When a restaurant goes on the market, moves, or closes, finding a new owner or tenant is tricky. Maybe restaurants should use dating apps to sell themselves.
File: Jeb Wallace-Brodeur Chef-instructor David Parson and students Jackson Person, right, and Aidan Murch in a Sensory Analysis class in 2014
Updated December 28, 2020. New England Culinary Institute has announced that it will discontinue all credit-bearing programs, effectively closing the 40-year-old Montpelier-based culinary school after its current students complete their degrees. The undated website announcement signed by NECI president Milan Milasinovic states that no specific closing date has been set, but that the school expects students to graduate in Spring 2021. Reached by text, Milasinovic confirmed the pending closure and said there are only five students remaining, plus a few whose externship completion has been impacted by the pandemic.