The school was owned by the Career Education Corporation and it was also a partner with the French culinary institute Le Cordon Bleu.

[1] The school became affiliated with Le Cordon Bleu in 1999 and changed its name from the Western Culinary Institute in January 2010.

[11] The curriculum offered two programs, in which students can earn a diploma or an Associate of Occupational Studies (AOS) in either culinary arts or pâtisserie and baking.

According to the complaint, the school failed to warn students that their tuition would exceed their ability, upon graduation, to pay off their federal loans.

It alleges the school also misrepresented its job-placement rate and failed to disclose that students would "not obtain material benefit" from the course of study.