{"id":9530,"date":"2019-04-15T00:11:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T14:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chefspencil.com\/directory-culinary\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T20:04:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T10:04:05","slug":"directory-culinary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/directory-culinary\/","title":{"rendered":"Culinary Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you are looking to start a career in the food industry or just want to take some cooking classes to perfect your cooking skills, you are in the right place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chef&#8217;s Pencil has compiled a list of the best culinary schools in the world, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/best-20-culinary-schools-in-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">best culinary schools in Europe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/culinary-schools-in-asia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Asia<\/a>, America and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/10-best-culinary-schools-in-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Africa<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also find out whether attending a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/is-culinary-school-worth-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">culinary school is worth it<\/a> and learn from the personal experience of former culinary school students. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/upcoming-culinary-star-maxime-rodrigue-student-at-the-paul-bocuse-institute-lyon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maxime Rodrigue<\/a> talks about his experience at the famous Paul Bocuse Institute in Lyon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/student-life-series-ismail-haggag-le-cordon-bleu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ismail Haggag<\/a> talks about his experience at Cordon Bleu in Madrid, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/student-life-series-chef-mihai-rat-b-h-m-s-switzerland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mihai Rat<\/a> shares his student life experience at the famous B.H.M.S in Switzerland.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out some of the top destinations for culinary schools below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/10-best-culinary-schools-in-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Culinary Schools in Australia<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/culinary-schools-in-sydney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Culinary Schools in Sydney<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/culinary-schools-in-melbourne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Culinary Schools in Melbourne<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/culinary-schools-cooking-classes-in-perth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Culinary Schools and Cooking Classes in Perth<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/culinary-schools-in-switzerland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Culinary Schools in Switzerland<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/best-culinary-schools-in-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Culinary Schools in Canada<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/best-culinary-schools-in-dubai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Culinary Schools in Dubai<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/culinary-schools-in-hong-kong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Culinary Schools in Hong Kong<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/culinary-schools-in-malaysia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Culinary Schools in Malaysia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/best-culinary-schools-in-singapore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Culinary Schools in Singapore<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/best-culinary-schools-in-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Culinary Schools in America<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/culinary-schools-in-new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Culinary Schools in New York<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/culinary-schools-in-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Culinary Schools in California<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/best-11-culinary-schools-in-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Culinary Schools in Florida<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/culinary-schools-in-illinois\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Culinary Schools in Illinois<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/top-12-culinary-schools-in-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Culinary Schools in Texas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to find out about the financial outlook of attending a culinary school, check out our reports on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/chefs-salaries-see-biggest-increase-in-nearly-two-decades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">chef wages in the US<\/a>. Chefs earn on average more than the median wage in the US, and substantially more than cooks. Chef&#8217;s Pencil has also released a report on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/top-paying-countries-for-chefs-and-head-cooks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">top paying countries for chefs<\/a>. Switzerland, the United States, Northern Europe and Australia offer the best salaries for chefs in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Chef&#8217;s Pencil, you can also learn about the gear and equipment needed for working in a professional kitchen. Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/chef-uniform-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">guide to a chef uniform<\/a>, learn about the history of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/a-guide-to-chefs-hats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">chef&#8217;s hat<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/finding-the-best-chef-shoes-experts-weigh-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">best chef shoes<\/a>, jackets, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/best-20-chef-pants-a-guide-to-chef-pants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pants<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/designer-chef-coats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">designer chef coats<\/a>. If you&#8217;re looking for kitchen gear, check out our guides on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/top-9-us-restaurant-supply-stores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">best restaurant supply stores<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to find an amazing gift for your beloved chef we have compiled the ultimate list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/gifts-for-chefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gifts for chefs<\/a> for both adult and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/cooking-gifts-for-young-chefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">junior chefs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also learn about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/chef-hierarchy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">chef hierarchy<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/most-popular-chefs-in-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">most famous chefs in the world<\/a>, and even discover some crazy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/35-creative-chef-tattoo-ideas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tattoo ideas for chefs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last but not least, if you&#8217;re an amateur or professional chef and are considering starting a blog, check out our round-ups of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/best-30-food-blogs-in-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">best food blogs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/the-best-20-cooking-websites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cooking websites<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are looking to start a career in the food industry or just want to take some cooking classes to perfect your cooking skills, you are in the right place. Chef&#8217;s Pencil has compiled a list of the best culinary schools in the world, as well as the best culinary schools in Europe, Asia,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\" [&hellip;]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/directory-culinary\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":13637,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stopmodifiedupdate":true,"_modified_date":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9530","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Culinary Schools - Chef&#039;s Pencil<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/directory-culinary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Culinary Schools - Chef&#039;s Pencil\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you are looking to start a career in the food industry or just want to take some cooking classes to perfect your cooking skills, you are in the right place. Chef&#8217;s Pencil has compiled a list of the best culinary schools in the world, as well as the best culinary schools in Europe, Asia,...Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/directory-culinary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Chef&#039;s Pencil\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-10T10:04:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-menu.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"180\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"73\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/directory-culinary\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/directory-culinary\/\",\"name\":\"Culinary Schools - Chef&#039;s Pencil\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-14T14:11:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-10T10:04:05+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/directory-culinary\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/\",\"name\":\"Chef&#039;s Pencil\",\"description\":\"Professional Chef Recipes\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Chef's Pencil\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-10.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-10.png\",\"width\":360,\"height\":110,\"caption\":\"Chef's Pencil\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/chefspencil\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Culinary Schools - Chef&#039;s Pencil","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/directory-culinary\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Culinary Schools - Chef&#039;s Pencil","og_description":"If you are looking to start a career in the food industry or just want to take some cooking classes to perfect your cooking skills, you are in the right place. Chef&#8217;s Pencil has compiled a list of the best culinary schools in the world, as well as the best culinary schools in Europe, Asia,...Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/directory-culinary\/","og_site_name":"Chef&#039;s Pencil","article_modified_time":"2025-04-10T10:04:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":180,"height":73,"url":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-menu.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/directory-culinary\/","url":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/directory-culinary\/","name":"Culinary Schools - Chef&#039;s Pencil","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-04-14T14:11:30+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-10T10:04:05+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/directory-culinary\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/","name":"Chef&#039;s Pencil","description":"Professional Chef Recipes","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/#organization","name":"Chef's Pencil","url":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-10.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-10.png","width":360,"height":110,"caption":"Chef's Pencil"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/chefspencil\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13637"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9530"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114769,"href":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9530\/revisions\/114769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}