Cooking Schools

If you want a career that promotes vegetarian value, consider these cooking school programs:

If you’re considering culinary school, find out all you can about a school before you make your choice.  Here are some schools to check out:

  • The Natural Gourmet Cookery School, 48 W. 21st Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY  10010. Phone: 212-645-5170, e-mail: info@naturalgourmetschool.com.  Web site: www.naturalgourmetschool.com.  They have an accredited chef's training program (the only one of its kind in the U.S.) in which you will learn about everything from culinary techniques and theories, to creative cooking and baking, and opportunities in the food business. If you’re still undecided about attending culinary school, they also have public classes in case you’d like to try it on for size.

  • If you fancy going to school in England, consider The CordonVert School.  Housed in a Victorian mansion near Manchester, England, this school offers a variety of courses, both short and long-term. Contact info: e-mail: cordonvert@vegsoc.org.  Web site:  www.vegsoc.org/cordonvert/.

  • For those interested in studying about Raw Vegan culinary arts, there’s Living Light Culinary Arts Institute.  For more information, call 800-816-2319 or visit their website: www.RawFoodChef.com.

  • Natural Chef or Nutrition Consultant classes are offered through Bauman College Contact info: www.iet.org; info@iet.org. phone: 800-987-7530.

  • Bastyr University in Seattle offers a whole-foods nutrition degree. Phone: 425-602-3330.  E-mail: rsvp-nutrition@bastyr.edu. Web site: www.bastyr.edu.

These are only a few of the opportunities available for culinary training.  For more ideas, check the Internet as well as local natural food stores, magazines, and newspapers for cooking classes in your area.

 


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