title: The Professional Chef: Study Guide
author: The Culinary Institute of America
description: <b>The Culinary Institute of America</b> is a training facility for food professionals in Hyde Park, New York, which houses its degree programs in culinary arts and baking and pastry, and in St. Helena, California, which provides life-long learning opportunities for food professionals. The Institute's vision has "changed the way Americans eat" (The James Beard Foundation) and has earned the CIA its industry-wide reputation as the "Harvard" of cooking schools.
zlib_text: **Table of Contents**
  
  Synopsis
  
  By the Author
  
  Acknowledgments
  
  Dedication
  
  Chapter One
  
  Chapter Two
  
  Chapter Three
  
  Chapter Four
  
  Chapter Five
  
  Chapter Six
  
  Chapter Seven
  
  Chapter Eight
  
  Chapter Nine
  
  Chapter Ten
  
  Chapter Eleven
  
  Chapter Twelve
  
  Chapter Thirteen
  
  Chapter Fourteen
  
  Chapter Fifteen
  
  Chapter Sixteen
  
  Chapter Seventeen
  
  Chapter Eighteen
  
  Chapter Nineteen
  
  Chapter Twenty
  
  Chapter Twenty-one
  
  Chapter Twenty-two
  
  Chapter Twenty-three
  
  Chapter Twenty-four
  
  Chapter Twenty-five
  
  Chapter Twenty-six
  
  Chapter Twenty-seven
  
  Chapter Twenty-eight
  
  Epilogue
  
  About the Author
  
  Books Available from Bold Strokes Books
  
  **Synopsis**
  
  Determined to fulfill her dream of becoming a chef and winning a coveted
  scholarship to study cooking in Italy, Ki Blake rushes in late to the first
  class of her final semester at Kirkwood Culinary Academy and is stopped in her
  tracks by Taryn Ellis, the school’s newest instructor. A beautiful and
  accomplished chef, Taryn has walked away from her promising c