International Culinary Center
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The new home of the French Culinary Institute, the International Culinary Center was created to continue the tradition of the FCI while also providing a solid platform for expansion into additional programs and areas of study (such as their new Italian Studies program).
Located in Soho, New York City, the newly renovated center for culinary arts has been expanded to include a total of four floors of facilities, effectively doubling their teaching space. It also includes the award-winning L'Ecole restaurant on the ground floor (featuring fare from FCI students) as well as the International Culinary Theater that frequently hosts events, forums and lectures from famous graduates such as Bobby Flay and others.
Currently focusing on French and Italian cuisine, available cooking classes and programs through the International Culinary Center include:
- Career Programs
- Continuing Education Courses in opening and running a restaurant, food writing, and more
- Amateur Cooking Courses
- Cooking Clinics: new for 2006, these short courses require a minimal investment of time and money
[edit] The French Culinary Institute
The French Culinary Institute offers both career and amateur courses in French cuisine. Career courses include their famed Classic Culinary Arts (designed by Jacques Pepin}, as well as Classic Pastry Arts, and The Art of International Bread Baking. Vocational training through the FCI offers an innovative, accelerated learning format (known as their Total Immersion™ approach) that allows graduation within 6 months (for day students) or 9 months (for evening students).
A variety of popular amateur courses are also available through the FCI, ranging from serious classes with over 60 hours of total instruction, to brief recreational cooking clinics.
[edit] Italian Studies
Designed by master chef Cesare Casella, the International Culinary Center's new Italian Studies program offers a unique curriculum in Italian cuisine. The benchmark course of this new program is The Italian Culinary Experience, a groundbreaking, immersive course in Italian cuisine and culture which includes training at ALMA (The International School of Italian Cuisine) in Parma, Italy, as well as an apprenticeship at a noted Italian restaurant (also located in Italy). A la carte courses in the essentials of Italian cooking are also available for both career as well as amateur chefs.
