culinary arts

A culinary profession is cooking as a profession, i.e. chefs, restaurant management, dieticians, nutritionists, etc.Many people make their living cooking for others. The Occupational Outlook !(http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos02 4.htm)? for chefs, restaurant managers, dieteticians, and nutritionists is fairly good, with "as fast as the average" growth. Some college is often required for success in this field. There are trade schools, universities, and professional organizations that support this profession.Some organizations that support professionals who cook for others include:

The American Dietetic Association

Chef2Chef

The Cooking Club of America

New York Association of Cooking Teachers

Literature on Culinary Arts -

Beal, Eileen. ''Choosing a career in the restaurant industry''. New York: Rosen Pub. Group, 1997.

Institute for Research. ''Careers and jobs in the restaurant business: jobs, management, ownership''. Chicago: The Institute, 1977.

External links -

eatright.org - American Dietetic Association

chef2chef.net - Chef2Chef Culinary Portal

visitors.cookingclub.com - Cooking Club of America

culinarychef.com - Culinary Chef - What's Cooking?

nyact-online.org - New York Association of Cooking !TeachersCategory:cooking DEBUG REDIRECT (culinary profession)

JNA Institue of Culinary Arts
A private 2 year culinary school located in Philadelphia
http://www.culinaryarts.com

Southern California School of Culinary Arts
16 month Professional Culinary Arts program. Teaching both traditional and modern cookery. Instruction begins with classical French techniques and terminology and progresses to innovative, contemporary cuisine.
http://www.scsca.com

Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts
European Chef Instructors. 12 students to one Chef. Baking, Cuisine, and Pastry.
http://www.picularts.bc.ca

Cambridge School of Culinary Arts
Roberta Dowling's culinary arts school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, offers professional chef programs, continuing education classes, and travel programs in the culinary arts.
http://www.cambridgeculinary.com

The Raw Foods Chef
Certifing individuals, chefs, and teachers in the art of preparing healthy, gourmet, vegan, raw living foods. Director Cherie Soria studied with Dr. Ann Wigmore and has created gourmet living cuisine for health and rejuvenation.
http://www.rawfoodchef.com

Samui Institute of Thai Culinary Arts
Lunch time and dinner time Thai cooking classes meet daily at 11:30 and 4:00 pm in a modern facility. Three-day fruit and vegetable carving courses are taught twice weekly.
http://www.sitca.net