• Cutting an Onion
• Preparing Beurre Blanc
• Roasting Chicken
• Braising Osso Buco
Boot Camps:
Take a CIA Boot Camp Cooking Vacation
Imagine the Perfect Culinary Vacation:
Getting away from it all and indulging your passion for food.
- Expanding your cooking and baking skills.
- Learning from expert chefs.
- Enjoying delicious meals.
- Connecting with people who love food as much as you do.
If this sounds like the cooking vacation you've been dreaming of, you've just found it in CIA Boot Camp.
More Than a Cooking Class—An Experience
CIA Boot Camp is so much more than just your typical cooking class. It's an intensive immersion into the world of food. You'll learn to cook and bake like a professional with the guidance of our famed chef-instructors. You'll prepare and enjoy fabulous dishes and, on some culinary Boot Camp vacations, dine in one or more of the CIA's award-winning restaurants. And when you're done, you may just surprise yourself with how much you've grown as a home chef.
Top-quality ingredients, professional instruction, and a spirited community of chefs...they're all waiting for you at CIA Boot Camp.
Three Destinations for Your Culinary Vacation
With CIA Boot Camp, you have your choice of three prime travel destinations—New York's bountiful Hudson Valley, California's incomparable Napa Valley, and the vibrant city of San Antonio in southern Texas. Experience Boot Camp close to home or use it as the perfect excuse to explore a completely different part of the country.
Five Days, Two Days, or Somewhere in Between
From our classic five-day Basic Training to two-day programs like BBQ Boot Camp and just about any other culinary, baking, or pastry specialty you can imagine, you'll find the super-charged Boot Camp cooking class that's just right for you and your schedule.
| Boot Camp in the News Napa Valley Register's Sasha Paulsen trys out Culinary Boot Camp – Basic Training. Find out how she did and what she made during her five days of learning how to cook! Gourmet magazine's William Sertl takes a culinary vacation at the CIA. Read about his experience. (PDF 2.09 MB) |
Solo Getaway, Friends Get-Together, or Family Reunion
The Boot Camp experience is a fabulous way to get away from it all and do something you really love—cook! It's also the ideal venue for bringing family and friends together for an entirely different culinary vacation.
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Choose Your Itinerary
The only thing left to do is choose the CIA Boot Camp that's right for you!
| Book your culinary vacation now: |
Two-Day Boot Camps
- BBQ Boot Camp (NY)
- The "Best of" Boot Camp (NY)
- Holiday Boot Camp (NY)
- Hors d'Oeuvre Boot Camp (NY)
- Mexican Cuisine Boot Camp – Appetizers and Hors d'Oeuvre (TX)
- Skill Development Boot Camp (NY)
Three-Day Boot Camps
Four-Day Boot Camps
- Baking Boot Camp (NY)
- Bistro Boot Camp (NY) (CA)
- Italian Cuisine Boot Camp (NY)
- Techniques of Healthy Cooking Boot Camp (NY) (CA)
Five-Day Boot Camps
- Asian Cuisine Boot Camp (NY)
- The "Best of" Boot Camp (NY)
- Culinary Boot Camp – Advanced Training (NY)
- Culinary Boot Camp – Basic Training (NY) (CA) (TX)
- Flavors of Wine Country Boot Camp (CA)
- French Cuisine Boot Camp (NY)
- Gourmet Meals in Minutes Boot Camp (NY)
- Mediterranean Boot Camp (NY)
- Pastry Boot Camp (NY)
- Specialty and Hearth Breads Boot Camp (NY)
For more information, please contact our customer service associates at 800-888-7850.
Please note:
- Boot Camp Gift Certificates cannot be redeemed on-line; customer service will be able to assist with your registration.
- Tuition does not include accommodations, visit available listings online:
Hyde Park, NY
St. Helena, CA
San Antonio, TX - Download the Boot Camp Guide (PDF 2.78 MB).