If your main interest is pastry, the French Pastry School of the City Colleges of Chicago offers numerous certificates through a 24-week course, as well as special classes with master chefs. For a French culinary education with a wider focus, the Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago awards the Le Cordon Bleu Diplōme and associate degrees in Le Cordon Bleu culinary arts and Le Cordon Bleu pātisserie & baking. A wide range of short- and long-term options is available at Kendall College, whose school of culinary arts offers various certificates, associate degrees in culinary arts and baking & pastry, and bachelor's degrees in culinary arts. Les Roches School of Hospitality Management grants bachelor's degrees in hospitality management. You can also get degrees from Illinois Institute of Art -- specifically, associate degrees in culinary arts and bachelor's degrees in culinary management -- and, if hospitality is your thing, certificates and bachelor's and master's degrees in hospitality & tourism management are available from Roosevelt University.
The Illinois Department of Employment Security expects, over the decade from 2002 to 2012, for total employment to grow in the Chicago metro area by 14.8% for chefs and head cooks, 13.6% for all food-service and -prep supervisors, 12.6% for food-service managers, 5.9% for lodging managers, 7.5% for bartenders, and 14.8% for restaurant/lounge hosts and hostesses.
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