Your Culinary Dreams
are Realized Here

Learn in restaurants, not classrooms, 1-on-1
in 6 months or less without insurmountable debt.

YOU WANT TO BE A CHEF, OWNER, OR CULINARY PRO

Chefs are in Demand Right Now.

We transform our culinary students into amazing chefs in as little as six months at a fraction of the cost of other culinary schools by harnessing and enhancing their culinary passion in an immersive environment with an expert chef.

Our commitment to supporting students’ dreams is matched with a dedication to providing the most unique culinary experience in a professional kitchen. We keep you out of debt and out of years in the classroom.

Stop talking yourself out of the life you want to live and show the world what you can do.

EXPLORE OUR CULINARY PROGRAMS

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to your casa

Featured Program

Gourmet Chef Program

6 Months

Our six-month program will fully prepare you for a culinary career or for tackling your dreams as a restaurant-chef-owner. In-person, hands-on training, self-lead learning, and on-demand videos are designed to lay the foundation for a career in the culinary arts.

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25 hours of private instruction with a pro chef
40 hours of home study
Cook 135 recipes
100 hours of externship in a real restaurant
One year of job placement assistance

HOW THE GOURMET CHEF PROGRAM IS DELIVERED TO YOU

CHEF BOOTCAMP

MODULE 1

Learn how to be a Pro Chef by learning privately, 1 on 1
25 hours of private instruction using the CASA curriculum
Taught in a commercial kitchen, just you and a CASA Pro Chef
Part Time, Full Time, Nights and Weekends Available

Home Study

MODULE 2

As your progress through Module #1, learn at home simultaneously with our Proprietary Video Series
Cook up to 135 original recipes
Learn from James Beard Nominated Chefs and Legends of Culinary and Pro Educators
Interact with our Curriculum Portal Online from any device

Academic facilitator

MODULE 3

Interact at any time with your second Mentor, a Pro Chef, remotely
Set an appointment and get tutoring, homework help, tasting notes.
Career Advice, Career Coaching Support

THE APPRENTICESHIP

MODULE 4

After Modules 1-3 are completed, learn in a real restaurant
100 hours of on the job training, cooking for customers
Learn from your 3rd Mentor, a Pro Chef and/or Restaurant Owner
Audition for a real job as you learn as an Apprentice

THE PITCH

MODULE 5

Pitch your best restaurant idea or Culinary Related Business Idea to Investors
Think Shark Tank for Culinary
Train to pitch your best idea for your dream culinary idea and then pitch it!

Job placement

MODULE 6

If you haven’t been offered a job in the kitchen you trained at in Module #4, get one year of REAL job Placement from our Career Development Counselors.
We will send you out on real culinary job opportunities

OUR PROGRAMS LEAD TO GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITIES

LEARN FROM PROS

Learn from 3 mentors – a private chef in a commercial kitchen, an academic facilitator remotely, and a mentor at an externship in a real restaurant.

Create Exceptional Food

Learn privately from home and cook over 134 recipes and while studying our CASA culinary videos.

Apprentice/Extern

Learn in a real restaurant guaranteed and then get one year of job placement.

OVER 300 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION IN 6 MONTHS

Finance your education through Climb. Quick approval with no impact on your credit score.

Entering the culinary arts world loaded down in debt can seriously thwart your future success. CASA’s curriculum-backed, on-the-job training is time-efficient and cost-efficient.

Get your culinary education started today.

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CHEFS ARE IN DEMAND RIGHT NOW

What motivates our mentors to take on apprentices is their love of teaching and knowing what really works. That’s one-on-one education. Nothing can replace being in the back-of-house brigade with a high-end, high-production kitchen producing world-class cuisine. That type of experience only comes from being immersed in the environment.

We’ve created these programs based on years of research with the help of culinary professionals. Our mentors want to hire people like you, and we have some of the best chefs nationwide available to our students. We don’t place you in a classroom with others learning in a mock kitchen. You learn in a restaurant, with an amazing chef, one-on-one.

Other programs teach you first in a classroom kitchen and then send you out in the world with a piece of paper and school loan debt. It will be years before you are living the life of your culinary dreams. You are on your own to make those key connections and prove yourself.

Our mentors are here for you because they need you, they want to train and prepare you for the real world. Our mentors want to elevate the culinary education experience and provide an experience they didn’t have access to, but you now do!

At CASA, you get immersed in real kitchens with real chefs, preparing yourself to get right to work.

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MORE PROGRAM INFO

CASA has locations nationwide and is waiting for you to start your Mentorship with us.

If you don’t see your State or City listed, contact us, we have a mentor in your area waiting for you.

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SUCCESS STORIES
FROM CASA STUDENTS

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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REAL PICTURES OF REAL STUDENTS FROM THE CASA PROGRAM

CASA Schools Flip the Switch on Culinary Education

We started this School to disrupt the world of culinary education in two very big ways:

We teach you in the real culinary world. No classroom. You learn in professional kitchens with renowned chefs. Our research with the top chefs in the country informed us unmistakably that the classroom does not prepare you for the culinary world. Whether you want to work in a five-star restaurant or own your restaurant business, the traditional educational model does not deliver. You need to learn the art of food. You also need to understand the underpinnings of managing a back-of-house (and front-of-house if you want to own your own restaurant) culinary operation. This is the reason some of the most experienced and successful chefs mentor our students.