CMC Culinary Team Wins Silver Medal
CMC Culinary Team Earns a Silver Medal Quick, creative teamwork and practiced fundamentals payoff in competition Spring Salad with Rainbow Snow Peas, Pea Tendrils, Spring Radishes...
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Attend Culinary Arts School at Colorado's World Class Resorts
CMC's Culinary Arts AAS degree delivers hands-on learning experience at affordable tuition rates
Colorado Mountain College offers two great culinary program tracks in top Colorado resorts, at a fraction of the cost of other culinary schools. Choose between the Apprentice or Internship tracks to fit your needs and goals.
Earn a resume-building degree, get on-the-job training or pick up skills and recipes for your home kitchen. Join our growing list of accomplished chefs who got their start here.
Apprenticeship Track*
*This program is full for the Fall 2024 semester and is not accepting applications
The Culinary Apprenticeship track at CMC Breckenridge & Dillon incorporates a Culinary Arts degree with a American Culinary Federation apprenticeship. Graduate with the credentials and experience you need to succeed quickly.
Internship Track
The Culinary Internship Track offers a shorter time from start to career. Your culinary arts education includes an internship — your opportunity to work in the world-class resorts of Vail, Beaver Creek and Summit County, Colorado. This track is offered at CMC Vail Valley and Breckenridge & Dillon.
Affordable, Low-Debt Culinary School Tuition
CMC's culinary arts program is among the most affordable in Colorado while offering a quality, hands-on education where you’ll gain real-world experience and build professional connections that help you gain employment after graduation. That's smart.
Unlike many other culinary schools in Colorado, our culinary students appreciate how CMC’s low costs prevent them from graduating with crushing debt. See how we compare:
Program News
One of Top 5 in the Top 3!
What's happening in Denver, the third hottest food city in 2016 according to Zagat? Culinary alumni Elan Wenzel (1998) is part of FIVE, a collaborative program gathering five top Colorado...
Grads Making Their Mark in Denver
CMC Culinary alumni make the top 10 in Denver Eater's annual Top 38 list: The Plimoth Executive Chef Charles MacDonald and Mercantile Dining & Provision Chef d Cuisine/Propietor Matt Vawter....
Entrepreneurship Spirit
CMC culinary graduate A.J. Fazendin launches Prescribed Spirits in Broward County, Florida. He's custom distilling gin and breaking ground with an entrepreneurship partnership. An excellent martini gin, his recipe blends...
Culinary Apprenticeship Grads Voted Best in State
Mezzaluna, owned and operated by graduates Eric and Sara Watson, was named one of the best places to eat in Fargo by Condé Nast Traveler and voted No. 1 restaurant...