The San Diego Culinary Institute, a school of the professional culinary arts. Daniel, a student at the San Diego Culinary Institute prepares a dish from his curriculum. He has since gone on to an exciting career in fine dining.get cooking. be a chef(tm). The San Diego Culinary Institute, a school of the fine culinary arts, offering hands-on programs in Cuisine, as well as Baking and Pastry.

Develop your RAW TALENT into a career in the culinary or baking & pastry arts at the San Diego Culinary Institute. Call 619.644.2100 to discover how our program of hands-on training will prepare you for a new career in fine dining in as little as 7 months.

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study techniques,
not recipes

At the San Diego Culinary Institute, you build a solid foundation of professional skills: First by observing and then by practicing the culinary techniques employed by master Chefs in the finest of the world's fine dining kitchens.
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top chef instructors
No culinary school maintains higher minimum standard for Chef Instructors than the San Diego Culinary Institute. You study directly with senior instructors possessing an average of at least 25 years of culinary experience.
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not just placement: career planning

At the San Diego Culinary Institute, we don't just practice 'job placement'. While we boast a remarkable job placement record, we pride ourselves more on the quality of those placements — on placing you in a fine dining establishment. And beginning the first day of school, you begin to learn how to plot your career.
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skills vs. recipes
You can learn recipes from a cookbook. At the San Diego Culinary Institute, you learn techniques. The techniques you need to proficiently perform any recipe, in nearly any cuisine. You will perfect your new skills in classes with a maximum of 16 students and you will emerge with the talent to launch your fine dining career.
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discover the commis
method of culinary training

With the Commis method you learn by doing. You study techniques, not recipes. You discover the elusive mysteries of flavor. You work hands-on, in well-equipped kitchen classrooms, with no more than 16 students in the lab.

:: Commis Programs

:: Commis de Cuisine-
The Savory Kitchen

:: Diplome Professionel de Boulangerie et Patisserie-
The Sweet Kitchen

 





Learn more about SDCI's Accreditation

Looking for Wine Certification? Find out more about the International Sommelier Guild.