Diploma in Culinary Arts and Operations
Advance your food service career with an online Culinary Arts and Operations program from Escoffier. Our balanced curriculum combines the latest in contemporary culinary techniques and methodologies as well as courses that help provide a relevant business foundation. Online culinary school students are taught through a structured learning model that begins with the basics and ends with a real-world industry externship.
The Culinary Arts and Operations courses from our online diploma program help you prepare for a variety of food-industry roles in settings such as restaurants, hotels and other food service settings. A modern approach to culinary arts education, our program blends a lecture setting with classes emphasizing theoretical knowledge and practical skills in areas such as contemporary cuisine preparation, farm-to-table, purchasing and cost control and world cuisines. Hands-on experiences further prepare students for a career in the culinary arts.
Associate of Occupational Studies Degree in Culinary Arts
For students who have completed one of our diploma or certificate programs or for new students who are planning to earn a degree, we offer an Associate of Occupational Studies Degree in Culinary Arts. The program is available 100% online, with an industry externship, and can be completed in just six months depending on the program you have already completed.
The Associate of Occupational Studies Degree in Culinary Arts program builds on skills, methods and business foundation from our diploma program with more advanced content in the areas of business communications, world history and culture, foodservice math, and nutrition. Students also participate in an advanced industry externship where they develop their skills and acumen in a real world setting. Upon program completion, students can gain a comprehensive foundation of directly transferable skills in food service preparation, operations and management.
Once a backyard hobbyist, Aaron Franklin is now the James Beard Award-winning owner of Franklin Barbecue, where the line for his famous smoked brisket is hours long. Now the Central Texas barbecue specialist teaches you his meticulous low and slow process for mouth-watering ribs, pork butt, and brisket. With perfectly seasoned cuts and optimal temperatures, you'll learn to handle an offset smoker like a true pitmaster.