No

None of the online schools accept monthly payments

No some administrative fees accessories, books, and taxes are to be added

Only with the creative cuisine culinary institute online course

Most of the on-site (regular classroom-based teaching) are asking for "baccalaureate" (French bachelor's degree) .

No, except for Creative Cuisine Culinary Institute

all schools do not give you a chef certificate because they require an internship of 1 to 3 years in addition to their program, but the creative cuisine culinary institute does provide a chef certificate because of their unique evaluation system (the students send pics of their realizations from their own kitchen) and because of their specific quizzes..

You can find a lot of classes and courses online, even for free on youtube, but none are offering complete traditional classic french culinary base education, (and most of them are a partial copy of the original recipe and some are completely wrong, even so they look nice), They won't give you the necessary understanding of the classic bases to be an accomplished chef..

Students are not eligible for French health insurance except for high education (university).
Students enrolled in the Intensive Professional Programs require extra insurance to cover medical expenses, accident risks, repatriation, and civil liability
those must be contracted in the home county or through private insurance companies in France

based on one Academic Year, the estimated cost of attendance for on-site (regular classroom-based teaching) (non include tuition fees):
Estimated rooming accommodations
$12,000$/Year +
The estimated cost of electricity, water, internet, phone contract, deposit, heating, housing, and local tax
$5000/Year +
Estimated other expenses (living expenses, transportation, books and compulsory equipment, travel, administrative and tax, travel and insurance)
$10,000 /Year +
Estimated Yearly Total cost non include tuition fees scholarship :
$27,000 /Year approximately
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Yes for some and No for some other;
Yes, for example with Escoffier, there are scheduled live discussions each week of the program. In addition, the discussions are archived so students are able to use them for reference in the future
No with the Creative Cuisine Culinary Institute program, you are free of your progression pace.

Yes for some and No for some other;
Yes, Escoffier requires 15 hours per week to participate successfully in the program. The requirement includes extra study hours and cooking assignments.
No with the Creative Cuisine Culinary Institute program, they respect your schedule and need, ("you can work in your company at the same time or run your business, or take care of your kids, you are free of your progression pace").

Yes, most of the programs requires a 6-week industry externship
Not at Creative Cuisine Culinary Institute, the accent is given to freedom, ("if you plan to be your own boss, you would certainly prefer to use your time to develop your own business")

Yes, Interns are paid a monthly stipend of approximately 500 Euros (590$/month)

Every year, the committee communicates a documented file concerning the different cooking school programs and students' feedback. The committee is made of international independent experts in training engineering, food historians, actual students and alumni, new cooking techniques and gastronomy specialists, and highly qualified and renowned chefs.

Only the Creative Cuisine Culinary Institute offers a discount (this year for their new program launch)

Yes for the on-site (regular classroom-based teaching), the visa can be canceled if you are not coming to the classes.
Of course no need visa for online courses.

It's NOT granted; even if the school owns a campus they may ask you to find accommodation elsewhere.

The national credential recognition only concerns the french salary and contract system and the education equivalence (mathematics, science, English level). So at the end of the day, except if you want to be an employee in France in the food industry to contribute to your retirement pension, you don't need a national credential or diploma.
Note: To obtain a CAP (vocational diploma) an international candidate must pass a series of exams, both professional and general (math, science, etc) all in the French language. .