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Illinois Restaurant Cooks: Schools and Careers

Career Information for Restaurant Cooks in Illinois

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Fast Facts for Restaurant Cooks in Illinois

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Decatur, Bloomington, and Kankakee
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Chicago, Peoria, and Danville
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Chicago, Peoria, and Rockford

Salaries for Restaurant Cooks in Illinois

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Bloomington, Chicago, and Springfield. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Restaurant Cooks in Illinois are listed below.

Selected Cooking And Culinary Schools in Illinois

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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The Art Institutes
Chicago

The Art Institutes (AI) provides programs that stimulate the minds of its students with programs in design, the arts, game programming, culinary cuisine, and fashion.

  • Programs: Art Of Cooking, Culinary Arts, Culinary Arts Level 1, Culinary Arts Level 2
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Certificate, Diploma

Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Chicago
Chicago

Our students can develop a focused, theoretical foundation and learn essential technical skills that can be applied to the finest European and North American culinary traditions.

  • Programs: Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Certificate

Le Cordon Bleu Schools North America
Chicago

Offers degree programs in culinary arts, baking & pastry and hospitality & restaurant management. Located at sixteen campuses in twelve states.

  • Programs: Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts, Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts (Taught In Spanish), Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Techniques, Professional Culinary Arts
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Certificate, Diploma

Selected Online Schools for Restaurant Cooks in Illinois

Ashworth College
Online

Ashworth College (AU) provides online and campus based classes, in a flexible capacity so learning goes at the students pace during their free time.

  • Programs: Gourmet Cooking And Catering
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

More Illinois Cooking And Culinary Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeChicagoAssociate6,140
College of DuPageGlen EllynAssociate25,768
College of Lake CountyGrayslakeAssociate16,010
Danville Area Community CollegeDanvilleAssociate2,832
Elgin Community CollegeElginAssociate9,613
Harper CollegePalatineAssociate15,156
Illinois Central CollegeEast PeoriaAssociate11,804
John Wood Community CollegeQuincyAssociate2,417
Joliet Junior CollegeJolietAssociate13,149
Kaskaskia CollegeCentraliaAssociate5,041
Rend Lake CollegeInaAssociate4,821
Saint Augustine College ChicagoChicagoBachelor1,289
Southwestern Illinois CollegeBellevilleAssociate13,713
The Illinois Institute of Art-ChicagoChicagoBachelor2,867
Triton CollegeRiver GroveAssociate15,658

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Restaurant Cooks

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Illinois. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Restaurant Cooks

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Restaurant Cooks relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

ILLINOIS

   
Decatur530$20,8901.9
Bloomington670$23,0101.6
Kankakee260$20,3301.2
Springfield650$21,5101
Champaign570$19,8701
Rockford870$20,2300.9
Danville120$21,1200.8
Peoria890$20,6800.8
Chicago19,360$22,9900.7
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