21 of America's Top Culinary Schools

Arizona Culinary Institute

Scottsdale, Arizona

Established: 2002

www.AZculinary.edu

Accreditations: ACCSC

Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts

Austin, Texas, and Boulder, Colorado

Established: 2010

www.escoffier.edu

Accreditations: ACFEF, ACCET, IACP, WACS

Culinary Institute LeNotre

Houston, Texas

Established: 1998

www.culinaryinstitute.edu

Accreditations: ACCSC, ACFEF

The Culinary Institute of America

Hyde Park, New York; St. Helena, California; San Antonio, Texas; Singapore

Established: 1946

www.CIAchef.edu

Accreditations: MSCHE

El Centro College

Dallas, Texas

Established: 1970

www.ElCentroCollege.edu

Accreditations: ACFEF

Faulkner State Community College

Gulf Shores, Alabama

Established: 1996

www.coastalalabama.edu

Accreditations: ACFEF

Institute of Culinary Education

New York, New York

Established: 1975

www.ICE.edu

Accreditations: ACCSC, NY State Education Department, U.S. Department of Education

Institute of Technology Culinary School

Cloves and Modesto, California

Established: 2003

www.IOT.edu

Accreditation: ACCSC, ACFEF

The International Culinary Center

New York, New York; Campbell, California

Established: 1984

www.InternationalCulinaryCenter.com

Accreditation: ACCSC

International Culinary Schools at The Art Institutes

28 campuses in North America

Established: 1991

www.artinstitutes.edu/intl-culinary

Accreditation: ACEF

Johnson & Wales University

Providence, Rhode Island; Charlotte, North Carolina; Denver, Colorado; North Miami, Florida

Established: 1914

www.jwu.edu

Accreditation: NEASC

Kendall College School of Culinary Arts

Chicago, Illinois

Established: 1985

www.kendall.edu/learn/culinary-arts

Accreditation: ACFEF, NCAHLC

L’Academie de Cuisine

Gaithersburg, Maryland

Established: 1976

www.lacademie.com

Accreditation: ACCET

L’École Culinaire

Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri; Cordova, Tennessee

Established: 2013

www.lecole.edu

Accreditation: ACFEF and ACCSC

Lincoln Culinary Institute

Multiple locations

Established: 1946

https://www.lincolntech.edu/schools/lincoln-culinary-institute

Accreditation: ACCSC, ACFEF

The New School of Cooking

Pasadena, California

Established: 1999

www.newschoolofcooking.com

Accreditation: California Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education

New England Culinary Institute

Montpelier, Vermont

Established: 1980

www.neci.edu

Accreditation: ACCSC

Platt College

Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Moore, Oklahoma

Established: 1979

www.plattcolleges.edu

Accreditation: ACCSC

The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Established: 1974

www.WalnutHillCollege.edu

Accreditation: ACCSC

San Diego Culinary Institute

La Mesa, California

Established: 2000

www.sdci-inc.com

Accreditation: ACCET

Sullivan University Center for Hospitality Studies

Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky

Established: 1987

www.sullivan.edu

Accreditation: ACFEF

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