From day one, they work with you in a restaurant-type situation and show you how you’ll be doing everything in the field. The experience here, to me, has been absolutely amazing because the instructors really care.

Justin Lein
Cuisine Management Student

Cuisine at the McClaskey Culinary Institute

Build your passion into a career as you learn the skills to run a kitchen—or your own restaurant.

Built in 2018, Clark College's Tod and Maxine McClaskey Culinary Institute is the only public culinary institute within 120 miles. Students get hands-on training in a state-of-the-art industrial kitchen from faculty with long professional careers, in classes of 20 students or fewer. The program teaches not just the technical skills required for modern food service, but also the "soft skills" employers are looking for in management staff. Our faculty's wide range of industry contacts mean you'll have opportunities to network and create career opportunities before graduating. And best of all, the program costs a fraction of the tuition of most private culinary institutes!