New Culinary Institute

Additional Building Features

• The third floor restaurant will seat up to 200 for dinner or can be reconfigured to accommodate up to 300 for events. It will also include a custom glass wine storage room and a full-service bar to provide students with additional training in beverage service.
• Flexible first floor design for pop-up culinary retail and café service. 
• A separate charcuterie kitchen on the first floor with a dry-aged cooler for aging meats.   
• The demonstration kitchens will feature instructional video technology that will live stream the teaching chef’s cooking demonstrations to monitors around the facility to enhance student learning.
• Integration of instructional technology for flexibility in teaching and learning, remote access to diverse kitchens around the world and space for academic conferences and national culinary competitions. 
• Sustainable design for adaptability and future use to stay current with culinary trends.

Building Facts-at-a-Glance

• Location |Royal Oak Campus, 739 S. Washington Ave. Royal Oak, MI 48067
• Building Square Feet | 78,400
• Estimated Project Cost | $74 million
• Opening | September 2025
• Number of Floors | 3
• Classrooms | 3
• Kitchens |
  • 2 - Demonstration Kitchens
  • 5 - Teaching kitchens
  • 1- Restaurant kitchen
  • 1 - Charcuterie kitchen
• Restaurant |
  • 2,600  square feet with additional 600 square feet of flex space
  • Seats up to 200 for dinner; 300 for special events
  • Full service bar and wine bar
  • Custom glass wine storage room
• General Contractor | Barton Mallow
• Architect  |  Harley Ellis Devereaux

The 2023 Culinary Institute Beam Signing photos are in!

Thank you for joining us to celebrate the construction progress of OCC’s new Culinary Studies Institute facility. We can’t wait for it to be ready! View Photos