CASA Culinary Schools in Illinois

Our Illinois Culinary School locations will help you hone your talent and build skills.

The culinary arts are an exciting and rewarding career choice that allows you to express your creativity and passion for food. The traditional route has been to attend a culinary school, but tuition can be prohibitively expensive. Fortunately, there is now an alternative option – the Chef Apprentice School of the Arts. We offer accelerated learning in a real-world kitchen environment, pair you with a chef for one-on-one mentoring, and our programs are designed to help you transition from a student to working in a professional kitchen in just a few months.

Our tuition rates are also much lower than those of traditional culinary schools, allowing you to pursue your dream without having to take on massive debt. At Chef Apprentice School of the Arts, we believe in building up future generations of chefs and other culinary professionals who will shape the industry for years to come. We offer a range of networking opportunities so our graduates can make valuable connections within the industry before they even start their careers!

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Cody Woodside

After years working as a key member of an internal producing team for Scripps Network where he worked on content for HGTV and Travel Channel, Cody Woodside found himself merged out of a job when Scripps was acquired by The Discovery Channel. Rather than seek something else in production, Cody saw the forced hiatus as an opportunity to delve into the culinary arts in the CASA Schools Gourmet Chef program.

Start your culinary journey and become the chef you’ve dreamed of!

You will be mentored by an expert chef and gain real-world experience in an actual kitchen. Professional chefs have never been in such high demand and our job placement is unmatched in the industry.

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