Cook Street School of Fine Cooking
1937 Market St.
Denver, Colo. 80202

Cook Street School of Fine Cooking's cutting edge, 3,000 square foot kitchen is centrally located in Denver, Colorado's historic LoDo district. Cook Street School's facilities optimize each student's educational experience. Classes begin with lectures and note taking, and then students work on the day's menu. The school's kitchen includes commercial grade gas cook tops, professional Combi oven, granite demonstration island with halogen burners, and a separate baking and pastry kitchen, including a custom-built wood-fired bread oven.

Cook Street School of Fine Cooking's five month professional program prepares students through extensive hands-on training. During the program, students prepare a complete meal each day, in the culinary traditions of Italy and France. Cook Street students learn fundamental and technical skills needed for successful culinary careers. The programs curriculum consists of culinary arts, pastry, bread, wine, and table service courses. For additional culinary knowledge and skills, students can participate in the study abroad program at the Italian Culinary Institute for Foreigners.

Quick Facts

• Cook Street School of Fine Cooking is approved and regulated by the State of Colorado Department of Higher Education Division of Private and Occupational Schools and the Veterans Administration.



• The professional culinary arts program is endorsed for its quality education by the American Culinary Federation Foundation.



• Once students graduate, they are awarded a culinary and wine education diploma, and 20 educational points to be used toward American Culinary Federation certification.



• Cook Street professional program students earn full-member benefits to the American Culinary Federation. The federation has more than 240 chapters nationwide and 19,000 members.



• In 2007, Cook Street School of Fine Cooking was awarded the American Culinary Federation Foundation's Educational Assurance Award.



• The Italian Study Abroad program courses consist of cooking classes, pastry classes, wine classes, Italian language classes, and educational field trips. After the study abroad courses are completed, students participate in a two-month externship at a restaurant in the Piedmont region of Italy.



• For those who want to own their own culinary business, Cook Street has a personal chef program. This program is the first of its kind, offered with emphasis on the personal chef industry. The culinary business academy personal chef course includes classroom instruction and practical hands-on kitchen instruction, professional personal chef reference manual, more than 550 proven personal chef recipes, marketing and selling techniques, personal chef diploma, MenuMagic personal chef software, membership in the United States Personal Chef Association, and a chef jacket patch.