Culinary college · Bronx, NY
Nonprofit, union-founded line cook training with a free 8-week apprenticeship
Serious cooks
Multi-week courses and boot camps
The Culinary Education Center is a nonprofit career training center, not a spot for a casual night of cooking. Food service employers and UNITE HERE Local 100 founded it together. It prepares people for jobs in kitchens, hotels and corporate dining across New York and New Jersey.
The main program is the free 8-week Line Cook Apprenticeship, and the first step is signing up for an information session. The Culinary Basics Training Course covers knife handling, plating, food temperatures, kitchen paperwork and safety standards. Students practice hands-on in a fully equipped professional kitchen and earn ServSafe Food Certification plus a CEC Completion Certificate. Dates for the 2026 upskilling courses haven't been announced yet.
Kitchen teaching is led by Lead Chef Instructor Eric Pellizzari and Chef Instructor Vanessa Ceballos. The center is at 275 7th Ave, 16th floor, in Manhattan. It also runs an ESL course there that teaches English for kitchen jobs. The center holds a 5 rating from 23 Google reviews. It's a good fit for anyone working toward a paid job in food service.
Written from Culinary Education Center’s own site and class listings, October 2026. How we write these
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No. The Line Cook Apprenticeship is free and lasts 8 weeks.
Register for one of the center's information sessions to learn about the apprenticeship before you enroll.
In the Culinary Basics Training Course you earn ServSafe Food Certification and a CEC Completion Certificate. The center also offers a ServSafe Food Handler Certification course.
No. CEC is a nonprofit that trains people for careers in food service and hospitality.
Dates for the 2026 courses have been listed as coming soon.
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