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Vermont Business Magazine New England Culinary Institute President Dr Milan Milasinovic has announced on the college s website that it will be closing down. The 40-year-old Montpelier institution, which featured a college experience and real-world culinary arts at its own restaurants, has struggled in recent years, just as many other small colleges in Vermont and elsewhere have. Enrollments are down nationwide. NECI follows Green Mountain College, St Joseph s College. Southern Vermont College and Marlboro College in shutting its doors in the last two years.
NECI was founded on June 15, 1980 by Fran Voigt and John Dranow. Chef Michel LeBorgne, now Maître Cuisinier de France and Professor Emeritus, conducted the first class of seven students. As of 2017, they have over 5,000 alumni throughout the world.
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.