Muskegon culinary institute aims to attract future chefs with new facility

Baker College seems to have bitten off exactly what it can chew when it undertook the development of a major culinary institute in downtown Muskegon. Student chefs who attend the institute should help give the city's downtown a lasting economic boost.

According to excerpts from the story:

MUSKEGON – The new Culinary Institute of Michigan aims to attract and train prospective world-class chefs. Part of that attraction is a state of the art building tailored to the needs of a learning kitchen. Baker College’s new 39,000-square foot Culinary Institute of Michigan in downtown Muskegon is the largest project currently in the Baker College system statewide.

Baker College Director of Facilities Patrick Kopypek said Baker representatives have had major participation in the design and construction process.

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