gerard Maras and Poppy Tooker, all professional chefs specializing in Louisiana cuisines.
The New Orleans Cooking Experience
2275 Bayou Road
New Orleans, LA 70119
504-945-9104
neworleanscookingexperience.com
The Culinary Apprenticeship Program of Louisiana is presented at Delgado Community College in the culinary arts and hospitality division. The college offers a culinary certificate, a pastry certificate and an associate of applied science degree in culinary arts with a catering option or an apprentice option. Students receive two years of general education and food preparation training with classes such as food preparation basics, food and safety sanitation, bakeshop fundamentals and food and beverage purchasing.
Culinary Apprenticeship Program of Louisiana
Delgado Community College
615 City Park Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70119
504-483-4208
dcc.edu
Sclafani Cooking School, Inc., 10 minutes from New Orleans, offers commercial cook/baker training and certification by an experienced chef. The coursework is four weeks of intensive professional chef skill training. Food supplies, paper goods, linens and hands-on practical kitchen experience are all covered in the training to benefit new chefs, career-changers and current chefs interested in refreshing or updating skills.
Sclafani Cooking School, Inc.
107 Gennaro Place
Metairie, LA 70001
504-833-7861
sclafanicookingschool.com