(The Old Bear) writes:

>Newsgroups: rec.food.baking
>From: The Old Bear
>Subject: Please help settle a husband-wife argument !!
>Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 00:05:35 -0500
>
(Mike Faraday) writes:
>>
>> My wife age 48 has a passion for baking and pastry making. She
>> would like to enroll in a 18 month culinary school.
>. . .
>
>
>The Boston Globe just did a food feature story on culinary schools
>and the demand for their graduates.
>
>It's still available online at:
>http://www.boston.com/ae/food/articl...t_to_be_a_chef
>
>Unfortunately, the tabular comparison of several culinary programs is not
>available from the Globe's online site. If MrsBear has not tossed it out,
>I'll try to locate it and post the information.


I was in luck and MrsBear was still in the process of clipping out the
interesting recipes -- and had not cut up the comparison table beyond
recognition as yet.

Best viewed with a monospace type face like Courier or Corporate Mono:

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MAIN COURSES
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Snapshots of some prominent cooking schools, nationally and
in New England.


ATLANTIC CAMBRIDGE CULINARY
CULINARY SCHOOL OF INSTITUTE
ACADEMY CULINARY ARTS OF AMERICA
Dover, NH Cambridge, MA Hyde Park, NY
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STUDENTS 250 An average of 2,300 in
200 students degree programs
annually

STUDENT/ 15:1 About 9:1 18:1
TEACHER
RATIO


COST $35,000 for $19,500 for $18,260 annually
15-month for 10-month
program professional's
program

PLACEMENT 98 percent 77 percent According to an
RATE alumni survey
in '01-'02,
98 percent were
employed within
6 months

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cont'd

FRENCH CULINARY NEWBURY COLLEGE NEW ENGLAND
INSTITUTE CULINARY ARTS CULINARY INSTITUTE
new York City Brookline, MA Three Vermont
locations plus
British Virgin
Islands satellite
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STUDENTS About 1,200 160, of which About 700
graduate about 120 annually
annually are full time

STUDENT/ 11:1 About 15:1 7:1
TEACHER
RATIO

COST About $30,000 $15,500 annually About $21,000
for professional for full-time annually
certificate students
(6 or 9 months)

PLACEMENT Two to three 98 percent Well over
RATE job offers per 95 percent
per graduate placed immediately;
grads leave with
two or three job
offers each


SOURCES: School Representatives

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I hope this is helpful.

Cheers,
The Old Bear