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Culinary guides, with sources
Straight answers on costs, chef careers, schools and Swiss food, written by our admissions team with dated, sourced figures.
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- How much does culinary school cost?CIA, ICE and Johnson & Wales 2026–27 prices next to a Swiss culinary degree with paid internships.
- Chef salaryUS pay for chefs, executive and sous chefs, and Swiss minimum wages for cooks by qualification.
- How to become a chefTraining routes from certificate to bachelor's degree, how long it takes, and the steps up the brigade.
- Best culinary schools in the worldTen well-known schools in Europe and the US, and how to choose without a fake ranking.
- Culinary schools in EuropeFrance, Italy, Spain and Switzerland: the schools, teaching language, paid internships and costs.
- Traditional Swiss food22 dishes to know, region by region, from fondue and rösti to Lucerne's Chügelipastete.
- BHMS fees for 2027, in US dollarsEvery culinary and pastry fee for 2027 in Swiss francs and dollars, with what each covers.
- Swiss culinary school with a US high-school diplomaEntry requirements, start dates and the documents to send after a US high school.
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¿Buscas estudiar gastronomía? Lee nuestras guías en español: la licenciatura en gastronomía en Suiza, cuánto gana un chef, qué es la gastronomía y la comida típica de Suiza.
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Next intakes: 16 November 2026 · 22 February 2027 · 16 August 2027 · Lucerne, Switzerland
Every bachelor year pairs six months of study with a six-month paid internship — a guaranteed gross minimum of CHF 2'390/month in Switzerland. How the internship model works →