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Top Ten Best Cooking Schools in U.S. and Canada Named In Survey

According to Latest Study Among 150 Leading Food Editors, Culinary Writers, and Restaurateurs

150 culinary industry leaders were asked to name and rank the best professional cooking schools in the U.S. and Canada.

The top 10 best culinary schools and colleges in the US and Canada according to these culinary experts cover a broad range.

In new research for CookingSchoolsCompared.com, 150 food editors, journalists and restaurateurs were asked to name the best professional cooking schools in the U.S. and Canada.

The industry study was conducted by TrueComparison.org and included e-mail, web and direct mail responses.

“Each respondent could submit only one survey, and we used a list of culinary industry experts so we protected our results from the repeat voting that has occurred in other rankings,” said a spokesperson from market research firm TrueComparison.org.

In no particular order or ranking, the top ten culinary schools according to the survey results were:

The 10 professional cooking schools range in size from the tiny Tante Marie’s Cooking School in San Francisco, to The Culinary Institute of America, one of the world’s largest institutions devoted to culinary education. Canadian schools Ottawa Culinary Arts Institute, affiliated with Le Cordon Blue Paris, and the George Brown Chef School in Ontario, Canada were also named by respondents to the list.

The Top 10 Best Rated Cooking Schools list will be used by CookingSchoolsCompared.com for its head to head comparisons of more than 40 leading culinary schools included in their data in American and Canadian programs.

About CookingSchoolsCompared.com

“While there are many websites that provide a directory of 1400 or so cooking schools in the US and Canada, only CookingSchoolsCompared.com offers real comparison data, including tuition costs, among 40 of the best and largest culinary schools.” said founder Gregg Dearth.

By selecting choices from a list of various attributes, visitors to CookingSchoolsCompared.com can rank culinary schools according to their personal criteria, including tuition cost, student/teacher ratio and instructor experience.

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