Read more about CIA Announced as Exclusive Launch Partner for MattsonIQ™. Hyde Park, NY, February 26, 2026 – CIA has been ...

Read more about Meet the Next Generation Chef Leaders. Chatting with Culinary Institute of America students about how the next generation of chef leaders train, intern, and think about food and ...

Jennifer Lee Jackson ’08 and Justin Tootla ’09 have a shared journey through CIA kitchens that grew into a lifelong partnership. From their first days on campus to competing together on season 23 of ...

Incredible meals, trips, and memories that last a lifetime. Few industries in the world offer the same highs as hospitality and tourism. If creating unforgettable experiences is your passion, then ...

Author Annie B. Milostan is a Baking and Pastry Arts major. Now that round one is finished, the top 60 culinary students and the top 30 baking and pastry students began round two. Culinary students ...

Meet Jaidalyn Fan, an Applied Food Studies major with a Baking and Pastry Arts focus from San Jose, CA. She shares why she chose pastry, how studying at CIA has broadened her cultural perspective, and ...

What is your favorite dish to create? My favorite dish is a one pot meal. I loved being part of two great opening teams for two great Roman-style trattorias within the Union Square Hospitality Group ...

Josh Goldman, a key account manager at Chr. Hansen Holding A/S, grew up in Palm Springs, CA working in restaurants. While in high school, Josh was invited to attend a week-long program for students ...

As executive chef for the public school system, Jorge Collazo is on the front lines of New York City’s school food revolution inspired by Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Child First initiative. Jorge is ...

After graduating from CIA, Chef Benno moved to San Francisco to work for fellow CIA alumnus Michael Mina ’89 at Aqua. He then joined Chef Keller at the French Laundry before testing himself in the ...

“CIA prepared me with the basic skills and expectations I would need to enter the culinary world.” The list of chefs Jason Pfeifer has worked for reads like a “Who’s Who” of culinary giants—Michael ...