Culinary Programs in the Orlando area

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area

Programs

5 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$61,390

chefs and head cooks, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$7,000

of 3 with a cost, DOL WIOA list

Culinary Programs in the Orlando area at a glance

Open to the public: 10 programs: 7 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 3 known only from the WIOA list
Distance from Orlando: 5 within 10 miles; nearest 1.6 miles, farthest 25.8 miles
Listed program cost: 3 of 10 list one: $7,000 to $10,000, middle $7,000 (DOL WIOA list)
Length on the WIOA list: 7 listed programs give weeks: 16 to 52 weeks full time
Completions, 2023-24: 270 culinary awards at the 7 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 7 of 10 on Florida's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025); middle completion 82% (3 report it)
Pay here: $61,390 median for chefs and head cooks ($29.51 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $32,690 to $102,410; 2,360 employed in the metro area; Florida median $58,240 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Completions	Miles
Second Harvest Food Bank of CFL-CSCFWIOA list	Orlando	WIOA list only	$7,000		1.6
Valencia College	Orlando	Certificate	Not reported	91	3.6
Orange Technical College-East Campus	Winter Park	Certificate	Not reported	12	4.9
Orange Technical College-South CampusWIOA list	Orlando	Certificate	Not reported	82	5.4
Orange Technical College-West Campus	Ocoee	Certificate	Not reported	41	9.2
Florida Technical College - Cont Educ-CSCFWIOA list	Orlando	WIOA list only	$7,000		14.5
Seminole State College of FloridaWIOA list	Sanford	Certificate	Not reported	1	15.0
Florida Technical College (Kissimmee) - R17WIOA list	Kissimmee	WIOA list only	$10,000		17.2
Osceola Technical CollegeWIOA list	Kissimmee	Certificate	Not reported	18	17.7
Lake Technical CollegeWIOA list	Eustis	Certificate	Not reported	25	25.8

WIOA in Florida: 2,364 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 25 of them Culinary.
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