To be forthright, the best thing about ‘The Culinary School of America’ is its being best in culinary school of the whole of world. Positioned in Hyde Park, New York, USA, the Culinary Institute of America is a not-for-profit educational institution that specializes in higher studies in various kinds of culinary arts.

The institute was first established in 1946 as the New Haven Restaurant Institute in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1951, the institute’s management rechristened it as ‘The Culinary Institute of America,’ and latter in 1970, the institute shifted to the present site of Hyde Park.

As of now, this private academic institution has an endowment amount of upto $64.2 mln and two branch campuses at Greystone in St. Helena in California & San Antonio, Texas.

The college offers full-time degree courses and awards Bachelor of Professional Studies (B.P.S.) and Associate of Occupational Studies (A.O.S.) in both Culinary Arts & Baking as well as Pastry Arts.

Apart from these degree courses, the college also offers programs for foodservice professionals like continuing education courses, certificate programs, and training materials.

There are more than 2500 undergraduates enrolled to these courses. To nurture and guide these talented students, the institute has a faculty of 130 that is one of the most diversified teaching staff of its time as they represent a minimum of 16.

Some of the faculty members are authors of award winning text books, magazines as well as other print material. In addition to it, the fact that all the courses offered at the college are accredited to ‘The Middle States Commission on Higher Education, simplifying it to understand the depth and soundness of the education provided over there.

In order to understand strong practical aspect and the best international processes adopted at The Culinary institute of America, one must know that there’re 41 kitchens as well as bakeshops with six professional cooking and baking suites at the Hyde Park campus of the institute.

Putting together, all these facilities are meant to teach the students the best of kitchen management skills. It is noteworthy fact that ‘The Culinary Institute of America’ is the only institute to have five public restaurants.

Only these highest standard practices and facilities have resulted in a galaxy of alumnae who are in a true sense a citizen in the world of food.