[2] It offers career training, diploma and associate degree programs in the culinary arts both in person and online.

The school also runs one of the largest hands-on recreational cooking, baking and beverage programs in the United States.

[3] A number of his former teachers, including James Beard, Simone Beck, Marcella Hazan and Diana Kennedy taught classes.

[4] Other notable chefs, including Julia Child, James Peterson, David Bouley, and Jacques Pépin, were frequent guest instructors.

[5] When Kump died in 1995, the school was acquired by Rick Smilow, an entrepreneur with an interest in education and the culinary arts.

[8] In Los Angeles, its campus is 38,000 square feet with teaching kitchens, academic classrooms, and a learning resource center.