MONTPELIER, Vt. -
The New England Culinary Institute will not team up with the Vermont State College system after all.
Officials from both institutions spent the last 10 months exploring a possible partnership. But the spokesman for the state colleges now tells WCAX News that their talks have ended without an agreement. Dan Smith says the intensive, hands-on-style of NECI's programs are incompatible with the colleges' budgeting requirements.
NECI is trying to find ways to preserve its brand once founder Fran Voigt steps down.