event on June 17 at Silverado Resort and the school's Copia campus in Napa County, near Keller's restaurant the French Laundry.
== Notable alumni ==
The CIA has approximately 50,000 graduates in the culinary industry. Some of the college's notable alumni include:
== Notable faculty ==
In 2020, CIA graduate Roshara Sanders became the first Black woman to teach in the culinary department.
== In popular culture ==
Several books have been written about the school. Journalist Michael Ruhlman, in his first book about the CIA, The Making of a Chef, documents his experiences as he passes through the classes at an accelerated rate. In another book, The Soul of a Chef, he documents seven chefs taking the ACF Master Chef test held there semi-annually. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain also features an in-depth discussion of the author's education at the CIA. The book Beaten, Seared, and Sauced: On Becoming a Chef at The Culinary Institute of America by Jonathan Dixon, describes from first-hand the experience …
