Seriously…

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Main Entry: se•ri•ous•ly

Function: adverb

1 : in a sincere manner : EARNESTLY

2 : to a serious extent : SEVERELY, EXTREMELY

Use seriously in a sentence –

a. I seriously want to learn more about the pastry arts.

b. I seriously want to bake a cake, a few cupcakes and some pies.

c. I want to go back to school and study pastry arts, seriously.

Are there enough "seriouslies" in this post? Okay, I won’t use it anymore.These past few weeks, I’ve been researching, calling schools and weighing my options.So I thought, I’d share with you some of the culinary schools offering a pastry arts program here in Manila.

1. Academy for International Culinary Arts (AICA)

Website: http://www.aicaculinary.com/

E-mail: info@aicaculinary.com

Address: Skyway Twin Towers, #351 Capt. Henry Javier street Pasig City, Philippines

Phone no: +632.672.2271

2. American Hospitality Academy (AHA)

Website: http://www.ahaphil.com/

Address: 108 Aguirre Building, H.V. dela Costa cor.Soliman Sts., Salcedo Village, Makati City, Philippines

Phone no: (632)892-7372, (632)892-7702

3. Apicius Culinary Arts Academy

Website: http://www.apicius-culinary.com/

E-mail: info@apicius-culinary.com

Address: 24 A&B Olivarez Plaza, Ninoy Aquino Avenue, Paranaque City, 1700 Metro Manila

Phone no: (02)8298640

4. Center for Asian Culinary Studies (CACS)

Website: http://www.cacschef.com/

E-mail: cacs@cacschef.com

Address: 455 P. Guevarra Street, San Juan, Metro Manila

Phone no: (+632) 725-5089

5. Center for Culinary Arts (CCA)

Website: http://www.cca-manila.com/

E-mail: marketing@cca-manila.com

Address: 287 Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, 1108 Philippines

Phone no: (+63 2) 426.4840 to 41

6. CLICKS Culinary Learning Institute Inc

Website: http://www.clicksgma.com/

E-mail: clicksculinary@yahoo.com

Address: #20 Ist Avenue Brgy. Bagong Lipunan ng Crame, Santolan Quezon City

Phone no: 02-7241016/7822295

7. Enderun Colleges

Website: http://www.enderuncolleges.com/

E-mail: marketing@enderuncolleges.com

Address: 1100 Campus Avenue, McKinley Hill, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City 1634 Philippines

Phone no: (632) 856 5000

8. First Gourmet Academy

Website: http://www.firstgourmetacademy.com/

E-mail: info@firstgourmetacademy.com

Address: Capitol Green Street, Capitol Hills Drive, Old Balara, Quezon City, Philippines

Phone no: +632 951 1687 and +632 951 9655

9. Global City Innovative College

Website: http://www.gcic.edu.ph

Address: 3/f Bonifacio Tech Center, 31st st cor. 2nd Ave., Crescent Park West, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig

Phone no: 757-55-88 / 818-09-45 / 818-09-46

10. Global Culinary & Hospitality Academy

Website: http://www.globalacademyph.com/

E-mail: info@globalacademy.ph

Address: 2F Amber Square, Don Escriva, Drive, Ortigas Center, Pasig City, 1600 Philippines

Phone no: +632 638 5949

11. Heny Sison Culinary School

Website: http://www.henysison.com/

E-mail: info@henysison.com

Address: 33 Bonnie Serrano Avenue, (formerly Santolan Road) Crame, Quezon City

Phone no: 726-5316 412-7792 413-2428 to 29 0917-8800228

12. ICF@FEU Culinary School

Website: http://www.icf.com.ph/

E-mail: FEU Makati

Address: Gil Puyat Avenue corner Zuellig Loop, Makati City

Phone no: FEU - Makati (02)836-2002

13. International School for Culinary Arts and Hotel Management (ISCHAM)

Website: http://www.iscahm.com/

E-mail: sales@iscahm.com

Address: 4F FBR Bldg, Katipunan Avenue, 1108 Quezon City, Philippines

Phone no: [63] 2 926 8888 / 920 1481

14. Magsaysay Institute of Hospitality and Culinary Arts (MIHCA)

Website: http://www.mihca.com.ph/

E-mail: makaticampus@mihca.com.ph

Address: 5/F WALTER MART MALL, CHINO ROCES AVE COR ARNAIZ AVE, MAKATI 1200, PHILIPPINES

Phone no: (+632) 887 5329

15. The Kitchen Academy

Website: http://thekitchenacademy.ph/

E-mail: info@thekitchenacademy.ph

Address: 3/F D Grand Bldg. 43 San Beda Homes, Alabang Zapote Road, Las Pinas City

Phone no: 02.872.2734 / 02.382.3940

Did I miss anything? Quite a list, isn’t it?I’m still not decided. Have you studied in any of these schools? Or any culinary school for that matter? How was it? Can you help me?

Happy Cupcaking,

Aikko