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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The SDCI Difference

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. | learn more...

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. | learn more...

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

SDCI News

SDCI Extends its Unprecedented Win Streak in Sanctioned Culinary Competition.

Posted: August 8, 2010

Once again, the SDCI culinary team brings home the hardware from ACF (American Culinary Federation) sanctioned hot food competition. Since SDCI began sponsoring its student team to compete in professional category competition in 2005, our teams have not only successfully earned medals in every competition in which they have entered, but our students have successfully won at least two medals for every three competitions entered. | Read more...

Another news story

Posted: August 4, 2010

Once again, the SDCI culinary team brings home the hardware from ACF (American Culinary Federation) sanctioned hot food competition. Since SDCI began sponsoring its student team to compete in professional category competition in 2005, our teams have not only successfully earned medals in every competition in which they have entered, but our students have successfully won at least two medals for every three competitions entered. | Read more...

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