Meaning & use
culinary school
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UK/ˈkʌlɪnəri skuːl/
US/ˈkʌlɪneri skuːl/
Meaning
nouncountable
a school where people are trained to cook professionally.
Grammar: Countable: a culinary school, several culinary schools.
Patterns
- go to culinary school
- study at a culinary school
- graduate from culinary school
After high school, she went to culinary school in Chicago.
The chef trained at a culinary school in France.
He teaches knife skills at a local culinary school.
Word forms
| plural | culinary schools |
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Common combinations
- attend culinary school
- He decided to attend culinary school instead of university.
- a culinary school graduate
- The new cook is a culinary school graduate.
- enroll in a culinary school
- She enrolled in a culinary school last fall.
- culinary school training
- His culinary school training helped him get the job.
Synonyms and how they differ
- cooking school
- Cooking school is more general and can mean a short course for home cooks; culinary school usually suggests professional training.
Word family
- culinary adjective
- connected with cooking.
- culinarian noun
- a person who cooks, especially professionally; a formal or rare word.
Commonly confused: culinary school or Culinary arts?
culinary school vs Culinary arts
Culinary arts is the subject or skill of cooking, not the building or institution where it is taught.
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