Culinary icon Auguste Escoffier is reinvigorating culinary education almost 100 years after becoming world famous as the chef at London’s Savoy and Carlton and the Paris Ritz Hotels, thanks to the launch of the first two Auguste Escoffier Schools of Culinary Arts. Launched in the vibrant and up and coming culinary meccas of Boulder, Colorado and Austin, Texas, the schools incorporate the methods, principles and systems of Auguste Escoffier, while addressing contemporary culinary trends from around the globe and putting a unique focus on seasonal foods, farm-to-table, and sustainable practices. Both schools offer professional Culinary Arts and Pastry Arts programs, as well as Home Cook classes for the culinary enthusiast.
Paul R. Ryan, President of Triumph Higher Education Group, and Chef Mark X. Dowling, Vice President of Academics for the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts, were recently inducted into Les Amis d’Escoffier Society Chicago, a highly selective non-profit fraternity of true epicures and connoisseurs, who are dedicated to the propagation of high standards and ethics in the culinary profession.
Besides changing cooking, Escoffier forever changed the job status of chef, elevating it to an honored profession—not just for himself, but for every chef who followed. And now he’s having an impact on food and the business of cooking again, through his great grandson Michel Escoffier. Read more
Michel Escoffier, the great grandson of the revered French Chef Auguste Escoffier, came to Austin earlier this month to a reception celebrating the purchase and planned transformation of the Culinary Academy of Austin by the Triumph Higher Education Group based in Chicago.
Michel Escoffier, president of the foundation, has worked for decades publishing and preserving the legacy of his great grandfather’s work.
The acquisition was the second in the U.S. for the company which intends to launch a network of Auguste Escoffier Schools of Culinary Arts. The new schools will provide curriculums developed in association with the Escoffier Foundation and Culinary Museum in Villeneuve-Loubet, France.
The Triumph Higher Education Group and Michel Escoffier, President of the Auguste Escoffier Foundation and Museum of Villeneuve Loubet, France recently shared their visions for the next generation of culinary education by hosting a series of events in three major cities in the US, Austin, Boulder, and Chicago. Read more
BOULDER, Colo.-Aspiring chefs throughout the United States will find world-class classical culinary training at their own Culinary School of the Rockies (CSR) with the recent acquisition of the school by Triumph Higher Education Group (Triumph HEG), a seasoned Chicago-based management group dedicated to developing global post-secondary educational institutions… Read more
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.- Aspiring chefs are a step closer to world class culinary education since Triumph Higher Education Group (Triumph HEG), through a wholly-owned subsidiary, acquired the Culinary Academy of Austin (CAA) on June 10. Triumph HEG plans to turn the facility into the first Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts, a professional school for culinary and baking offering a demanding, accelerated program focused exclusively on classical culinary training and mastery of the skills and techniques sought by employers. Affiliated with the Foundation and Museum dedicated to world-renowned chef Auguste Escoffier, the school will combine interactive delivery, world-class instructors, emphasis on sustainable cuisine, and affordable tuition….Read more
HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL and VILLENEUVELOUBET, FRANCE (April 12, 2010) Triumph Higher Education Group (Triumph HEG) and the Auguste Escoffier Foundation and Museum, along with Michel Escoffier, its president and great grandson of Auguste Escoffier, have entered into historic affiliation agreements through which Triumph HEG will launch the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts in the United States and internationally. A professional school for culinary and baking, it will offer a demanding, accelerated program focused exclusively on classical culinary training and mastery of the skills and techniques sought by employers. Truly the next generation of culinary education, the school will combine interactive delivery, world‐class instructors, emphasis on sustainable cuisine, and affordable tuition…. Read more