 
 
I decided and to come to IUP
because I did an open house here and
everybody is just so nice and they
basically welcomed me as if I was already a student
and I just love that.
I chose IUP after
doing research into a couple different
culinary schools
and the hands-on approach taken here at
the school
as well as the great externship offers
really made me decide on coming here. 
our mission here at IUP Academy of Culinary Arts 
is to train
culinarians with the skill and the
knowledge to become
chefs, pastry chefs, and managers in food and beverage directors
The faculty is awesome. I have gotten to
know each one of them very well
and I consider each one of them my friend.
I think the faculty
provides excellent instruction. Everything is
very thorough, very in-depth.
 The faculty here at IUP
are really, really strong. They're outstanding chefs
and outstanding instructors
and faculty.
They come here and they don't leave here usually unless they're going to retire
The strengths of our faculty have that
industry experience
combined with their delivery of
education.
They truly do care like how far you go
and they want everyone of us to
succeed
The small class sizes benefit
I believe benefits students because
we're actually doing all the work.
We're watching the chefs do it, we're
learning how to do it, and then we're
actually making everything.
The program is preparing me each day
for what I should expect in the industry.
Our externship is at the end of our
programs and the reason for that is this:
so that the employers
and this student can make a decision to
stay on for permanent employment.
The students have to research where they
want to go. It's not just, you know, and they
find the placement. We're not just putting
them out there.
The chefs and the human resource people that come here to IUP to hire and interview
our students
are coming from some of the best
resorts and properties
in the world, not just in the nation.
 I did my externship at Vanilla Pastry Studio in the region square of Pittsburgh.
After I had completed my externship,
I was offered a full-time position
and I am still currently working there.
Coming here to IUP made me
look at food differently. It made me
appreciate food
a lot more.
Our students are focused. They're
motivated. They're self-disciplined. They're
passionate about what they're doing. We want our
students to
eat, sleep, drink food 24 hours a day while they're here.
It definitely surpassed my expectation and I'm
really glad I came
and I can honestly say that I
love
this industry
and that IUP prepared me for it.
