Culinary Institute of America Top Questions

How to work harder with less talking and how to work with peaople even if i do not like the,m . to be a chef it is not an easy job, you have to work a lot of hour and be always on top of things. organization is the key for this job. i wish i had a bigger picture of what this school is all about in order to be prepared.

Academic drive

I wish I had known how isolated the school was from any nearbby city or town where things like entertainment, food, or recreation can be reached easily. If you want to live on-campus you may want to consider having a car since nothing is walking distance and weekends can get really boring.

That the first six weeks are strictly academic classes. You are responisble for any alterations necessary to your school uniform.

I wish I would have known that there is no public transportation so I could have brought a car.

I wish I had known how difficult it would be to work and study at the same time. I need off-campus employment to fund my family, and fitting it into a rotating schedule that changes every three weeks is very hard. Time management is a crucial skill to learn here.

what types of transportation are available around the area.

I wish i would of known how great this school was along time ago. i have tried other schools abut they were nothing like this school. I wish i would of known from the begining that i was going to meet great chefs and get to cook really great food. and that this city is amazing.

That some of the advanced cooking classes that I wanted to learn to be able to compete in the indsutry are not even offered. Such as classes in molecular gastronomy for the students.

i wish i knew how hard it would be to go here. and how much stuff i would really need to bring like a microwave.