Culinary Arts
Instructor: Mr. Rich Rosensteel
Famous chefs like Emeril Lagasse, Guy Fieri and Anne Burrell probably all began at a school like CACTC. Whether you want to be a chef, work in a kitchen, own a restaurant or run a catering business, the culinary arts profession has many opportunities for you. The Culinary Arts program at CACTC provides students with the skills and knowledge to pursue a career or a college education in the field of Culinary Arts. Students work in a commercial kitchen, run a restaurant and cater banquets, which exposes the students to real-world experiences in the field of culinary arts. Students also learn about food ordering, food cost calculations, and health regulations.
Students in Culinary Arts learn:
- Sanitation and food safety
- Knife skills and cutting techniques.
- Fundamentals of baking and bread baking
- Fundamentals of sauce and stocks
- Classic cooking methods
- Intro to molecular gastronomy
- Intro to nutrition & healthy cooking lifestyles
- Restaurant management and front of the house training
- Domestic & international cuisine
- Institutional food preparation
- Cake decorating and pastry arts
- Intro to butchery, the art of sausage making and smoking meats
- Intro to food sustainability and responsible cooking
- Foundations of gastronomy
- Fundamentals of working on a hot line
- Quantity foods and the art of banquet style preparation
- Introduction to seafood preparation
Industry Certifications a Student may earn:
- OSHA
- ServSafe Certification
Employment Opportunities upon Completion of the Program:
- Food Prep/Cooks Helper
- Restaurant Cook/Chef Apprentice
- Waiter/Waitress
Employment Opportunities with further Education and Training:
- Executive Chef
- Caterer
- Cuisine Specialty Chef
- Dietician
- Food Service Director
- Food Sales
- Restaurant Manager
Post-Secondary Options:
To view current advanced credit opportunities articulated with post-secondary institutions, search for equivalency results at CollegeTransfer.net
Career Technical Student Organization Affiliated with Culinary Arts:
