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Serving Up Your Future  - Fresh and Fast

ICASI Certificate Programs typically take 6 months to complete and have you in the workforce fast. 
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A Real Cooking Environment

State-of-the-art facilities at your knife's edge

Life is Sweet!

ICASI offers both a Certificate and Diploma program in Pastry Arts

Sharpen Your Skills 

We give you the educational tools to succeed and the skills to get ahead.

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Career Training Programs

Culinary Arts Basic Program

In the Basic Techniques Certificate Program, the Culinary Arts student learns the basic skills necessary to cook proficiently. The program includes two quarters of hands-on and theoretical culinary instruction along with student internship. Learn More...

Culinary Arts Advanced Program

In the Culinary Arts Advanced Techniques Diploma Program, students develop the ability to modify and adapt techniques learned in Basic Techniques classes and put them to use under professionally appropriate conditions.  Learn More...

Pastry Arts Basic Program

In the Basic Techniques Certificate Program, the Pastry Arts student learns the basic skills necessary to bake proficiently. The program includes two quarters of hands-on and theoretical pastry instruction along with student internship.  Learn More...

Pastry Arts Advanced Program

In the Pastry Arts Advanced Techniques Diploma Program, students develop the ability to modify and adapt techniques learned in Basic Techniques classes and put them to use under professionally appropriate conditions.  Learn More...

About Icasi

The International Culinary Arts and Sciences Institute creates a learning environment that is the best of both worlds.  Our Chef Instructors are trained in, and teach,  the foundations of classical European culinary and pastry techniques coupled with each Chef’s personal expertise from working in the field.  Our students receive classical training along with “real world” smarts to adapt to any professional culinary environment. Learn More...

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Student Spotlight

Brian Evans - Chef/Business Owner Student Since | 2008 Employment | On the Rise Artisan Breads

Brian Evans - Chef/Business Owner, a 2008 graduate of International Culinary Arts and Science Institute, found his passion for bread-baking while working for Chef Doug Katz in the now shuttered Fire in Shaker Square. In 2010, he moved to On the Rise and began learning every aspect of baking. “I really just worked my way from the bottom up,” says Evans, who discovered both an inner baker and inner entrepreneur. “After the first two years, I really had a strong foundation running the oven and was doing a fair bit of baking.” The eventual ownership transition was a natural. Learn More...

Student Cafe

Join us as our Culinary and Pastry Arts Diploma students prepare fabulous five-course luncheons of their own design. Our luncheons are prepared by our senior students as a part of their final class, the ICASI Student Cafe

We’re back at it on Saturday afternoons! Enjoy a five-course fine-dining experience prepared just for you by our senior students under the direction of their chef instructors, now with a take out option!... Learn More...

Upcoming Events

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December 07, 2024 - 10:00 AM
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Recognized as one of Ohio's premier cooking schools, we offer Northeast Ohio cooking classes for all levels, from amateurs to professionals, from children to the young at heart. Click Below for more information on our class offering or to register for our upcoming cooking classes, exclusive dinners and private events. Learn More

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