In partnership with GD Goenka University, Les Roches, the Swiss school of hospitality management, has been looking Indiawards with student and media engagements. They are more aware of modern cooking techniques,” says Priyanandan Reddy, CEO of Bengaluru-based AIMS Institutes (that has a hospitality management school with a culinary arts diploma). “In India, there are fewer culinary schools. While the US has about 580 accredited cooking schools that churn out more than 30,000 graduates annually, India barely has sixseven accredited schools devoted to cooking, says Bose.Chef Manu Chandra who studied at the CIA’s New York campus in the early 2000s, says that culinary schools are not just about cooking. You need to hire from the industry and pay them well,” Chandra points out.India’s growing food culture can only mature when we have more of these chefs emerging from top cooking schools.

Source: Economic Times May 26, 2018 17:26 UTC