A culinary scholarship can cover a multitude of specializations within the culinary field. For example, a student can get scholarship monies for a culinary degree with an emphasis in hospitality, food   service, restaurant management, as well as food-specific specialties like pastry and baking.

Most culinary scholarships can be found through the culinary schools themselves. A large number of these scholarships are awarded from organizations and individuals who have a close relationship with the specific school; some of these granting institutions are financial donors, alumni, and sponsors of the culinary program in a particular school. Some of the larger culinary schools offer culinary scholarships to talented students, though these are generally smaller award amounts.

Culinary arts scholarships are provided by different sources, such as associations, culinary schools, hotels etc. One such program is the James Beard scholarship program that provides aid to students from different colleges. The program is offered in collaboration with many restaurants and hotels across the country. Another program is The Art or Cooking ar Lorenzo de’Medici in Florence, Italy that awards $3000 scholarships to students who pursue a semester that
includes Italian language course, Wine Appreciation or Restaurant Management, and three cooking courses, or a choice of an art history course.

The Art Institute of Colorado offers numerous scholarships to qualified incoming freshmen in the 21-month AAS degree in Culinary Arts or Bachelor Degree in Culinary Management. To qualify for this scholarship applicants must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 is their high school or post secondary education.

List of Culinary Some Scholarships

• Careers Through Culinary Arts Program Cooking Competition for Scholarships — $1000 to $78000 awarded each year to 88-95 undergraduate students who graduated from designated high schools and majoring in culinary arts.
• Chaine Des Rotisseurs Scholarships — Up to $1000 awarded each year to undergraduate student majoring in culinary arts.
• Ciroc Grape Chefs of America Culinary Scholarships — $5000 awarded each year to up to 6 undergraduate or graduate students from designated cities and majoring in culinary arts.
• Clay Triplette Scholarship — $5000 awarded each year to 2 undergraduate students majoring in culinary arts.
• Deseo at the Westin Scholarship — $3750 awarded each year to 1 undergraduate student majoring in culinary arts recommended by Arizona C-CAP.
• Future Culinarian of America Scholarship — $3000 to $10000 awarded each year to freshmen or sophomore students majoring in culinary arts.
• Hyatt Hotels Fund for Minority Lodging Management Students — $2000 awarded to 18 sophomore, junior or senior undergraduate students majoring in hotel management.
• International Cake Exploration Societe Scholarship — Unnamed amount awarded each year to 1 undergraduate majoring in culinary arts (paid to school).
• The Palace Restaurant in the Cincinnatian Hotel Culinary Scholarship — $1500 awarded each year to 1 undergraduate student majoring in culinary arts.
• The Peter Cameron Scholarship — $5000 awarded each year to 1 freshman student enrolled in culinary arts.