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Culinary Education can lead to
Global Opportunities
A culinary education could open up doors for you on a global level. Anywhere you travel, the local people are usually quite passionate about their food. A good culinary education might include courses on international cuisine, in addition to traditional American cuisine courses. Learning these new, foreign cooking skills can help to increase your ability to cook anywhere in the world. Careers that students could pursue upon completing culinary school might include:
  • Food preparation worker
  • Baker
  • Pastry chef
  • Cook*
Culinary education programs are designed to help prepare students to work in the culinary industry. Courses can teach students the basic and advanced skills and techniques they need to allow their creativity to shine. After successfully completing a culinary program, students could be prepared to use their new knowledge as a basis for creating innovative, interesting and delicious new dishes, desserts and more.

Are you ready to start down the path toward a culinary career? Get your culinary education today!
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Christmas Ice Cream Chocolate Balls
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
 Ingredients
• 14 oz. mixed dried fruit • 1/3 cup plus 3 Tbsps. brandy
• 2 violet crumble bars, crushed • 4-1/4 cups vanilla ice cream
• almond bread, to serve  
 Instructions
In a large mixing bowl combine mixed fruit and brandy. Allow to stand for at least 2 hours or overnight if possible. Take ice cream out of the refrigerator and allow it to soften. Mix through the fruit with any remaining brandy and fold through violet crumble. Refreeze overnight or until firm. Serve with almond bread.**
  
Chocolate Balls Festive Rum Balls
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
 Ingredients
• 9 oz. plain sweet biscuit crumbs • 5 oz. desiccated coconut, extra for coating (optional)
• 5 oz. icing sugar, extra for coating (optional) • 2 Tbsps. cocoa powder, extra for coating (optional)
• 3 oz. raisins, finely chopped • 3 oz. walnuts, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup rum • 1 tsp. angostura bitters (optional)
• 2 Tbsps. honey, pourable  
 Instructions
Combine first 6 ingredients in bowl. Mix together rum, angostura bitters (if used) and honey. Add to bowl and mix well to form a firm dough. Shape into balls and roll in desired coating or mixture. Chill until required.***


 

Warm Drinks for Chilly Days
By Nick Wetmore

Nothing stops your shivering on a cold day like a hot drink, and the addition of alcohol warms you from the inside out.

Wine, rum, schnapps, brandy, and whiskey all pair well with warmed mixers. Hot beverages lend a festive air to holiday parties as easily as they warm you after a fall hike or an afternoon of ice skating.

Try this delicious recipesto warm you up when the weather turns cold

Hot Buttered Rum
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 0 minutes

Ingredients
• 1 ½ oz. dark rum
• 1 tsp. brown sugar
• 1 tsp. butter
• 4 oz. hot water or milk
• Nutmeg (optional)

Instructions
In a mug, combine the rum, brown sugar, butter, and hot water. Stir until butter and sugar have melted. Garnish with a sprinkle of nutmeg.****
 

Are you ready to start a culinary program? A culinary education could help prepare you for exciting job opportunities. You can find a culinary school near you. There are many Le Cordon Bleu culinary schools throughout the United States. Contact us today to get connected to the closest school to where you live.

Midwest Schools
>> The Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago
>> Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minneapolis, MN
Northeast Schools
>> Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Boston, Cambridge, MA
>> Pennsylvania Culinary Institute,
Pittsburgh, PA
Southern Schools
>> Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Atlanta,
Tucker, GA
>> Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts Dallas
>> Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Miami,
Miramar, FL
>> Orlando Culinary Academy
>> Texas Culinary Academy
Austin, TX
West Coast Schools
>> California School of Culinary Arts, Pasadena, CA
>> California School of Culinary Arts, Hollywood, CA
>> California Culinary Academy, San Francisco, CA
>> Kitchen Academy Sacramento
>> Kitchen Academy Seattle
>> Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Las Vegas
>> Scottsdale Culinary Institute Scottsdale, AZ
>> Western Culinary Institute, Portland, OR
 


 


 

*The jobs mentioned are examples of certain potential jobs, not a representation that these outcomes are more probable than others.

** http://www.chefs.com/RecipeDetails.aspx?RecipeID=3897
*** http://www.chefs.com/RecipeDetails.aspx?RecipeID=12392
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