[1] LCB Pittsburgh was originally instituted as a branch campus of The Sawyer School.
LCB Pittsburgh had four culinary areas of study:[2] LCB Pittsburgh awarded Associate of Specialized Technology degrees in the first three programs and a diploma in Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Techniques.
On January 18, 2011, LCB Pittsburgh announced that it would no longer be accepting students, as the school was to close.
(The Department of Education's proposed "gainful employment" rule would deny federal funding to schools with graduates facing high proportions of debt related to their expected salaries.
[3]) Current students were allowed to finish their programs before the school closed its doors at the end of 2012.