Francis Lam—an award-winning food journalist and cookbook editor—is the host of The Splendid Table, a preeminent radio food program, and editor-in-chief at Clarkson Potter, a leading cookbook ...

Chef Harold Dieterle—a Long Island, NY, native and founder of HD Hospitality—is a restaurateur and author best known for winning the first season of Bravo’s Top Chef in 2006. After high school, he ...

Chef Paul Carmichael—a guest judge on the new Netflix series Next Gen Chef—is executive chef at Momofuku, where he oversees restaurant operations across the company, including Kabawa and Bar Kabawa in ...

Get to know some of our alumni stories below and learn how the CIA positioned them for career success. Earn a degree from the Culinary Institute of America and you’ll join a global network of more ...