Culinary Institute

[shootingstar]

Does your daughter enjoy eating a wide range of food and cuisines at this time?

It might take awhile but this is very important for any aspiring chef so that they demonstrate real culinary passion, skill and creativity by understanding first taste, cooking properties of many types of fruits, veggies, meats, etc. --both common and unusual to North America.

It is interesting to watch the different chef reality contests on foodnetwork tv. Especially when they are faced with an ingredient that they've never eaten before, much less cooked with it.

I would argue heavily, that to invent/create your own quality, tasty fusion Asian-Western dishes cannot be done well unless one understands and has tried cooking for awhile at least one of the traditional Asian cuisines. Plus understanding French cooking technique. Otherwise one is just throwing together a dish that lacks soul /spark and proper integration of taste and ingredients.

[colby]

http://www.chefs.edu/san-francisco/

When a friend of mine did his research (granted, this was 10 years ago), it was CIA or California Culinary Academy for him, too.

[redrhodie]

We can't forget this one:
http://www.frenchculinary.com/

[newfsmith]

My boss's son went here http://www.iceculinary.com/career/students.shtml .
it was perfect for him. He was interested in Asian Fusion styles and went from there to Singapore, then Beijing, and Hong Kong. He is a star there, and has opened restaurants for Zuma and been executive chief in one of the top restaurants in Beijing. He is living his dream. Of course it didn't hurt that he had a write-up in "Food & Wine" while he was still a student.

[malkin]

Another thing to do now is help her develop her palate.

I love to watch Gordon Ramsey do blindfolded tests on his chefs when they can't tell if they're eating pork or lamb, pineapple or mango etc.

[lo123]

Johnson and Wales' culinary program has an excellent reputation.

http://www.jwu.edu/college.aspx?id=19510

I have a friend who went there. It's expensive, but an advantage is that if she gets in there and decides she doesn't want to go the chef route, you can study to become a dietitian. Said friend now works in some sort of breastfeeding advocacy role. She decided slaving in a kitchen wasnt' for her after her Junior year externships.

[bluebug32]

I live near the CIA in NY and it's damn good! My friend just graduated as a pastry chef. From what I've heard, it's a great school. We've had some amazing meals there. The Hudson Valley is a pretty nice college town, too. And the CIA's campus is gorgeous and right on the Hudson River.