Ä¢¹½tv Culinary externship students with Chef Philippe Reynaud, executive director of Culinary Operations at Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Florida
“We are really career-driven and outcome-based compared to other schools. This is evident in the variety of training and externship opportunities offered to Ä¢¹½tv students.”
Albert Wutsch, Certified Executive Chef, Certified Culinary Educator, Chef Instructor
You will have more opportunities for a quality externship position.
The Ä¢¹½tv Academy of Culinary Arts externship program is one of the best in the United States. We have a 100 percent externship placement record, and over 85 percent of our students are placed in four- and five-star and diamond properties for externship. When you’re an Ä¢¹½tv ACA student, companies will come to you.
, Asheville, NC
, Hershey, PA
, Grantville, PA
, Wheeling, WV
, Pittsburgh, PA
, SC
Externship Sponsor Fair
For three weeks during the spring semester, executive chefs and human resource representatives travel to our campus to meet with culinary and baking students. These professionals devote a full day to Ä¢¹½tv students—presenting information about their properties, giving career advice, and interviewing students for externship positions.
For three weeks during the spring semester, interview with top companies right on campus (a few are pictured below) or work with our faculty externship coordinator to apply to one of many additional employers who hire Ä¢¹½tv ACA externs and alumni.
, Pinehurst, NC
A three-time host of the US Open, the Pinehurst is home to AAA Four-Diamond dining and offers many opportunities for Ä¢¹½tv culinary externs to gain valuable industry experience. Listen to what Ä¢¹½tv ACA alumni have to say about working at Pinehurst.
, Farmington, PA
Located in southwestern Pennsylvania, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort employs many Ä¢¹½tv Academy of Culinary Arts alumni and offers our externs industry experience that will continue with them throughout their careers.
, Boca Raton, FL
Executive Chef Andrew Roenbeck said he loves coming to Ä¢¹½tv ACA in Punxsutawney to recruit externs to work in this Waldorf Astoria resort’s 13 dining outlets. This is because some of the top performers on his culinary team have graduated from the culinary programs at Ä¢¹½tv, including chef Adam Pile, executive chef at Lucca, a modern Mediterranean restaurant overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway on the Boca Raton Resort grounds.