He is also in charge of the Apple Pie Bakery Cafe, the CIA's busiest public restaurant operation. Before joining the CIA, he was executive pastry chef at Thomas Keller's The French Laundry, Bouchon Bakery, and Bouchon Bistro. Learn more about The Modern Cafe at www.thequenelle.com. The Culinary Institute of America, founded in 1946, is the world's premier culinary college. Courses are offered at the college's main campus in Hyde Park, New York, and at The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, in St. Helena, California.