Cooking Technique Mastery Program - Chef Apprentice Studio of the Arts

ONE-ON-ONE CULINARY MENTORSHIP | GET STARTED

One-on-one mentorship

Kick Up Your Culinary Career

You want to be a Chef.

Do you already have a background in the culinary arts, but want to expand your horizons? The Chef Apprentice of Culinary Arts Pro Series 2 Program was made for you. You’ll take what you already know to exciting new places and prepare yourself for an entry-level job in a restaurant as a cook or line cook. You’ll learn classical cooking techniques, kitchen operations, food chemistry, and more in this advanced program.

You’ll begin the program in a professional kitchen, learning alongside a chef with years of industry experience. See how a real-world kitchen operates, get a better understanding of kitchen equipment, and learn how to prepare the kitchen for cooking. This one-on-one experience just can’t be replicated in a classroom or with several other mentees in a test kitchen.

Every workshop is one-on-one, and the plan for paying for it is personal. Speak with a mentee advisor about a plan that fits your budget.

BROWSE COURSE PLAN

Learn how new innovations have helped the poultry business and how to properly prepare chicken for a meal.

Learn general guidelines for purchasing and storage, how to identify different omelets, and in-shell cooking.

HOW THE GOURMET CHEF PROGRAM IS DELIVERED TO YOU

CHEF BOOTCAMP

STEP 1

Learn how to be a Pro Chef by learning privately, 1 on 1
Hands-on workshops with a CASA Pro Chef
Taught in a commercial kitchen, just you and your mentor
Part Time, Full Time, Nights and Weekends Available

Home Study

STEP 2

As you progress, learn at home alongside our Proprietary Video Series
Cook along with our CASA culinary videos
Learn from James Beard Nominated Chefs and Legends of Culinary and Pro Mentors
Access your lessons online from any device

Remote Mentor

STEP 3

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

THE APPRENTICESHIP

STEP 4

Learn in a real restaurant
On the job training, cooking for customers
Learn from a Pro Chef and/or Restaurant Owner
Audition for a real job as you learn as an Apprentice

THE PITCH

STEP 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!

Career Support

STEP 6

Career preparation and coaching from your mentor and the CASA team
We connect you with real culinary job opportunities

Your Cooking Curriculum

Along with your in-person sessions, you’ll have structured virtual assignments to give you a well-rounded education in the culinary arts. You’ll work with meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, and more, follow shopping lists, and prepare recipes as directed by your mentor. You’ll document your work as part of a Culinary Portfolio that will be reviewed at the end of the program.

These aren’t random videos or online tutorials you stumble across online–these are structured lessons, focused on giving you the skills you’ll need to further your cooking career. As part of your education, you’ll visit a butcher or fishmonger to learn more about the food you’ll be preparing in your culinary career. You’ll document your experience and include it in your final presentation.

Private Learning

Cook Along at Home

Career Support

WE ARE MUCH DIFFERENT FROM A TRADITIONAL CULINARY PROGRAM AND HERE IS HOW

LEARN FROM PROS

Learn one-on-one from a professional chef in a working commercial kitchen, with a mentor beside you the whole way.

MAKING MEALS

Cook along at home with our CASA culinary videos between sessions with your mentor.

INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS

Learn in a real restaurant and build real industry relationships as you go.

ONE-ON-ONE WORKSHOPS

Learn one on one and privately from a PRO CHEF in hands-on workshops. We call this Culinary Bootcamp.

STUDY AT HOME

While you are working with a PRO, study at home and create culinary creations from our family of Pro Chefs.

YOUR PACE

Every mentorship is one-on-one, so the schedule is built around you and your mentor.

ONE-ON-ONE MENTORSHIP IN A REAL KITCHEN

Welcome
to your casa

Hands-on mentorship in a working kitchen, not a classroom.

With CASA, you learn one-on-one in a real kitchen. We will give you private lessons while the restaurant is closed or slow. As you learn privately, you will be studying and cooking at home too.

As you progress through your private sessions with the pro chef, you also spend time in a working restaurant, putting what you learn into practice in the real world.

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 your mentor’s network becomes yours.

Get Started

One-on-one mentorship, planned around your budget. We are committed to keeping you out of insurmountable debt.

Every plan is personal. Speak with a mentee advisor about a plan that fits your budget with your mentor.

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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FAQs

While completion of the Chef Apprentice of Culinary Arts Pro Series 1 Program is advisable, it isn’t necessary. We do recommend having at least some experience in the culinary arts, which could include life experience. You will need to complete a ServSafe Safe Food Handler Certification before beginning the program, however.

This eight-week program includes two in-person courses in your mentor’s professional kitchen and six at-home virtual lessons.

CASA Programs are specifically designed to keep you out of debt so we keep tuition as low as possible. The Pro Series Programs were created to give mentees access to a culinary education without having to spend months in a classroom or come up with an exorbitant amount of money.