Culinary Arts (Certificate)

This certificate will provide students with the skills and abilities necessary to obtain employment in the restaurant and hospitality industry. The industry includes restaurants, hotels, casinos, bakeries, and many other foodservice establishments. Students will learn food safety and handling, recipe conversions, equipment selections, and a variety of modern culinary cooking methods and techniques in one of our culinary facilities. The Culinary Arts Certificate of Achievement prepares students with the skills to be the future Line Cooks, Lead Cooks, Sous/Executive Chefs, Restaurant Managers and Food service Business Owners in the foodservice industry. This gives students the complete culinary skill set to be successful, and the industry, advantage of an accredited culinary certificate.

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Program Occupational Goals:

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

 ✓ Student will understand and demonstrate the ability to clean, organize, and sanitize according to industry standards in food handling and restaurant service.

✓Student will understand and utilize the appropriate cooking methods and techniques according to industry standards.

✓Students will demonstrate professionalism in appearance, teamwork, and promptness.

 ✓ Students can use micros point of sale system to input an order 

This program requires 9 courses and 23 units to earn the certificate.