Your Culinary Dreams
are Realized Here

Learn in restaurants, not classrooms, 1-on-1
with a pro chef, without insurmountable debt.

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YOU WANT TO BE A CHEF, OWNER, OR CULINARY PRO

Chefs are in Demand Right Now.

We transform our culinary mentees into amazing chefs one-on-one, at a fraction of the cost of a traditional culinary program by harnessing and enhancing their culinary passion in an immersive environment with an expert chef.

Our commitment to supporting mentees’ dreams is matched with a dedication to providing the most unique culinary experience in a professional kitchen. We keep you out of debt and out of years in the classroom.

Stop talking yourself out of the life you want to live and show the world what you can do.

EXPLORE OUR CULINARY PROGRAMS

HOW THE GOURMET CHEF PROGRAM IS DELIVERED TO YOU

CHEF BOOTCAMP

STEP 1
  • Learn how to be a Pro Chef by learning privately, 1 on 1
  • Hands-on workshops with a CASA Pro Chef
  • Taught in a commercial kitchen, just you and your mentor
  • Part Time, Full Time, Nights and Weekends Available

Home Study

STEP 2
  • As you progress, learn at home alongside our Proprietary Video Series
  • Cook along with our CASA culinary videos
  • Learn from James Beard Nominated Chefs and Legends of Culinary and Pro Educators
  • Access your lessons online from any device

Remote Mentor

STEP 3
  • Interact at any time with your second Mentor, a Pro Chef, remotely
  • Set an appointment and get coaching, feedback, tasting notes.
  • Career Advice, Career Coaching Support

THE APPRENTICESHIP

STEP 4
  • Learn in a real restaurant
  • On the job training, cooking for customers
  • Learn from a Pro Chef and/or Restaurant Owner
  • Audition for a real job as you learn as an Apprentice

THE PITCH

STEP 5
  • Pitch your best restaurant idea or Culinary Related Business Idea to Investors
  • Think Shark Tank for Culinary
  • Train to pitch your best idea for your dream culinary idea and then pitch it!

Career Support

STEP 6
  • Career preparation and coaching from your mentor and the CASA team
  • We connect you with real culinary job opportunities

OUR PROGRAMS LEAD TO GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITIES

LEARN FROM PROS

Learn one-on-one from a private chef in a commercial kitchen, with a mentor beside you in a real restaurant.

Create Exceptional Food

Cook along at home with our CASA culinary videos between sessions with your mentor.

Apprentice/Extern

Learn in a real restaurant and build real industry relationships as you go.

ONE-ON-ONE MENTORSHIP IN A REAL KITCHEN

Speak with a mentee advisor about a plan that fits your budget with your mentor.

Get your culinary education started today.

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CHEFS ARE IN DEMAND RIGHT NOW

What motivates our mentors to take on apprentices is their love of teaching and knowing what really works. That’s one-on-one education. Nothing can replace being in the back-of-house brigade with a high-end, high-production kitchen producing world-class cuisine. That type of experience only comes from being immersed in the environment.

We’ve created these programs based on years of research with the help of culinary professionals. Our mentors want to hire people like you, and we have some of the best chefs nationwide available to our mentees. We don’t place you in a classroom with others learning in a mock kitchen. You learn in a restaurant, with an amazing chef, one-on-one.

Other programs teach you first in a classroom kitchen and then send you out in the world with a piece of paper and school loan debt. It will be years before you are living the life of your culinary dreams. You are on your own to make those key connections and prove yourself.

Our mentors are here for you because they need you, they want to train and prepare you for the real world. Our mentors want to elevate the culinary education experience and provide an experience they didn’t have access to, but you now do!

At CASA, you get immersed in real kitchens with real chefs, preparing yourself to get right to work.  

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CASA has locations nationwide and is waiting for you to start your Mentorship with us.

If you don’t see your State or City listed, contact us, we have a mentor in your area waiting for you.

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Cody Woodside

After years working as a key member of an internal producing team for Scripps Network where he worked on content for HGTV and Travel Channel, Cody Woodside found himself merged out of a job when Scripps was acquired by The Discovery Channel. Rather than seek something else in production, Cody saw the forced hiatus as an opportunity to delve into the culinary arts in the CASA Gourmet Chef program.

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Start your culinary journey and become the chef you’ve dreamed of!

You will be mentored by an expert chef and gain real-world experience in an actual kitchen. Professional chefs have never been in such high demand, and your mentor’s network becomes yours.

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REAL PICTURES OF REAL MENTEES FROM THE CASA PROGRAM

CASA Flips the Switch on the Culinary Journey

We started this Program to disrupt the world of culinary  in two very big ways:

We teach you in the real culinary world. No classroom. You learn in professional kitchens with renowned chefs. Our research with the top chefs in the country informed us unmistakably that the classroom does not prepare you for the culinary world. Whether you want to work in a five-star restaurant or own your restaurant business, the traditional educational model does not deliver. You need to learn the art of food. You also need to understand the underpinnings of managing a back-of-house (and front-of-house if you want to own your own restaurant) culinary operation. This is the reason some of the most experienced and successful chefs mentor our clients.

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*Not all programs are available in every state. Consult a Mentee Advisor to learn more.

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