The Culinary Institute of America

Let the CIA fuel your passion toward an exciting new culinary career.

The Culinary Institute of America is the culinary college to fuel your passion for cooking and baking. When you set foot on our beautiful riverside campus in Hyde Park, NY, you’ll be surrounded by food and people passionate about the culinary and baking and pastry arts. A culinary career or baking and pastry arts career is in your reach. 

Explore the CIA, and:

Hear the bustle of activity in our incredible kitchens and bakeshops stocked with the finest equipment available.

See our extraordinary team of culinary instructors dedicated to teaching the culinary leaders of tomorrow.

Smell the enticing aromas as culinary students cook and bake masterpieces using the skills that will one day allow them to take their place among the foodservice industry’s elite.

Meet the culinary students who make The Culinary Institute of America a focused, exciting, and diverse place to live and learn.

Meet your CIA Admissions Officer and learn more about CIA alumni close to home and how they are influencing the foodservice industry in nearby communities.

Feel the commitment to culinary excellence, as you picture yourself wearing that crisp, proud uniform of the professional chef.

The Culinary Institute of America: Turning Dreams into Reality
This is the place you’ve been looking for, the college where you’ll feel comfortable not only loving food but living food, where you can grow and learn and launch a culinary career. It’s the world’s premier culinary college...and it’s the springboard to realizing your dreams.

Join your fellow culinary students and get started on your culinary career today!

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