Culinary Arts Foundational Skills Certificate Level I

The Lake Tahoe Community College Culinary Arts Foundational Skills Certificate Level I, a low-unit Certificate of Achievement, is designed to provide opportunities to learn the basic fundamentals of culinary arts. The certificate serves as both a career-readiness certificate leading to either employment or promotion within the culinary industry or continued study leading to a more advanced certificate or degree in the culinary arts, and aligns to the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation (ACFEF) related instruction requirements.

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The Lake Tahoe Community College Culinary Arts Foundational Skills Certificate Level I, a low-unit Certificate of Achievement, is stackable with the higher-unit Certificate of Achievement and Associate’s degree in the department, and aligns to the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation (ACFEF) standards as outlined in their related instruction requirements and competencies checklist.

The Culinary Arts program recently revised the course outlines for CUL 101, CUL102, and CUL 103A to directly align with their respective related instruction requirements from the ACFEF.

The Culinary Arts program has recently added four new courses for the 2023/23 academic year, one of which is a Hospitality Management course that covers a wide array of relevant topics including dining room service, beverage management, purchasing, receiving, and supervisory management. 

Students enrolled in the Culinary Arts program, pursuing either the stackable Certificates of Achievement or Associate degree have the option to also register as an ACF apprentice, permitting them to work full-time in a food-service establishment while completing their related instruction requirements through the Tahoe Culinary Academy at LTCC.  

Upon successful completion of the LTCC higher-unit Culinary Arts Certificate of Achievement or Associate’s degree, students will also be eligible to test for the ACF’s Certified Culinarian (CC©) certification; pending students meet the 2,000-hour work experience requirement.