BEXLEY, OH — The New York Culinary Institute at Monroe College has been ranked among the Top 20 Culinary Schools by College Rank, a website dedicated to evaluating and ranking college programs and experiences.
Monroe College ranked #19.
Only a short drive from the bustling culinary world of New York City, the CINY allows students to gain valuable hands-on experience while pursuing their associate degree in Baking and Pastry, Culinary Arts, or Hospitality Management. Students that wish to progress with their education can continue on to earn both a BBA and Master of Science Degree in Hospitality Management.
The CINY within its eight years of operation has received the distinction of being named one of the top ten culinary programs of the Northeast and among the top twenty nationwide for several years running. Students can practice their craft in one two student-run restaurants, the New York Times acclaimed Dining Lab, or CINY’s own bakery, The Pastry Kiosk.
The Dining Lab. launched in 2013, is a critically acclaimed contemporary American fine dining restaurant run entirely by students from the Culinary Institute of New York. Deemed a “training ground for students” by The Wall Street Journal, “the little kitchen that could” by The New York Times and “Westchester’s Best Kept Secret” by Westchester Magazine, the restaurant provides students valuable real world experience in à la carte food production and refined service, all while earning credit toward graduation.
A successful and fulfilling career in the food industry can be a challenge. The world of food is constantly evolving and demanding hours make a career in culinary not for the faint of heart. But these 20 schools are turning aspiring cooks into culinary royalty.
Our team has worked to research and evaluate these 20 rigorous culinary programs around the country. While these programs are developing our next chefs, they are also focusing on pastry design and creation, culinary management and expansion as well as farm-to-table process development. “Culinary Schools, while sometimes expensive, are fundamentally important for young cooks. Attending a great school with excellent restaurants gives students an opportunity to learn the basics and techniques of cooking while also gaining perspective of actual working cooks and chefs,” says Monica Dennis from the College Rank team. “In addition to chefs, culinary schools are training the next generation of restaurant entrepreneurs. The skills you learn on the business side of managing a restaurant are skills that will impact the way you run your own kitchen for years to come.”
While compiling this list, we took into account graduation rates, class sizes, and professional direction. Another factor included in our list was the hands-on experience available to students. Several of the institutions run Michelin recommended restaurants so that students can gain real-life experience while training to complete their degrees.
You can learn more about the New York Culinary Institute at Monroe College here: http://ciny.monroecollege.edu
You can make a reservation for The Dining Lab (Seating on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 6:30pm, 7:00pm and 7:15pm) here: http://www.thedininglab.com/#the-dining-lab
The ranking can be viewed here: http://www.collegerank.net/best-culinary-programs/
You can view the entire list here (sorted by alphabetical order)
- Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts – Boulder, CO
- College of Culinary Arts at Johnson & Wales College – Providence, RI
- Culinary Institute of America at Greystone – St. Helena, CA
- Culinary Institute of America at Hyde Park – Hyde Park, NY
- Henry Ford Community College – Dearborn, MI
- Ivy Tech Community College – Bloomington – Bloomington, IN
- Kendall College School of Culinary Arts – Chicago, NY
- Kirkwood Community College – Kirkwood, IA
- L’Académie de Cuisine – Gaithersburg, MD
- Le Cordon Bleu College – Cambridge, MA
- Los Angeles Trade Technical College – Los Angeles, CA
- International Culinary Center – New York, NY
- New England Culinary Institute – Montpelier, VT
- San Diego Culinary Institute – San Diego, CA
- San Francisco Cooking School – San Francisco, CA
- Sullivan University – Louisville, KY
- The Culinary Institute of NY – Monroe College – New Rochelle, NY
- The Great Lakes Culinary Center – Southfield, MI
- The Institute of Culinary Education – New York, NY
- The Restaurant School and Walnut Hill – Philadelphia, PA