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The Culinary Institute of America
For over 50 years, The Culinary Institute of America has been generating some of the greatest culinary talent in the world today. Whether you are scouting for a Chef and their brigade or if you are interested in continuing your Education, see how everything they do supports their mission of providing the world's best culinary education.
The American Culinary Federation
One of the best resources for staying up to date on culinary trends as well as locating the talent for your operation. The ACF sets the bar in our industry by maintaining the highest level of certification standards and is the only organization recognized as "The Authority on Cooking in America."
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Industry News and Valuable Information Resources
Hospitality-Industry.com is an online hospitality portal that aims to provide hospitality professionals and hotel school students access to a selected source of information about the hospitality industry. Through services like their link directory, news section and forum they offer valuable industry resources and function as a good starting point for information.
The National Restaurant Association
No matter where you are located in the country, The NRA has a valuable database for the food and beverage professional. From locating local suppliers in your area, maintaining the largest Food and Beverage Tradeshow in the US (NRA Show), to finding the latest Industry Research and even info on how to find your Local Health Department. The NRA provides a great foundation for networking and sharing of information for culinary professionals.
Looking for some inspiration? Or how about a few operational tips? Restaurant-Hospitality.com is a great resource to take a look at some great brainstorming ideas and even submit a few of your own.
Culinary Portal for Chefs and Cooks, Food Professionals, Culinary Students and Foodies.
Sort of the MSN home page for the culinarian. Restaurant promotion tips, videos, weather reports, menu ideas, blogs. A little bit of everything for the day to day grind in the kitchen.
Our version of CNN... What you need to know, when you need to know it.