A culinary arts student at the Cuisinart Center for Culinary Excellence will accumulate the following hours of academic and lab study over the course of his or her training:
- 810 hours in the culinary labs
- 270 hours in the dining room and focused on wine course work
- 162 hours learning baking and pastry arts skills
- 108 hours in meat fabrication courses
- 880 hours in two co-op experiences
- 585 hours in arts and sciences classes
- 246 hours in professional studies courses
- 54 hours in the storeroom
- 30 hours in career development courses
- 20 hours learning sanitation practices
 

The Cuisinart Center for Culinary Excellence will feature:
- 30 Teaching laboratories and classrooms
- 9 Hot kitchens
- 2 Garde manger
- 2 Bake shops (including an artisan bread lab)
- 7 Pastry labs and chocolate labs
- 2 Meat-cutting and fabrication labs
- Storeroom, shipping and receiving area
- 3 Dining rooms
- Oenology (wine) lab
- Microbrewery
- Mixology lab
- Academic learning space