We talked to Lorna Benes about volunteering for Taste Community Kitchen and Cuisine for Healing as well as her experience at the Culinary School of Fort Worth.
You Can Study Cooking Online. Or You Can Train in a Professional Kitchen.
We’ve been teaching people to cook in Fort Worth since 1988. Most of that teaching happens over nine months — cohorts capped at twenty, one chef alongside each student, training for a career in food. Sometimes teaching happens over a few hours on an evening or a Saturday, through our partnership with CocuSocial, in classes anyone can book with no experience required. The intensity is different, but the kitchen, the equipment, and the chefs are not.
Your Schedule Shouldn’t Decide Whether You Get to Train in a Kitchen
We’ve been teaching people to cook in Fort Worth since 1988. Most of that teaching happens over nine months — cohorts capped at twenty, one chef alongside each student, training for a career in food. Sometimes teaching happens over a few hours on an evening or a Saturday, through our partnership with CocuSocial, in classes anyone can book with no experience required. The intensity is different, but the kitchen, the equipment, and the chefs are not.
Cooking Classes in Fort Worth — Inside a Real Culinary School Kitchen
We’ve been teaching people to cook in Fort Worth since 1988. Most of that teaching happens over nine months — cohorts capped at twenty, one chef alongside each student, training for a career in food. Sometimes teaching happens over a few hours on an evening or a Saturday, through our partnership with CocuSocial, in classes anyone can book with no experience required. The intensity is different, but the kitchen, the equipment, and the chefs are not.
From Classroom to Career: Inside the CSFTW Externship
From classroom to real kitchens: see how CSFTW’s externship program places students in top Fort Worth kitchens and turns training into a culinary career.
How Culinary Students Get Hired: Inside the CSFTW Externship
Will culinary school actually get you a job? See how The Culinary School of Fort Worth’s externship places students in top kitchens — and gets them hired.
From Nursing to Executive Chef: Chef Caitlyn Gurke-Halcomb’s Journey
From leaving nursing to Executive Chef at Trophy Club Country Club — how CSFTW alumna Caitlyn Gurke-Halcomb built a fast-rising culinary career.
THE CULINARY SCHOOL OF FORT WORTH
Most schools can teach you the techniques of cooking and baking but The CSFTW excels at preparing you for the real-world kitchen. With our small class sizes and chef instructors who are intentional with every student, you will receive more one-on-one instruction and insight. Our school boasts in preparing students to exemplify excellence in their culinary community. We are a small, unique school that focuses on the student’s needs and we take great joy in seeing our students succeed in the culinary industry.






