You can start classes almost any time you want - day or night.
Classes start every six weeks. So a new career isn't far off. Just call us now and we'll get you started!
You do it all at the center of today's culinary scene.
Aside from the culture, education, and entertainment that make New York City unique, we're also home to top international chefs, food experts, and many of the world's most famous restaurants. The FCI campus is situated in the heart of SoHo, an enclave of art, fashion, and culture that's at the pulse of the city's freshest restaurant scene. Our industry is evolving here as we speak, and you're at the edge of this dynamic evolution.
Classes are small, hands-on and intense.
Your classes will average 12 students per teacher, one of the lowest ratio in the industry. So training is intense, exciting, up close and fast. Your dynamic, inspiring instructor is right there to critique, correct and support you every step of the way.
With our Total ImmersionSM approach, you graduate fully-trained in 6-9 months.
Our intense, hands-on curriculum called Total ImmersionSM ensures you get the maximum real world learning in the shortest appropriate time. That means in six months, or in nine if you train at night after work, you learn what other schools take years to teach. Alain Ducasse, the legendary, three-starred Michelin chef, says it best when he describes our Total ImmersionSM approach: "It is truly amazing what The FCI accomplishes with their students in as little as six months. It is the equivalent of years of a traditional apprenticeship."
You plug-in to a vast network of powerful connections.
Our worldwide network industry professionals pepper the world's top restaurants and food-related businesses - and when they're out to hire fresh talent for internships or full-time positions, they often call us first.
As a graduate of The FCI, you can count on ongoing job placement assistance and support.
You cook in a real world New York City restaurant.
If you're studying Classic Culinary Arts, you'll spend the last third of your training on center stage cooking - not observing, but cooking - at all six stations of our Zagat- and Michelin-rated, on-campus restaurant, L'Ecole. This is The French Culinary Institute experience at its best.
You learn from legends.
You'll be trained in a curriculum designed by some of the most famous chefs in the world - respected icons who also serve as our Deans, including Alain Sailhac, Jacques Pépin, André Soltner, Jacques Torres, Cesare Casella, Dean of Wine Studies and Dean of Food Journalism, Alan Richman. And you'll train, side-by-side, with world-class Chef-Instructors who are among today's best.
You can live well in New York City - and afford it.
You can choose from a range of low-cost, beautiful, secure housing options-all just a short subway ride away from The FCI. These include apartments on Roosevelt Island, the EHS Clark Residence in Brooklyn Heights, and additional options throughout New York. Please note that housing availability is on a first come, first served basis, so find out more now.
See more stars come out at our international culinary theater.
In addition to your regular classes, The FCI offers you the unique opportunity to check out live demonstrations from high caliber celebrity-chefs and food experts at our on-campus theater. Of course, it's all free to students of The FCI.
Expand your knowledge even more. Join a student club.
Our clubs are your chance to round out your education while socializing with peers who share your passions. Enjoy superb food and wine in the city's hippest culinary hotspots, or break away from it all at outdoor foraging excursions in the serenity of upstate New York. The knowledge you build, memories you create and relationships you forge will last a lifetime.
