| Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts in Pittsburgh | |
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| Established | 1986 |
| Type | Private |
| President | Pearce Miller |
| Location | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Website | www.chefs.edu/pittsburgh |
Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts in Pittsburgh (LCB Pittsburgh) located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was founded in 1986. The institute offers a variety of specialized culinary degrees.[1]
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LCB Pittsburgh was originally instituted as a branch campus of The Sawyer School. The Pennsylvania Institute of Culinary Arts obtained the campus in 1990 and subsequently earned an independent accreditation by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology. In early 2002, Pennsylvania Culinary Institute became a partner with the Le Cordon Bleu Schools in North America in order to offer Le Cordon Bleu culinary programs.
LCB Pittsburgh has four culinary areas of study:[2]
LCB Pittsburgh awards Associate of Specialized Technology degrees in the first three programs and a diploma in Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Techniques.
The admission process begins with a personal interview with an admissions representative. The interview measures an applicant's knowledge, motivation, experience and confidence level in relation to a career in the foodservice and hospitality industry.[3]
LCB Pittsburgh has industry-current kitchens for student training. The facilities include a skill development kitchen; a stock, soup and sauce kitchen; a meat and poultry kitchen; a seafood/charcuterie kitchen; a pastry kitchen; a garde manger/classical/international cuisine kitchen; and multipurpose kitchens. The pâtisserie and baking kitchens include an American-style bakery kitchen, artisan bread kitchen, European-style pastry kitchen, cold and frozen dessert specialty kitchen, and a chocolate, candy and artistic sculpturing kitchen.
On January 18, 2011, LCB Pittsburgh announced that it would no longer be accepting students, as the school is to be closing.[4] The closing was the result of a combination of events, including the end of the school's lease and political pressure by the Obama administration and Senate Democrats on Career Education Corporation as a for-profit school. (The Department of Education's proposed "gainful employment" rule would deny federal funding to schools with graduates facing high proportions of debt related to their expected salaries.[4]) Current students will be allowed to finish their programs before the school closes its doors at the end of 2012.[4]