Cooking Classes & Culinary Education

Pittsburgh Professional Schools

• Art Institute of Pittsburgh: Culinary Programs
  The local branch of Art Institutes International offers a variety of culinary programs.
• Chatham University Master of Arts in Food Studies
  The first program offered through the School of Sustainability and the Environment (SSE) will be the University’s newest graduate program, the Master of Arts in Food Studies. Learn more about the program in this April 8, 2010 article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Alice Julier: the woman who is growing Chatham's master of arts in food studies program.
• Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) Culinary Arts
  This culinary arts non-apprenticeship program for an associate degree includes classroom and food laboratory experiences and requires students to complete an externship I with a minimum of 300 hours.
• Springboard Kitchens
  Springboard Kitchens is a food service-based job training and placement program for homeless and other disadvantaged individuals from the Lutheran Service Society.

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Pittsburgh Nonprofessional Classes

• Chop, Wok & Talk
  Chop, Wok, & talk! is a Chinese Cooking School in Friendship/Bloomfield owned by Dorothy Tague.
• Community College of Allegheny County
  You can search for food & drink courses in their community education noncredit courses. They also offer academic programs in Dietetics (Health) and Culinary Arts (Business).
• Crate
  Crate is cooking school and houseware store located in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, PA.
• Gaynor School of Cooking
  Located on the South Side and in the Strip District. Formerly Sweetwater Cooking.
• McGinnis Sisters
  These specialty grocery stores offer cooking classes.
• Rania's Cooking Classes
  Located in Mt. Lebanon, Rania's offers 2 hour classes in a variety of cuisines.
• Rita Venturino
  Gibsonia, PA (north of Pittsburgh)
• Sweetwater Center for the Arts
  Offers a variety of cuisine workshops.

Pennsylvania

• PAPSA: Culinary/Hospitality Management
  This is a guide to postsecondary career schools in Pennsylvania compiled by the Pennsylvania Association of Private School Administrators.
• Shaw Guides: Pennsylvania Career Cooking Schools
  The print guide, now online and searchable.
• Indiana University of Pennsylvania Academy of Culinary Arts
  Indiana PA
• JNA Institute of Culinary Arts
  Located in Philadelpha, the JNA Institute offers seminars and online seminars in addition to its regular program.

• Pennsylvania State University: Department of Food Science
  Part of the College of Agricultural Sciences at State College. Did you know they are the operators of The University Creamery?
• Pennsylvania State University: Nutritional Sciences
  Part of the College of Health and Human Development, the Department of Nutritional Sciences offers undergraduate and graduate programs in nutrition and dietetics.
• Pennsylvania State University: School of Hospitality Management
• The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College
  Located in Philadelphia and offering programs in hotel and restaurant management, pastry and culinary arts.
• Widener University School of Hospitality Management
  offers a quality Bachelor of Science degree with an emphasis on field experience and hospitality leadership. A private institution in Chester, PA, 20 minutes from Philadelphia.

Nearby States

• Ohio State University: Food Science & Technology
  Located in Columbus, Ohio, they offer undergraduate options in Food Science, Food Business, and Nutrition.

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United States - Directories

• Cooking Schools.com
  CookingSchools.com is part of education.org, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• (Peterson's) Culinary Schools
  Information on selected schools from their print edition. Links to the schools' websites.
• ShawGuides: The Guide to Career Cooking Schools
  This is The Guide to Cooking Schools, the leading resource to career and recreational culinary education programs worldwide. The advantage to the Shaw site is that they link you to the website of the school.
• Shaw Guide to Recreational Cooking & Wine Schools
  A collection of all types of recreational/vacation cooking courses with links directly to the site offering it.