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Culinary Arts and Hospitality

Culinary Arts and Hospitality

Entry Level Careers

  • Food Preparation Employee
  • Cake Decorator
  • Retail Sale Clerk
  • Wait Person
  • Mixologist
  • Cook
  • Desk Clerk
  • Housekeeping Clerk
  • Dishwasher
  • Bus Person

Technical Careers

  • Sous Chef
  • Restaurant Manager
  • Food Sales and Marketing Specialists
  • Event Coordinator
  • Personal Chef
  • Food Services Manager
  • Food Stylist/Food Photographer
  • TV Personalized Chef
  • Catering Manager
  • Purchasing Agent

Professional Careers

  • Executive Chef
  • Pastry Chef
  • Dietician
  • Health Inspector
  • Entrepreneur
  • Food Critic
  • Nutritional Consultant
  • Culinary Educator
  • Research Chef
  • Sommelier
Learn More About This Career

12 Segments

  1. Cost Control and Culinary Math
  2. Culinary Core
  3. ServSafe and Sanitation
  4. Guest Relations
  5. Basic Cooking
  6. Baking and Pastry
  7. Management
  8. Marketing and Entrepreneurship
  9. Advanced Cooking
  10. Garde Manger
  11. Sustainability and Nutrition
  12. Career and Professional Development

Indispensable Skills

  1. Good personal hygiene
  2. Free of TB/Hepatitis C
  3. Attain stamina to stand for long periods of time
  4. Ability to tolerate noise and extreme heat
  5. Ability to learn precision work in a variety of tasks with sharp objects
  6. Tool identification, use and memorization
  7. Strong interpersonal relations
  8. Ability to lift 25-50 pounds
  9. Repetitive physical work
  10. Ability to multitask
  11. Creativity and imagination
  12. Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination

State/National Certifications

  • ServSafe Food Handler
  • ServSafe Allergens
  • Prostart
  • HOSA General Industry, Culinary
  • ServSafe Manager
  • American Heart Association - Heartsaver CPR AED First Aid
  • Customer Service Food Product
  • Customer Service Lodging
  • Customer Service Travel and Tourism
  • ServSafe Responsible Alcohol

*Certifications may vary by Campus, please see instructor for details

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