World's Three Great Culinary Schools

The term “world's three leading culinary schools” (in Korea, France's Le Cordon Bleu (르 꼬르동 블루) [Document] and the United States' The Culinary Institute of America (CIA 요리 학교) [Document] are undisputed inclusions, while either Italy's ALMA (알마) [Document] or Japan's Tsuji Culinary Institute (츠지 조리사 전문학교) [Document] is generally included under the label) collectively refers to three schools that are especially well known in Korea among the world's leading educational institutions providing systematic culinary training and professional networks based on their respective countries' distinctive food cultures. In practice, the fixed designation “world's three leading culinary schools” has tended to receive particular emphasis in Korea through marketing and the media.

Beyond simply passing on technical skills, these schools offer specialized curricula covering the wider culinary field, including food science, restaurant management, and the anthropology of food culture.