Job Placement
Finding the right career opportunities for our students is as important to us as it is to you. We begin three months into the program with the first of several counseling sessions with you and the chefs. We will work with you to contact potential employers or advise you on new business ideas. A well-placed call to a potential employer, or advice on where to buy secondhand equipment, is an important part of the relationship you develop with the chefs at The French Pastry School.
There are many career directions that our graduates have taken: restaurants, catering, hotels, bakeries, food styling, food writing, food sales, wedding cakes, teaching, research and development, country clubs, cruise ships, new business ventures, chocolate candy businesses, and artistic edible creations, among others.
The French Pastry School has an ongoing relationship with The Ritz-Carlton Group Worldwide, The Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Hyatt Hotels and Resorts, and the Fairmont Hotels for placing students in pastry positions. Other recent graduates have opened their own businesses or are in the planning stages of opening businesses in the near future.
Graduates of The French Pastry School have been recently placed at the following:
| Bellagio Hotel | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Bin 36 | Chicago, Illinois |
| Bittersweet | Chicago, Illinois |
| Blackbird | Chicago, Illinois |
| Everest | Chicago, Illinois |
| Julius Meinl Caf | Chicago, Illinois |
| La Sardine | Chicago, Illinois |
| NoMI, Park Hyatt | Chicago, Illinois |
| The Four Seasons | Chicago, Illinois |
| The Ritz-Carlton | Atlanta, Georgia |
| The Ritz-Carlton | Half Moon Bay, California |
| The Ritz-Carlton | Chicago, Illinois |
| The Peninsula | Chicago, Illinois |
| The Ritz-Carlton | Seoul, Korea |
| Sofitel | San Francisco, California |
| Sofitel Water Tower | Chicago, Illinois |
| Spago Catering | Chicago, Illinois |
| Vanille Patisserie | Chicago, Illinois |
| Walt Disney Dolphin Hotel | Orlando, Florida |
| Wolfgang Puck Catering | Chicago, Illinois |
Our Alumni have also taken what they learned during the 24weeks and are now owning and operating their own establishments. Click here to view some of the locations.
