2024 Summer Culinary Cooking School and Culinary Arts Camp:
One-week premier culinary arts program for pre-college students ages 12 – 17: day and residential options available at all locations. All skill levels accepted. Pro chefs, pro kitchens.
TUITION:
NYC and Los Angeles
1-week Residential Program: $4495 (includes a Broadway show each week in NYC and similar in LA)
1-week Day Student Program: $2695
Seattle, Austin and Washington DC:
1-week Residential Program: $3995
1-week Day Student Program: $1995
Residential Program Includes:
Top culinary program in a pro kitchen with pro chefs from M-F 10am – 6pm daily, and:
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- A room in one of our residence halls (typically located in College or University facilities)
- Touring, travel and fun / attractions in the city
- All kitchen activities and supplies
- All transportation with the staff throughout host cities on event nights
- Ticket and entry fees when required on event night
- Food and cooking supplies
- A Summer Culinary chef’s jacket with your name + camp logo embroidered onto it (register by 5/31)
- A camp t-shirt and lanyard for swipe card
- As much fun as we can jam out!
- A 300-page proprietary digital cookbook for each student
Day Program Includes:
Professional-level cooking instruction in a pro kitchen with pro chefs from M-F 10am – 6pm daily, and:
- Lunch and dinner and all coursework
- Food and cooking supplies
- A Culinary Summer chef’s jacket with your name + camp logo embroidered onto it (register by 5/31)
- A camp t-shirt and lanyard
- And as much fun as we can jam into the culinary summer programs!
- A 300-page proprietary digital cookbook for each student
Multi-Session, Family and Returning Student discount:
Get 10% off the total tuition for the program if the students are siblings/relatives or if you attend more than one session this summer, or if you have attended any Summer Culinary program before.
Enrollment Process:
Step 1: Click HERE to begin the registration. No application is needed; only a love of food. Enter basic family and student information and make a minimum $500 deposit, work out a payment plan or pay in full. You do not have to fill everything out at once; you can save the spot and come back later.
Step 2: Your welcome pack comes as an attachment to your confirmation e-mail immediately after registering. It contains all of the information you’ll need generally, packing list, notes, directions, get excited! Then, in the weeks preceding the program, you will hear from your Program Director with lots of fun updates and details.
Step 3: By May 15th, be sure to make your final payment and enter all your information about your student in our system. It is easy to navigate and we are here to help.
More Information:
How To Pay, Credit Cards or ACH:
During the registration process, you can choose to pay with either ACH or with a credit card. Please note that there is a 3% convenience fee added to the transaction should you choose to use a credit card.
More About Your Personalized Embroidered Chef Jacket
Every student receives a cool chef jacket with their name embroidered on one side and the camps logo on the other. It’s very cool. note: Personalized chef jackets are not available to anyone who registers after May 31st. Students who register after will still receive a Summer Culinary chef jacket with our logo on it, it will not have their name due to the long process of ordering custom items!
Optional Tuition Add-Ons / Additional Fees:
Airport Service: Cost: $125/one-way and $250/round-trip
- campusNYC: JFK or LGA
- campusATX: AUS
- campusLA: LAX or ONT-Ontario airport is preferred / closer).
- campusDC: IAD (Dulles) or DCA (Reagan)
- campusSEA: SEA (Seattle-Tacoma International Airport)
Please contact us if you have any questions! We have been doing this cooking school a long time and are very very good at this! Please note: We cannot accept students a day early or keep students a day late as we do not have access to the residence hall and rooms at that time.
Linens: Cost: $75
Residential students who would like to rent a set of Twin XL linens from us can do so for $75/session. This includes: pillow, blanket, sheets, towel, pillowcase, and a washcloth.
Refund Policy:
We know that circumstances can sometimes change for every family. With that in mind, we have extended our deadline to withdraw for any reason until May 15, 2024.
Before May 15, 2024: you can cancel your enrollment for any reason and receive a full refund of all tuition paid or you can transfer your funds to 2025 and lock in 2024 pricing.
After May 15, 2024: no paid tuition, including additional charges, will be refunded to any student who withdraws, no-shows, or is dismissed from camp for any reason.
After May 15: All registrations must be paid in full at the time of registration.
***If you cannot make the full payment in one charge after May 15th, no problem. You can call us to register over the phone and use multiple credit cards or work out a payment plan***
Payment Plans and Cost Structures: We can work with you on your payment plan. Enroll by paying the $1,000 deposit; after that we allow you to pay as much as you want, whenever you want, with no additional fee as long as the program is fully paid before your session starts.
Enrollment process: Admission to our cooking school is rolling and subject to closure upon the program reaching maximum enrollment. We do not require letters of recommendation, transcripts, essays or pictures of previous culinary masterpieces. Applications will be accepted until a week before the program begins, or when the program fills, whichever occurs first. It is recommended that students enroll as early as possible to reserve their space at our premier cooking school program. Check our FAQs or call us for further answers!
Zoom Q+A Sessions:
Join us for one of our Zoom Q+A where you will be able to meet some of the staff, and ask questions, and get a chnce to get to meet our community! Join our mailing list by filling in your info on the contact us page HERE and select more info and we will send you the link ahead of the Zoom!
The schedule will be posted soon.
“Thank you so much for Alex’s wonderful week at campusNYC! He did not stop talking about the great experience he had, and would definitely love to return next year. He especially enjoyed getting to know you and told me about all the wonderful talks you two had. I knew this program would be a great fit for him and I am pleasantly surprised at just how much he got out of it. He enjoyed working with the Chefs very much and made friends with many of the other campers. He is looking forward to coming back next year and said he would love to attend again.” – Take care, Nadia (2018 Parent)
“My favorite thing about evening events was visiting Chinatown and Little Italy because we get to see different ethnic cuisines and diversity.” – Olivia (2017 NYC student)
“Besides the kitchen, the movie and the Barton Springs were my favorite because they gave me a chance to see Austin and the city”– 2021 campusATX student
Call or email us if you have any questions about anything!
International students may find it easier to email us.
References Available Upon Request!