About School:    L'École Culinaire, Memphis. As a sister campus of our St. Louis location, we are continuing the tradition of producing top-notch culinary graduates that are ready to enter the workforce with the expertise they need to succeed. For more information please call us today at 1-888-214-1352 or use our request information form.

Our curriculum is designed to provide all students with an exceptionally strong and well rounded background in all aspects of the hospitality and food and beverage industry. To this end our students spend 100% of their time on the study of their chosen field. We use a unique curricular structure based on a ten-week educational phase rather than on traditional college semesters or quarters. Students take only one major course during each phase, which allows them to concentrate their learning efforts and get the most from their education.

A successful Culinary Arts student graduating from our institution will have a strong background in baking and pastry, and will develop a thorough knowledge and honed skills in all other aspects of the hospitality industry, food and beverage management.

Programs: 

Culinary Arts-The objective of this program is to prepare students to perform the tasks necessary for entry-level management in culinary applications for the food service industry. Building on the skills developed in the diploma program, students will develop professionalism. Students will develop their own culinary techniques through extensive lab exposure for excellence in food production, creativity, marketing, cost analysis, sanitation and nutrition as well as assisting with customer service.

Culinary Essentials-The objective of this program is to prepare students to perform the tasks necessary for the successful operation of the brigade, line operation, or baking/pastry bench in a food service-related industry. Students will be prepared for entry-level employment as: assistants, apprentices, station chefs, line cooks, short-order cooks, or as institutional cooks. Students will be prepared to perform entry-level tasks as captains or headwaiters in front of the house operations. Students will also be prepared to perform entry-level tasks at the baker’s bench as a boulanger. Students will be prepared to assist with supply, inventory and waste control.

Currently offering an Associate of Occupational Studies Degree in Culinary Arts and a Diploma in Culinary Essentials.

Admissions Requirements:

This program consists of 60 weeks, 92 quarter credit hours of cookery theory and associated lab work and 6 quarter credit hours of applied general education for the culinary arts, totaling 98 quarter credit hours. During the student’s first phase, he/she will be required to complete an NRA Food Safety and Sanitation course and will be required to take the certifying examination.

Hours of Operation:

Monday -Thursday: 8am-8pm
Friday: 9am-6pm (Weeks 9,10 and 1:  9am-8pm)
Saturday: 9am-3pm

Location:

• Take to I-40 East toward NASHVILLE

• Take Left exit #12C/NASHVILLE onto I-40E

• Take exit #16/GERMANTOWN toward GERMANTOWN

• Take Right fork onto N. GERMANTOWN PKY(TN-177S)

• Arrive at 1245 N GERMANTOWN PKY, CORDOVA, on the Right

Contact: Toll free at 1-888-214-1352 or locally at 901-754-7115 or. Feel free to visit our campus located at 1245 N. Germantown Parkway Cordova, TN 38016.