Prepare for a career in culinary arts as an apprentice in four-diamond restaurants! Combine this European-style culinary apprenticeship with your degree for a resume that will impress.

Employers want real-world culinary experience, not just a piece of paper on the wall. You can get valuable, world-class, hands-on training at a fraction of the cost at the Colorado Mountain College Culinary Institute.

CMC Culinary Arts graduate Daniel LaChance garners ink in the January/February 2011 Encompass and the November 2010 Outside Magazine.

Colorado Mountain College serves nine counties in north-central Colorado: Chaffee, Eagle, Garfield, Grand, Jackson, Lake, Pitkin, Routt and Summit. The 12,000-square-mile district includes international resorts, ranches, wilderness areas and former mining towns. Each year, nearly 20,000 students take classes at our 11 locations or on the internet.

Learning here is personal. Classes are small. Faculty are friendly. Our graduates say that Colorado Mountain College has provided a solid foundation for the challenges they have faced.

Colorado Mountain College Culinary Institute offers:

At least 4,000 hours of hands-on experience in gourmet kitchens
Nationally recognized credentials following completion of the American Culinary Federation Apprenticeship
Valuable connections with four-diamond restaurants and executive chefs
Small classes headed by acclaimed faculty that lead students in amazing directions, including the James Beard House
A unique opportunity to "earn while you learn" including benefits
A stacked resumé before graduation
A ski pass to some of the world's best slopes.