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Texas Restaurant Cooks: Schools and Careers

Career Information for Restaurant Cooks in Texas

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Fast Facts for Restaurant Cooks in Texas

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: College Station, Lubbock, and San Angelo
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Brownsville, Victoria, and Beaumont
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Houston, Dallas, and Fort Worth

Salaries for Restaurant Cooks in Texas

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: San Antonio, Dallas, and Wichita Falls. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Restaurant Cooks in Texas are listed below.

Selected Cooking And Culinary Schools in Texas

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
Austin, Dallas, Houston

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
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Dallas
Dallas

Offers associate degree programs in culinary arts. Located in Dallas, Texas.

  • Programs: Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Austin
Austin

One of a limited number of cooking schools that awards Le Cordon Bleu credentials. Career office helps students find appropriate employment upon graduation.

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

Le Cordon Bleu Schools North America
Austin, Dallas

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
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Selected Online Schools for Restaurant Cooks in Texas

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 Texas Cooking And Culinary Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Alvin Community CollegeAlvinAssociate4,169
Austin Community College DistrictAustinAssociate33,508
Culinary Institute Alain and Marie LenotreHoustonAssociate108
Del Mar CollegeCorpus ChristiAssociate11,167
El Centro CollegeDallasAssociate6,680
El Paso Community CollegeEl PasoAssociate25,023
Galveston CollegeGalvestonAssociate2,044
Houston Community CollegeHoustonAssociate43,518
Lee CollegeBaytownAssociate5,856
Odessa CollegeOdessaAssociate4,580
San Jacinto Community CollegePasadenaAssociate23,805
South Texas CollegeMcAllenBachelor19,827
St Philips CollegeSan AntonioAssociate9,256
Tarrant County CollegeFort WorthAssociate37,948
Texarkana CollegeTexarkanaAssociate4,439

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Restaurant Cooks

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Texas. 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

TEXAS

   
College Station790$17,7701.7
Lubbock1,170$18,0201.5
San Angelo330$18,9601.4
Corpus Christi1,530$16,5701.3
Midland520$20,5201.3
Waco780$17,1801.3
Fort Worth7,410$20,0301.3
Amarillo760$20,2201.2
Tyler620$18,8701.1
Houston18,980$18,8901.1
Abilene400$19,4101.1
Texarkana340$17,9201
Dallas15,030$21,0701
Austin5,280$20,5601
Sherman230$20,3501
McAllen1,400$16,5201
Odessa320$19,9200.9
El Paso1,660$17,3700.9
San Antonio5,240$21,8700.9
Wichita Falls310$20,8200.9
Killeen670$18,2900.9
Longview480$16,8500.8
Laredo420$18,5600.8
Beaumont830$18,5700.8
Victoria220$17,9600.8
Brownsville620$16,2500.8
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