Cooking School
I've decided recently to enroll in The Institute for Culinary Education here in New York City. The school was formerly known as the Peter Kump Cooking School and was bought from the founder, Peter Kump, a cooking teacher and entrepreneur a few years ago. The school began modestly in his upper east side apartment and now occupies major real estate in downtown Manhattan. Sadly, Peter Kump passed away a few years ago. The legacy he left to the school remains, though. I've always loved cooking and eating--who doesn't--and would love to watch PBS cooking shows--The Frugal Gourmet and Yan Can Cook--with the eagerness of a child. Yet I've only started cooking recently, inspired by the Food Network.
One of my favorite features of the school is its work-study program. Anyone who has looked into culinary school will tell you that tuition is extremely expensive. ICE Culinary is $25K for a six-month culinary arts program. However, the work-study program allows you to earn tuition credit in exchange for work. You would work in the pantry of the school, delivery food items to classes, assisting chef instructors, and organizing and cleaning the pantry. After you log in 1600 hours , you can begin the culinary arts program with everything paid for by the school--books, knives, equipment, everything. This is the only culinary school that offers such a program and that's one of the reasons I choose it. I have enough debt from college and credit cards to manage one more bill.
I'm glad, though, that I'm choosing to follow through on a profession I love. I had many doubts and fears before making the decision. Yet my heart was always steering me to this direction. I could not ignore it for long.
One of my favorite features of the school is its work-study program. Anyone who has looked into culinary school will tell you that tuition is extremely expensive. ICE Culinary is $25K for a six-month culinary arts program. However, the work-study program allows you to earn tuition credit in exchange for work. You would work in the pantry of the school, delivery food items to classes, assisting chef instructors, and organizing and cleaning the pantry. After you log in 1600 hours , you can begin the culinary arts program with everything paid for by the school--books, knives, equipment, everything. This is the only culinary school that offers such a program and that's one of the reasons I choose it. I have enough debt from college and credit cards to manage one more bill.
I'm glad, though, that I'm choosing to follow through on a profession I love. I had many doubts and fears before making the decision. Yet my heart was always steering me to this direction. I could not ignore it for long.
