OCA is a branch campus of the International Academy of Design and Technology's Tampa division.
[2] Orlando Culinary Academy offered two degree programs for study.
[3] The requirements for admission into OCA were a personal interview, high school diploma or equivalent and completion of an application, enrollment agreement and financial aid forms.
[5] The facilities included professional kitchens, lecture classrooms and an Academy library with the administrative office in the building.
[8] In 2000, he opened the Empire restaurant and worked alongside future Food & Wine Best New Chef 2000, Loren Falsone.