What is the importance of the Culinary Institute of America or the CIA in the nonfiction book, The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America?

The Culinary Institute of America is the cooking school in Hudson Valley, New York where Ruhlman attends to learn how to become a chef. The CIA is considered one of the most influential factors in the food industry as its students consistently impact the food industry. No matter what else is going on, those individuals who are aware of the food industry pay attention to the CIA.