Train at the famous cooking school Le Cordon Bleu without traveling to Paris. The culinary college has two campuses in Scottsdale, Arizona. It offers a bachelor's degree in culinary management, associate degrees in patisserie and baking, occupational studies in culinary arts and hospitality and restaurant management. The school also offers certification in culinary arts and patisserie and baking.
The college's two campuses are located within minutes of each other. Camelback Campus, the original, houses the college's education department, library and resource center, kitchens and classrooms for learning and the student-run restaurant, L'Ecole. The second campus, Sky Bridge, is located in Old Town Scottsdale near Fifth Avenue and houses classrooms, kitchens, administrative offices and a second student-run restaurant, L'Academie.
Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Scottsdale
8100 E. Camelback Road, Suite 1001
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
888-557-4222
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Choose from two locations when enrolling at the Art Institute--Phoenix or Tucson. Then select one of the school's two culinary degrees: Baking and pastry or culinary arts. The Phoenix location also offers a third degree choice, culinary management.
As a baking and pastry major, you'll focus on essential pastry and bread-baking techniques, with additional study in desserts and cake decoration. Graduates from this program typically work at bakeries, catering houses and institutional settings, such as schools.
The culinary arts program is broader, giving students experience in the kitchen as well as education on the business side, such as cost control, safety and nutrition. Graduates begin their careers as line or pantry cooks.
Culinary management majors stay out of the kitchen, focusing more on employee relations, communications, training and the financial aspects of running a business. They don't seek employment as cooks, but rather as restaurant or catering managers.
The Art Institute of Phoenix
2233 W. Dunlap Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85021-2859
602-331-7500
artinstitutes.edu/phoenix
The Art Institute of Tucson
5099 E. Grant Road, Suite 100
Tucson, AZ 85712
520-318-2700
artinstitutes.edu/tucson
Also located in Scottsdale, The Arizona Culinary Institute offers diplomas in culinary arts, baking and restaurant management and can be completed in as few as nine months. The program begins with six weeks focusing on the foundations of culinary arts, but the program is designed to revolve around a kitchen instead of a classroom.
Arizona Culinary Institute has five kitchens, all professionally designed. Each space is dedicated to a different function of the program, ranging from the advanced baking kitchen to the basic culinary arts kitchen. Additionally, the institute houses a library and three classrooms/demonstration rooms, as well as a student-run restaurant, du Jour, which is open to the public for lunch.
Arizona Culinary Institute
10585 N. 114th St., Suite 401
Scottsdale, AZ85259
866-294-CHEF
azculinary.com