Culinary Schools
I'm interested in going to Culinary school and wanted to know if any of you have been to any schools in Malaysia, the Philippines or the Western U.S. which you would recommend. I tried looking for schools in Thailand, but only found cooking classes. Any ideas?Thanks.
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It's not in the Western US, but Schoolcraft College in Michigan has great reputation.Schoolcraft Culinary Arts
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Would Singapore work? At-Sunrice is supposed to be very good for culinary arts/professional training. I took some classes in their leisure division and loved them.4
If you want heavy-duty (and this includes heavy-duty tuition), the Culinary Institute of America has a campus in the Napa Valley. They have degree and certificate programs.California Culinary Academy in San Francisco is Le Cordon Bleu. Also degree & certificate programs. Also not cheap.
I'm not familiar with it, but I have seen a lot of praise for the Culinary Arts & Hospitality Studies Program ay San Francisco City College. You'll be charged a higher tuition as a non-Califonria resident, but still a lot cheaper than the other two.
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In Malaysia many of the "international school/colleges" have courses in the Travel and Hospitality department including culinary arts.Just off the cuff,Berjaya University College of Hospitality,KDU College,Goon Institute,Disted College and Tungku Abdul Rahman University/College to name a few.
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Suspect that it would be easier (and much cheaper!) to take a look in a book shop for some relevant cookery books.Pretty much how I learned to cook many, many years ago.
Home economics wasn't an option for blokes at my school!
Honed what skills I had whilst at university in the 1990's and then with a set of Delia's How To Cook...
Just bought a new cook book a couple of weeks ago though as there's a new challenge in the offing.
As might be guessed by the title of the tome - The Hairy Dieters...
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Scribbler...I appreciate the cheap manner in which you've gone about it. I taught myself to cook in this way as well, however, there's a lot I don't know which I can't teach myself since...I don't know it! So, I'd like to take cooking classes to obtain the knowledge of many areas I'm not familiar with. Last night on a few cooking forums, I read many, many comments from people who said don't waste money on the expensive schools - just go to a community college. So that's what I will probably do. However, I do believe there must be a difference between the foods which would be prepared in a class in Malaysia, for example, vs. the U.S.Westwood - my point was simple: I was asking for first hand recommendations, which only one person gave me. I don't need to pointed in a direction as I already see the arrow. Telling someone about a school you heard about is not the same thing as recieving personal recommendations.
