AI Rate Professor

Culinary Arts

Stephane Rapp

GARDEMANG · HRC200 · CACAF101 · CA121 · CA1 · CA129 · CACA · CAFCUL · CA200 · PANTRY · CA224 · 20 lifetime ratings

AI rating
36/100
RMP rating
2.7/5
Take again
57.14%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

if you want brutal restaurant-style pressure; many students report disrespect and hard grades.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderHarsh Kitchen StyleYells at StudentsRestaurant RealismPolarizing Chef
  • some credit him for real kitchen discipline, many cite yelling and humiliation.
  • and high pressure; high grades are hard.
  • kitchen standards, not a gentle classroom.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

24/100

Many report C grades and very hard paths to high marks under tough, perfectionist standards.

Online and ; reported letter grades cluster at C/B.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

High difficulty ratings and kitchen pressure make content and pace demanding.

Both formats describe high pressure; .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

12/100

and missing class worsens treatment and outcomes.

and the online review.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

; supporters praise real-world discipline while critics urge avoiding him.

Polarization is strongest in-person; the one .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

18/100

, and frequent C-range grades show harsh standards.

Format shift

warning.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Kitchen pressure, reading, tests, and perfectionism create a heavy, high-stress load.

Format shift

and quizzes; in-person stresses relentless kitchen standards.

Teaching experience

Average

42/100

Deep craft knowledge for some students, undermined by yelling, humiliation, and weak demos for others.

Format shift

In-person reviews dominate and are highly split; online is strongly negative.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

Test-heavy tags, practicums, and .

Format shift

Online flags pop quizzes; and .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

20 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person kitchen classes split hard between life-changing discipline and daily insults, yelling, and low hands-on cooking time.

Main concern

, and difficulty earning good grades.

What students said

“Chef Rapp is the meanest and most blatantly disrespectful and u aware teacher I have ever had.”
CA1
“If you think Chef Rapp is a bad teacher, then you clearly couldn't handle the pressure in a kitchen.”
CA121
“This guy loves to yell.”
PANTRY

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

, and favoritism claims.

Main concern

and .

What students said

“This guy is a disgrace to the Culinary Dept. here at SBCC. Way too tough of a grader.”
CA200

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment is high-stakes with , and kitchen practicums under strict standards.

Test heavyPop quizzesPracticumsTough grading

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and zero tolerance for mistakes in kitchen work.

Test heavyPracticumsStrict kitchen standards
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CA1
“Very hard to get a good grade.”
CA121

Online

Online CA200 review warns of , and pop quizzes without clear proctoring tech details.

Tough GraderGet ready to readPop quizzes
“Way too tough of a grader. He brings in the harshness the French typically act and bring it into our culture.”
CA200

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“He doesn't sugar coat things and he pushes his students to learn proper technique. He is part of the reason I was able to have the discipline necessary to achieve a michelin star.”

Voice snapshots generated from 21 reviews (1 online, 20 in person), highlighting polarizing kitchen intensity and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

42/100

“You tube have better tutorials. He's not passionate not standards to teach professionally.”

🔥 Kitchen Intensity

28/100

“He is absolutely the !!! Never stop yelling and breaking the students.”

👍 Polarized Support

48/100

“Chef Rapp is very tough on you because he wants to teach you the right way of doing things.”

Theme 1

👨‍🍳 About Kitchen Style

  • Prepares you for the reality of working in a restaurant
  • Doesn't sugar coat things
  • Creates a high standard of skill

Theme 2

😠 About Tone & Respect

  • He insults the students and ridicules them daily
  • This guy loves to yell
  • He tries to break you down

Theme 3

📈 About Grades & Difficulty

  • Very hard to get a good grade
  • Way too tough of a grader
  • No mistake is allowed, as if students were employees

Data context

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Analysis sample

21

Recent reviews read by the AI

20

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty-one reviews across many years with rich detail and a split opinions.

Inside 21 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 57
4 out of 51
3 out of 54
2 out of 51
1 out of 58

Course coverage

CA1214 reviews
PANTRY3 reviews
CA12 reviews
CA2002 reviews
CACA2 reviews
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Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

8 reported outcomes

A range

1

A 1

B range

2

B 2

C range

5

C 4 · C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values