Welcome to Your Next Culinary Adventure

LCCC's Culinary Arts Institute is the place where business and industry leaders find the best professional development offerings, where entrepreneurs create opportunities to expand businesses and skills, and where members of our community come together to learn, cook and eat.

If food is your passion, you've come to the right place.

Community

Community

From local farms, to our kitchens and to your tables - this community is LCCC's main ingredient. Join our cooking classes and academic programs, or maybe we'll come join you with the local farm-to-fork initiatives. Our ties to the community run deep.

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Businesses

Businesses

Whether food is your business, or you're looking for a new way to strengthen your team, we've got your recipe for success.

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Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs

Are you ready to take your passion for food and turn it into a business? Our skilled instructors, incubator facilities, and professional consulting services are ready to help you realize your dream.

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Mix it up with friends, food and fun!

Check out the video of our "Wok With Us" cooking class.

Do you love to eat? Looking for a new way to have fun with your friends? Wish you had some impressive culinary tricks to impress your guests? Round up some friends and join us for LCCC’s Culinary Arts Institute cooking classes. Get ready to roll up your sleeves, have some fun, and get cooking.

Our professional chef-instructors will guide you through this hands-on experience, demonstrate each step of the recipe, give you valuable tips, and coach you as you prepare the dishes. And since you make each dish yourself,  you can re-create the experience at home.

And when you’re finished creating your culinary masterpiece, it’s time to eat!

Seats are available in several upcoming courses. Learn more and register today.


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In The News

Chef Adam Schmith with Marisa Goodman and Jessica Key

The Perfect Recipe: LCCC Culinary Arts students prove they are career-ready while assisting four-time Michelin-recognized restaurant prepare for its first Ohio opening

A group of nearly a dozen Lorain County Community College culinary arts students, graduates and faculty spent up to three weeks helping Good Eats Group open its first Ohio restaurant. Sono Wood Fired, a four-time Michelin-recognized restaurant known for its…

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Chef Adam Schmith

LCCC Chef Adam Schmith featured in Crain’s Cleveland Business

Chef Adam Schmith, Director of The Culinary Arts Institute for Lorain County Community College, talks with Crain’s Cleveland Business about his passion for food, teaching and the art of cooking. Read the whole story. 

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Adam and Jordan at WKYC

Chef Adam Schmith and Award-Winning Culinary Student Jordan Krystowski Appear on WKYC TV 3

Chef Adam Schmith and award-winning LCCC culinary student Jordan Krystowski prepare popular Sage & Seed…

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