Learn Sichuan & Chinese Cuisine in Xi'an

Honest level: Beginner -> Intermediate — ask the school exactly how far that goes in the time you have.

Schools in Xi'an

Checked by hand against each school's own course pages. No school paid to be listed.

• New East Cooking School (Xi'an)
• Local hand-pulled noodle and roujiamo workshops

The credential

Sichuan Cuisine certificate of completion (intensive program), or a Chinese vocational chef qualification via the full multi-month chef training track · Certifying body: Sichuan Higher Institute of Cuisine (四川烹饪高等专科学校) — China's first dedicated culinary college

A recognised qualification an outside body stands behind is not the same as a certificate a school prints itself. We name which it is — you should ask the school the same.

Also for Sichuan & Chinese Cuisine

What I check before I send you anywhere

I'm Arnaud. I cook for a living, and I've spent fifteen years on the water — so I know the difference between a real school and a good-looking website. I built the Atlas because I got tired of the second kind. Here is what a place has to clear before it goes on here, and what I'll tell you straight when it doesn't.

• The craft is actually alive there. A working scene, with people who do this every day — not a demo put on for visitors.
• There's a real teacher behind it. Named, still practising, and certified where the craft has certificates.
• The credential is what it claims to be. A state diploma and a certificate a school prints itself are not the same thing. I check which, and I say which.
• I tell you how sure I am. Most pages here are verified by hand. A few say "still checking" — I'd rather admit that than pretend.
• Nobody pays to be here. No commission, no selling the trip. The order on this map is the strength of the community, never the size of the wallet.
• If I wouldn't send a friend, it isn't on the map.