CIA Consulting

CIA CONSULTING

Where Culinary Thought Leadership Becomes Real‑World Impact

Leverage 80+ years of CIA food education intelligence to train your workforce, elevate your team, empower your leaders, accelerate business innovation, and strengthen operational performance.

Partner with the world’s premier culinary college to build capability, create market‑ready ideas, and operationalize change with confidence. From hands‑on workforce development to innovation pipelines and end‑to‑end execution, CIA Consulting transforms strategy into practice.

Education and Development

Education & Development

Build stronger teams with immersive training—hands‑on exercises, guided tastings, chef demos, lectures, train‑the‑trainer programs, and accredited learning that earns IACET CEUs. Perfect for workforce development, cultural alignment, skill building, and credentialing.

Innovation and Application

Innovation & Application

Turn big ideas into scalable culinary solutions using our proven innovation process: ideation → concepting → protocepting → gold‑standard development. Perfect for new‑to‑the‑world products, menu platforms, sensory evaluation, and product repositioning.

Operations and Implementation

Operations & Implementation

Close the gap between strategy and execution using CIA’s proprietary matrix of critical control points—menus, service, sourcing, workflow, safety, facilities, and more. Proven to drive measurable shifts, including a 20% reduction in meat consumption in Google’s Menus of Change pilot. Perfect for multi‑unit consistency, system optimization, and operational rollouts.

Ready to see what CIA Consulting can do for your business?

Contact:

David Kamen
845-905-4415
david.kamen@culinary.edu