Washburne Culinary Institute Chicago

Cultivating Success

Founded more than 80 years ago, Washburne Culinary & Hospitality Institute is one of the oldest culinary schools in the nation. Headquartered at 63rd and Halsted on the City Colleges of Chicago Kennedy-King campus, Washburne provides students with the latest culinary and baking techniques, along with essential hands-on experience to ensure they are equipped to work in Chicago’s most successful restaurants, hotels, private clubs, and other culinary establishments.

In Fall 2014, Washburne added a new program, Hospitality Management, to support the growth of the food service and hotel industry within the City of Chicago from an operational aspect. Classes focus on restaurant and hotel operations emphasizing a guest centered, yet financially responsible approach to management.

Washburne is one of City Colleges of Chicago’s College to Careers sites, where we work with industry leaders to ensure our curriculum provides students with the skills that are most important and valuable in the working world. Some of our College to Careers partners include Hyatt Hotels, Intercontinental, Aramark, Rome’s Joy Catering, and Jimmy Banos, a Washburn alum who owns the restaurants Heaven on Seven and The Purple Pig.