Culinard

Culinard
Type For-profit
Established 2000
Owner Educational Corporation of America
Location Birmingham (Main Campus), Alabama, USA

Culinard is a culinary school owned by Education Corporation of America. It was opened in 2000 as part of the Birmingham, Alabama branch of Virginia College. The second campus was opened with the establishment of the Jacksonville, Florida branch of Virginia College in 2009. Additional Culinard campuses now operate at Virginia College campuses in Mobile, Alabama; Richmond, Virginia; and Savannah, Georgia.

Culinard offers two 36-week educational programs: a Culinary Arts Diploma[1] and a Pastry Arts Diploma.[2] An online Culinary Arts Associate’s Degree[3] is also available if certain criteria are met e.g. having already had formal training in culinary skills at a post-secondary level.

Teaching faculty

The school’s Culinary Dean is Chef Antony Osborne, a European Master Pastry Chef with educational degrees earned and experience training with culinary institutes such as Westminster College and the Ealing College of London, Slough Polytechnic University in England and Sullivan University in Kentucky. Osborne is a recipient of the Golden Lion Award, the highest culinary award in Asia, and was named one of the Top Ten Pastry Chefs in the United States in 2006.

Twenty-nine other Culinary and Pastry chef instructors at Culinard contribute a variety of international experience, cultural diversity and professional expertise to the teaching curriculum. They have received local and international awards and participated in several TV episodes of Food Network’s “Unwrapped,” “Dining Around,” "Sugar Inventions Challenge” and programs on the DIY Network.

Faculty member Chef Daniel Navarro won an American Culinary Federation competition that rewarded him with an opportunity to train in France at the Bocuse Institute for a year.

Chef instructor Mary Schaefer has a website with her husband called allergychefs.com that addresses the issue of cooking for people with food allergies.

Awards

Culinard was named among the nation's best culinary programs in 2011 by Chef2chef[4] a culinary web portal.

Restaurants

Culinard operates four public restaurants that are teaching establishments for the staff of professional chefs to provide a learning lab environment for the culinary and pastry arts students. The Café at Cahaba Grand is located in the Cahaba Grand Conference Center in Birmingham, Alabama and offers a full hot breakfast and lunch daily. The Café at Innovation Depot is a 3,700-square-foot European-style bakery open to the public and features baked goods, gelato and catering services. Century Restaurant and Bar is located in the 98-year-old Tutwiler Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama. Kitchen on George, located in the Oakleigh Historic District of Mobile, Alabama, offers fresh, contemporary American food in a casual atmosphere.[5]

Accreditation

Culinard is a college accredited by the ACICS and its programs are accredited by the American Culinary Federation.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ http://www.culinard.com/culinary-arts-programs/culinary-arts-diploma.cfm
  2. ↑ http://www.culinard.com/culinary-arts-programs/pastry-arts-diploma.cfm
  3. ↑ http://www.vconline.edu/associate-degrees-online/culinary-arts-degree.cfm
  4. ↑ http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/culinary_schools_birmingham_al.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.culinardcatering.com/index.cfm
  6. ↑ http://luisfpinedamdpc.com/index.asp
  7. ↑ http://lagniappemobile.com/cover-2014-nappie-awards/

External links

Coordinates: 33°28′15″N 86°49′06″W / 33.4708°N 86.8182°W / 33.4708; -86.8182

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