Culinard

Culinard is a culinary school owned by Education Corporation of America. It was opened in 2000 as part of the Birmingham, Alabama branch of Virginia College. The second campus was opened with the establishment of the Jacksonville, Florida branch of Virginia College in 2009. Additional Culinard campuses now operate at Virginia College campuses in Mobile, Alabama; Richmond, Virginia; and Savannah, Georgia.Culinard offers two 36-week educational programs: a Culinary Arts Diploma and a Pastry Arts Diploma. An online Culinary Arts Associate’s Degree is also available if certain criteria are met e.g. having already had formal training in culinary skills at a post-secondary level.Teaching facultyThe school’s Culinary Dean is Chef Antony Osborne, a European Master Pastry Chef with educational degrees earned and experience training with culinary institutes such as Westminster College and the Ealing College of London, Slough Polytechnic University in England and Sullivan University in Kentucky. Osborne is a recipient of the Golden Lion Award, the highest culinary award in Asia, and was named one of the Top Ten Pastry Chefs in the United States in 2006.