CULINARY ARTS STUDIES

The Culinary Arts Studies Certificate of Achievement provides students with necessary food service skills and culinary skills for an entry level position in the hospitality/culinary industry. This program gives the students a solid foundation of cooking skills. Students are provided valuable “hands-on” training, enforcing theoretical knowledge presented in the classroom.

Learning Outcome(s):

1. Identify and apply food safety and sanitation principles.
2. Demonstrate basic measuring, conversion, food costing and yield management practices.
3. Describe and demonstrate the process of classical and contemporary cooking techniques and baking and pastry techniques.
4. Demonstrate the use of culinary and baking and pastry industry-specific equipment.
5. Demonstrate a comprehension of flavor profiling, ingredient selection, nutrition and presentation principles.
6. Apply food and beverage management, leadership, customer service and interpersonal skills