Cooking School Trivia

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Test Your Culinary Knowledge with Cooking School Trivia

Do you consider yourself to be a serious foodie? We're guessing so, given you're exploring the possibility of cooking school. Take this quiz to test the depth of your culinary knowledge.

1. Which of the following American cooking schools was founded first?
a) Culinary Institute of America
b) Boston Cooking School
c) New England Culinary Institute
d) Cambridge School of Culinary Arts

2. How many copies of The Joy of Cooking have sold since 1936?
a) 10 million
b) 12 million
c) 15 million
d) 18 million
3. Where did Julia Child attend cooking school?

a) Le Cordon Bleu
b) The French Culinary Institute
c) The Culinary Institute of America
d) The Institute of Culinary Education
4. Who hosted television's first cooking show?
a) Julia Child
b) Jacques Pépin
c) James Beard
d) Bobby Flay

5. Who wrote The Boston Cooking School Cookbook?
a) Amelia Simmons
b) Cat Cora
c) Mary Dumont
d) Fannie Farmer
6. The first American cook book, American Cookery was published in:
a) 1702
b) 1796
c) 1805
d) 1846
7. Who founded the famous French cooking school Le Cordon Bleu?
a) Martha Diestel
b) Jacques Pépin
c) Daniel Boulud
d) Auguste Escoffier
8. Television's highest paid celebrity "chef" is:
a) Rachel Ray
b) Alton Brown
c) Bobby Flay
d) Emeril Lagasse
9. How many chefs are currently at work in the U.S.?
a) 60,000
b) 95,000
c) 115,000
d) 210,000
10. Which chef owns Gramercy Tavern?
a) Tom Douglas
b) Thomas Keller
c) Tom Colicchio
d) Alice Waters

Cooking School Trivia Answers

1. B, Boston Cooking School
2. D, 18 million
3. A, Le Cordon Bleu
4. C, James Beard
5. D, Fannie Farmer
6. B, 1796
7. A, Martha Diestel
8. A, Rachel Ray
9. C, 115,000
10. C, Tom Colicchio