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ILLINOIS: Culinary Arts, Pastry & Cooking Schools, Wine Schools and Gourmet Food Tours

TOURS

• Free Tours by Foot - Pay what you like Walking Tours of Chicago

• Chicago Food Planet Tours
  830 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611
  Phone: (312) 445-9948 | (800) 979-3370
  E-mail: contact@chicagofoodplanet.com
  · Gold Coast & Old Town; Bucktown & Wicker Park and Chinatown Food Tours

• Chicago Pizza Tours
  27 N. Wacker Drive #126, Chicago, Illinois 60606
  Phone: (888) 210-3237 or 312.221.8502
  E-mail: service@chicagopizzatours.com
  · Chicago Pizza Daytime Tour · Pizza & Cocktails
  · Private Tours

SCHOOLS & CLASSES

• City Colleges of Chicago
  (7 colleges located across the city)
  226 W. Jackson, Chicago, Illinois 60606
  Phone: (312) 553-2500
  • Culinary Arts
    · Basic Certificate   · Advanced Certificate (AC)
    · Associate in Applied Science (AAS)
  • Baking and Pastry Arts
    · Basic Certificate (BC)   · Advanced Certificate (AC)
    · Associate in Applied Science (AAS)
  • Cake Decorating & Baking (L'Art Du Gateau) · Basic Certificate
  • Pastry and Baking (L'Art de la Patisserie)  · Basic Certificate
  • Food Sanitation · Basic Certificate
  • Food Service Sanitation, Recertification · Continuing Education Certificate
  • Hospitality  · Associate in Applied Science (AAS)
  • Hospitality Front Office   · Advanced Certificate (AC)

• College of DuPage
  425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137
  Phone: (630) 942-2800
  · Culinary Arts: Certificate & A.A.S. Degree
  · Baking and Pastry Arts: Certificate & A.A.S. Degree
  · Hospitality Management: Certificate & A.A.S. Degree

• College of Lake County
  19351 West Washington Street
  Grayslake, Illinois 60030
  Phone: (847) 543-20
  · Hospitality & Culinary Management A.A.S. Degree
  · Baking and Pastry Assistant Certificate
  · Hospitality Manager Certificate   · Hospitality Supervisor Certificate
  · Professional Chef Certificate   · Professional Cook Certificate

• Danville Area Community College
  2000 East Main Street, Danville, Illinois 61832
  Phone: (217) 443-3222
  · Culinary Arts Certificate

• Illinois Central College
  1 College Drive, East Peoria, Illinois 61635
  Phone: (309) 694-5422
  E-mail: Info@ICC.edu
  Culinary Arts Management  · Certificate   · Associate in Applied Science

• Kendall College School of Culinary Arts
  900 N. North Branch St., Chicago, Illinois 60642
  Phone: 888-905-3632
  · Culinary Arts  ·  Baking and Pastry

• Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts - Chicago
  361 West Chestnut, Chicago, Illinois 60610
  Phone: Class Information: 888-295-7222
  All Other Inquiries: 312-944-0882
  · Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts is an institution of higher learning for students who share a passion for culinary and hospitality arts. We are dedicated to providing quality career education that integrates the classic culinary curriculum of Le Cordon Bleu in combination with modern technology and innovation in global cuisine.

• The Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago
  350 N. Orleans Street, Chicago, Illinois 60654
  Phone: 1-312-280-3500
  · Culinary Arts (AAS)   · Culinary Management (BAS)
  · Hospitality Management (AAS)   · Hospitality Management (BAS)
  · Professional Baking & Pastry Certificate
  · Baking & Pastry Diploma   · Culinary Arts Diploma

• The French Pastry School
  226 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60606
  Phone: 312-726-2419
  Email: info@frenchpastryschool.com
  · L'Art de la Patisserie - The Professional Pastry and Baking Program
  · L'Art du Gateau - The Professional Cake Decorating and Baking Program
  · L'Art de la Boulangerie - The Artisanal Bread Baking Course
  · Continuing Education
       3 to 5 day courses accredited by the American Culinary Federation

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences
  901 West Illinois Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801
  Phone: 217-333-0302
  · Dietetics   · Food Science   · Hospitality Management   · Human Nutrition

• Chopping Block Cooking School
   • 4747 N. Lincoln Ave; Chicago, Illinois 60614
   • Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 107; Chicago, Illinois
  Phone: (773) 472-6700
  · Chicago's largest recreational cooking school and gourmet retail store, offers demonstration and hands-on cooking classes, wine classes, private cooking parties. Classes at our 2 locations cover subjects from cooking basics to intensive Boot Camps and seasonal, date nights, healthy and kids classes

• Wilton School of Cake Decorating and Confectionery Art
  7511 Lemont Road at 75th Street, Darien, Illinois
  Phone: 800-772-7111, ext. 2888
  · An 80 Year Tradition of Decorating Excellence. A private vocational school that has been the world leader in cake decorating education for generations.

• Dierbergs Market School of Cooking
  Edwardsville Crossing, 6671 Edwardsville Crossing Drive
  Edwardsville, Illinois 62025
  Phone: 618-622-5353  Call for more information.
  (see Missouri for additional Dierbergs locations with classes)

• Parties That Cook
  917 W. Washington Blvd. #107, Chicago, Illinois 60607
  E-mail: info@partiesthatcook.com
  Telephone: 1.888.907.2665
  Cooking Classes in San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle & Portland
  Parties That Cook offers a unique selection of hands-on cooking classes in Chicago that are open to the public. What makes these events different from other Chicago cooking classes is the upbeat and social atmosphere in which guests are encouraged to have fun while they learn to prepare delicious gourmet dishes. New classes are starting all the time so check this page often.

• Sur la Table Cooking Classes
   · Naperville
  55 South Main Street, Naperville, Illinois
  Phone: (630) 428-1086
   · Northbrook
  Northbrook Court, 2171 Northbrook Court, Northbrook, Illinois
  Phone: (800) 243-0852
  · We offer an exciting array of hands-on classes.  From classic recipes and essential skills to international fare and fun classes for young chefs, we’ll show you how to create delicious dishes all year long.
   

WINE SCHOOLS

• Chicago Wine School
  3641 S Wallace, Chicago, Illinois 60609
  E-mail: PWFegan@aol.com
  Phone: 773-565-4363
  · Five week Courses; One night Seminars