No matter what your career aspirations, Scottsdale Culinary Academy can help you get there. We offer exciting culinary arts programs, taught by working professionals that can provide you with the skills you need for career advancement. Unlike other culinary schools in Arizona, classrooms and labs are equipped with industry-current technology so that you may learn new skills applicable for real-world situations. Focused attention is Scottsdale Culinary Academy policy, and course content in our culinary arts programs is reviewed and updated regularly by our advisory board to reflect industry trends.

After preparing students for integration into the work environment, our career services staff at Scottsdale Culinary Academy will assist in identifying employment options.

Our graduates of Scottsdale Culinary Academy should leave with marketable skills and the combined advantages of hands-on training in culinary arts programs, business savvy, and creative and technical skills necessary for today's competitive job market.

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Scottsdale Arizona is the home of Scottsdale Culinary Institute. Our school is surrounded by world famous resorts and restaurants acclaimed for diverse Southwestern cuisine. An outdoor lifestyle can compliment the student's studies with the areas 300 days of sunny weather and pleasant climate.

Our Le Cordon Bleu programs are comprehensive and challenging for the student. The programs emphasize hands-on training techniques which reward students with a credential known and respected throughout the world.

Chef-Instructors are full-time and focus solely on your education and training. They are outstanding and experienced in the industry to satisfy Le Cordon Bleu's rigorous standards. With over 600 years of combined experience, our dedicated faculty strives to make each student's program of study a positive one. Their support can prepare students for the abundant and diverse positions available in the food industry.

Facilities
Scottsdale Culinary Institute occupies two conveniently located campuses.

The Main Campus, housing nearly 45,000 square feet of space, formerly served as a country club on a golf course and lakefront overlooking Camelback Mountain. It houses eight kitchens (including a bakery) a meat shop, the library and student study-center, and the student-run L'Ecole fine dining restaurant (recognized by Mobil with its highest student 3-star rating).

Enjoy the Sky Bridge Campus, a 49,884 square foot facility, which includes 11 kitchens and is both a culinary arts and Pâtisserie and baking teaching facility. These include: an affiliated production kitchen, an International Cuisine kitchen, the Showpieces kitchen an Advanced Baking kitchen and a Studio Demonstration kitchen. Also located at Sky Bridge is the bistro-style, student-run restaurant, L'Academie.

Our facilities sport modern, culinary equipment. The facilities include industry-current equipment such as heavy-duty ranges, induction ranges, rational combi-ovens, flashbake ovens, salamanders, open grills, deep fryers, wok stations, steam kettles, and tilt-braziers. The student will also enjoy the use of double stacked convection ovens, large and small reach-in refrigerators, walk-in refrigerators, prep tables, large freestanding mixers, ice makers, proof boxes, sorbet/ice cream makers, espresso machines, dishwasher stations, and other equipment required for culinary instruction.

History
Founded in 1986, Scottsdale Culinary Institute has built its international reputation as a culinary institute attracting students from around the world.

The renowned Le Cordon Bleu programs arrived in the United States in 1999 and through the partnership with CEC, successfully combined classical French techniques with modern American technologies. This union has ushered in a new era for SCI providing our students the opportunity to experience a comprehensive, challenging, and hands-on education.