If you are looking for basic skills the Wilton courses are perfect and priced well. It also depends on your instructor.
The French Culinary institute does have a program but are you looking for a pastry chef degree or just cake decorating skills? If you want just cake decorating classes, stick with Wilton. Else you are going to spend $30K - but you will gain many other skills.
Also, you may want to check out the following link (I assume you are in NYC):
https://web.iceculinary.com/icereg/index.asp
Toba Garrett offers three one-week courses on cake decorating.
I've taken classes from Wilton, at the school in lllinois and at a local craft store. Depending on the class, they are not too expensive and you do learn a lot. I've learned more from the students/instructors on things not covered in the class content sometimes! I've also gone to a local cake decorating club's annual cake classes where they bring in decorators from other parts of the country.
I say if you can spare anywhere from $40-200 on a class or a few, take them! Plus, it's always nice when you're in a classroom, away from distractions, so you can concentrate on what you're learning and it's always nice to have a break from home!
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