Programs and courses that emphasize international cuisines focus on flavors and dishes traditionally prepared by people from various countries and ethnic backgrounds. As restaurant customers and catering clients develop sophisticated food tastes, the demand for these unique international dishes increases daily.

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the western most point of Eurasia, Europe is usually divided from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting the Black and Aegean Seas.