Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts

as the father of modern haute cuisine, and owned by Triumph Higher Education group.

Shortly after that merger, the school purchased an additional campus in Austin, Texas.

The school is named after Auguste Escoffier, the French chef who is regarded as the father of modern haute cuisine, and known for creating the kitchen brigade system [citation needed], à la carte menu[citation needed] and the mother sauces [jargon] [citation needed].

Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts in Boulder, Colorado is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET) and approved and regulated by the Colorado Department of Higher Education, Division of Private Occupational Schools.

Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts in Austin, Texas is nationally accredited by the Council on Occupational Education (COE), is approved and regulated by the Texas Workforce Commission-Career Schools and Colleges, and is authorized as an Associate of Applied Science degree–granting institution through the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.