Founded in 2004, Mutfak Sanatları Akademisi (MSA), or the Culinary Arts Academy of Istanbul, today ranks among the top culinary schools of the world. A private school, approved and supervised by the Ministry of National Education, MSA is also the only international culinary school in Turkey qualified by City & Guilds, the leading UK accrediting agency.
The MSA campus includes professional culinary and professional pastry & bakery kitchens, bar-tending and mixology class, an activity kitchen designed for culinary enthusiasts, conference rooms, Turkey's only culinary auditorium, "The Library of Food & Beverage Expertise and Rare Books" and a thematic museum with a special collection on food & beverage history, the kitchen lab for R&D studies as well as the Okulun Mutfagi Restaurant.