Le Cordon Bleu of Culinary Arts in Austin (LCB-Austin) was a private school located in
The Domain, a , multi-use park in
Austin, Texas. The cooking school was affiliated with
Le Cordon Bleu
Le Cordon Bleu (French for " The Blue Ribbon") is an international network of hospitality and culinary schools teaching French ''haute cuisine''. Its educational focuses are hospitality management, culinary arts, and gastronomy. The instituti ...
Schools North America.
Originally named Le Chef College of Hospitality Careers, Ronald F. Boston started the school as a chef-apprenticeship program in 1981. In 1999, the school was renamed Texas Culinary Academy. TCA was acquired by
Career Education Corporation in August 2001.
LCB-Austin operated within a facility that contained six labs, classrooms, a student library, a computer lab, a restaurant, a cafe and a retail store. Also located within the facility was a 100-seat demonstration kitchen.
The school operated two on-campus restaurants. Ventana, a 100-seat restaurant which served classical
French cuisine, opened in late 2002, and The Bleu River Grille, a casual coffee and sandwich shop.
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LCB-Austin offered an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts and certificates in Le Cordon Bleu Pâtisserie & Baking and Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts.
References
External links
Texas Culinary Academy
Cooking schools in the United States
Educational institutions established in 1981
1981 establishments in Texas
Career Education Corporation
Educational institutions disestablished in 2017
2017 disestablishments in Texas
Former for-profit universities and colleges in the United States
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