I very much enjoyed learning about Kitchen Table Cooking School & Colorado Culinary Academy in Greenwood Village last night. This is an impressive operation with great chefs.
Owner Yvonne Haag had just moved the five-year-old cooking school, along with its Espressolé Caffe (including all house made pastries) to new digs. The new location enjoys impressive new, state-of-the-art kitchens. The new space also will also be home to a brand-new professional culinary school, Colorado Culinary Academy (CCA). The Academy will offer a 12-week, affordable, accelerated – yet comprehensive – professional culinary program, designed so students can put their culinary education to work right away, without the financial burden of a longer, more expensive program.
Cooked up as it were by Ms. Haag and co-owner Chef Andy Floyd. Haag and Floyd explained the academy is designed to provide affordable, accelerated training for those seeking a career in the culinary industry. Class size will be kept small so that each student receives individualized instruction, cooks the whole menu each day, and learns every technique on the agenda.
Their intent is for each graduate to possess the skills to find an entry-level job by the end of the program. What’s different here is the program is accelerated, comprehensive and affordable. Accelerated means a full-time, 12-week comprehensive professional culinary training program covering the basic techniques, principles and theories of savory cooking with an overview of classic pastry items mandatory for every entry-level cook. Affordable means $15,000 tuition.
For more information go to: http://www.coloradoculinaryacademy.org/
Oh, and the food at the reption was excellent!