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CIA Alumni in the News
CIA Alumni in the new for August and September. CIA alumni are always cooking up something interesting, and with a network of more than 50,000 strong, there’s never a shortage of highlights!
Check out CIA’s new logo!
View President Ryan’s message about CIA’s next 75 years and check out the new CIA logo.
The Grove Named to Best Restaurants in Napa List
Experience a taste of the world-renowned CIA at the school’s food, wine, and art locale in downtown Napa. The on-site restaurant, called The Grove at Copia, serves a rotating selection of Mediterranean-inspired menu options, each highlighting bold flavors and seasonal ingredients from the CIA’s gardens.

Upcoming Events

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Alumni Weekend 2024 Add Alumni Weekend 2024 to calendar
Save the Date for Alumni Weekend 2024.
New Programs for a New Era
We hear it often when one of our grads comes back to visit. “Wow, everything has changed so much since I was a student here!” And to some extent that’s true. Like any evolving organization, the CIA has grown not only physically—check out what’s new at our fantastic locations in New York, California, Texas, and Singapore—but programmatically.
Culinary Science…Reinventing the Future
The evolution of the CIA’s culinary science bachelor’s degree program has been breathtaking. When we first told you about it in a 2013 edition of mise en place, the program was just being established. Today, with its increasing enrollment, challenging courses, and program graduates fanning out into successful jobs in the industry, we thought we’d catch you up on what’s been going on and share a few of the highlights. Read this article and more in the mise en place newsletter>

Chef/Owner, KJUN

   “For me, I feel like my legacy will be the life of every person that I have cooked for.”

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