Top 100 Culinary Schools

This round of voting is complete! The following Top 100 Culinary Schools results were complied directly from Chef2Chef users' votes from February 2007 to April 2009. All votes counted equally and no weighting or preference was given to any particular school. Total votes indicates the number of visitors to vote for a school, while score is the total number of stars received. The rank of a school was determined by the score divided by the number of total votes. These results will be archived as you see them listed here.

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Rank	Title	Total Votes	Score
1	The Culinary Institute of America Hyde Park Campus, Hyde Park, NY	8938	43073
2	Texas Culinary Academy Austin, Texas	6022	29165
3	Institute of Culinary Education New York, NY	4741	23440
4	DCT - Swiss-European Culinary & Pastry Chocolate Art Center Vitznau-Lucerne, Switzerland	4659	23054
5	Scottsdale Culinary Institute in Arizona Scottsdale, Arizona	4021	19817
6	Johnson & Wales University CAMPUS: Charleston, SC	3723	17990
7	San Diego Culinary Institute San Diego, CA	3389	16765
8	Johnson & Wales University CAMPUS: North Miami, FL	3307	16290
9	JNA Institue of Culinary Arts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	3261	16137
10	Liaison College Ontario, Canada	3179	15584
11	International School for Culinary Arts and Hotel Management Philippines	3074	14906
12	The French Culinary Institute New York, NY	2918	13909
13	New England Culinary Institute Montpellier, VT	2819	13701
14	The Culinary Institute of America Greystone Campus, Nappa Valley, CA	2815	13684
15	The Art Institute of Houston Culinary Arts Program, Houston, Texas	2774	13678
16	Sullivan University Louisville, KY	2873	13675
17	High Training Educational Institute Caracas, Venezuela	2650	13022
18	Center for Culinary Arts Manila, The Philipines	2475	12193
19	Grand Rapids Community College Grand Rapids, Michigan	2155	10712
20	Louisiana Culinary Institute Baton Rouge, LA	1966	9712
21	Western Culinary Institute Portland, Oregon	2018	9616
22	Orlando Culinary Academy Orlando, Florida	1980	9582
23	The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College Philadelphia, PA	1958	9575
24	The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale Culinary Arts Program, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida	1942	9563
25	Cucina con Vista Cooking School Florence, Italy	1949	9550
26	Escuela Univde Hosteleria Barcelona, Spain	1967	9549
27	Schoolcraft College Livonia, MI	2039	9538
28	Johnson & Wales University CAMPUS: Providence, RI	2065	9525
29	High Training Educational Institute Caracas, Venezuela	1821	9014
30	Pastry and Baking Institute Cristina Michalczuk Caracas, Venezuela	1545	7663
31	California Culinary Academy San Francisco, California	1172	5659
32	Johnson & Wales University CAMPUS: Norfolk, VA	609	2973
33	Johnson & Wales University CAMPUS: Charlotte, NC	587	2921
34	Johnson & Wales University CAMPUS: Denver, CO	595	2904
35	YTI Career Institute Langcaster, PA	473	2225
36	Italian Culinary Brescia, Italy	386	1807
37	The Asian and Oriental School of Catering London, UK	331	1641
38	California School of Culinary Arts Pasadena, California	327	1502
39	Florida Culinary Institute West Palm Beach, Florida	293	1346
40	Tante Marie's Cooking School San Francisco, CA	242	1105
41	Connecticut Culinary Institute Farmington, Connecticut	225	1058
42	Le Cordon Bleu College of Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada	222	1021
43	Pennsylvania Culinary Institute Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	228	1007
44	Chicago Cooking and Hospitality Institute Chicago, Illinois	215	972
45	The Culinary Institute of Canada Prince Edward Island, Canada	191	924
46	Culinary Arts Program at UNLV Las Vegas, NV	189	895
47	Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Program, Brown College Mendota Heights, Minnesota	190	860
48	Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute Albuquerque, New Mexico	178	854
49	Cascade Culinary Institute Bend, OR	174	840
50	Professional Culinary Institute Campbell, CA	173	836
51	Culinary Institute of New Orleans New Orleans, LA	178	833
52	Institut Paul Bocuse The Lyon Culinary Arts and Hotel Management School	168	790
53	The Art Institute of New York City Culinary Arts Program, New York City	172	785
54	The Art Institute of Philadelphia Culinary Arts Program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	149	710
55	Cambridge School of Culinary Arts Cambridge, MA	131	585
56	Alain and Marie Lenotre Culinary Institute Houston, TX	110	475
57	College of Culinary Arts Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia	109	464
58	CULINARD, The Culinary Inst of Virginia College Birmingham, AL	106	450
59	Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts Vancouver, BC	97	426
60	National Culinary School San Diego, CA	86	382
61	The Art Institute of Colorado Culinary Arts Program, Denver, Colorado	100	342
62	Maui Community College Maui, Hawaii	76	335
63	Stratford College Woodbridge, Virginia	74	331
64	Le Cordon Bleu of Paris Paris, France	74	327
65	College of Culinary Arts Miami Florida, Miami	78	327
66	Center for Culinary Arts Shelton Connecticut	70	324
67	PTEC Clearwater Campus (Pinellas Technical Education Center) Clearwater Florida	71	323
68	Center for Foods of the Americas San Antonio, TX	68	321
69	Washtenaw Community College Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management, Ann Arbor, Michigan	68	321
70	Southern New Hampshire University's School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Management New Hampshire	68	319
71	Arizona Culinary Institute Scottsdale, Arizona	69	319
72	L'Academie de Cuisine Gaithersburg, MD	79	319
73	Winner Institute Culinary Arts Program Transfer, PA	74	317
74	Cabrillo College Culinary Arts Department Aptos, CA	67	313
75	Oklahoma State University Okmulgee Campus, Okmulgee, Oklahoma	67	313
76	The School of Culinary Arts at Yorktowne Business Institute Features culinary arts, pastry and food service programs. Offers an on-campus restaurant.	66	312
77	Santa Fe School of Cooking Santa Fe, NM	71	311
78	School of Natural Cookery Boulder Colorado	66	305
79	Galveston College Galveston, TX	65	305
80	Cookin' Cajun Cooking School New Orleans, LA	66	299
81	Capital Culinary Institute of Keiser College Tallahassee, FL	70	291
82	Orlando Culinary Academy Orlando, FL	63	287
83	Dubrulle Intern. Culinary & Hotel Institute Vancouver, BC Canada	63	262
84	The Art Institutes International Minnesota Culinary Arts Program Minneapolis, Minnesota	67	250
85	The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College Philadelphia, PA	55	244
86	The Culinary Institute of Canada Prince Edward Island, Canada	56	243
87	The Art Institute of Seattle Culinary Arts Program, Seattle, Washington	76	243
88	The Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago Culinary Arts Program, Chicago, Illinois	70	235
89	The Art Institute of Atlanta Culinary Arts Program, Atlanta, Georgia	73	234
90	The Art Institute of Dallas Texas Culinary Arts Program, Dallas, Texas	72	196
91	The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Culinary Arts Program, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	59	159
92	The Art Institute of Washington Culinary Arts Program, Arlington, Virginia	61	156
93	The Art Institute of California - San Diego Culinary Arts Program, San Diego, California	68	145
94	The Art Institute of Phoenix Culinary Arts Program, Phoenix, Arizona	59	140
95	The Art Institute of California - Los Angeles Culinary Arts Program, Santa Monica, California	60	139
96	The Art Institute of Charlotte Culinary Arts Program, Charolotte, North Carolina	56	138
97	The Art Institute of Las Vegas Culinary Arts Program, Las Vegas, Nevada	60	127
98	The Art Institute of California - Orange County Culinary Arts Program, Santa Ana, California	63	125

Rank

Title

Total Votes

Score

The Culinary Institute of America
Hyde Park Campus, Hyde Park, NY

8938

43073

Texas Culinary Academy
Austin, Texas

6022

29165

Institute of Culinary Education
New York, NY

4741