| Even the top chefs and culinary professionals agree: | | | | specialized managerial program designed for the |
| television has put the culinary arts on the spotlight. | | | | kitchen professional who wants background on |
| Shows like Iron Chef, Hell's Kitchen, and the critically | | | | handling and managing a kitchen. |
| acclaimed Top Chef flooding the tube and the influx | | | | Part of The Art Institutes educational system, The |
| of cooking celebrities such as Ted Allen, Jamie Oliver, | | | | Art Institute of New York offers culinary arts |
| Tom Callichio, and Giada de Laurentiis made culinary | | | | degrees (it also has bachelor and associate programs |
| arts education more applying. Therefore, it's only | | | | on design, fashion, and the media arts). Although the |
| natural that the people inspired by these shows seek | | | | school is not among the specialized culinary schools in |
| out the top culinary schools in New York for their | | | | New York, it is an ideal option for those who want a |
| culinary education. | | | | more whole-rounded academic experience. |
| The Culinary Academy of Long Island is one of the | | | | Other universities, while not specializing on the culinary |
| popular choices as it offers short nine month | | | | arts, offer culinary education. Among the top |
| programs for people who are seeking recreational | | | | universities with culinary programs include the New |
| and professional programs on the culinary discipline. It | | | | York Institute of Technology (Culinary and Baking |
| mostly offers baking and pastry arts courses, | | | | and Pastry Arts), Pace University (Hospitality Services |
| although it also has commercial cooking and | | | | Management), New York Restaurant School, and the |
| professional cooking programs. Of particular note is its | | | | famed New York University (Hospitality Services |
| course on Hotel and Restaurant Management, a | | | | Management). |