Two-year program that prepares students to enter employment in food service occupations, post-graduate culinary arts school, and military culinary training
Instruction focuses on sanitation, nutrition, food preparation techniques, purchasing/food costing, and inventory control in addition to food presentation and service
Students engage in food production labs, catering events, culinary competitions, industry-related projects, and industry-related projects, plan menus, prepare food, and use a variety of types of kitchen equipment
Projections through 2022 indicate a job growth increase of 6% in some of the more skilled Culinary Arts positions
STUDENT STUDY:
The origins and history of culinary arts and the classical kitchen brigade system
Career options and a range of opportunities available in the restaurant industry including Front-of-House and Back-of-House
Industry professionalism and employability skills through a Workplace Readiness Skills curriculum
Proper culinary production procedures combined with food science, sanitation, nutrition, and food presentation
Menu planning along with cost control fundamentals that incorporate math and science in culinary applications
Woodside Lane Campus, Newport News
A.M and P.M.
20 Students per AM and PM class
ServSafe Food Handler, ServSafe Food Manager, ProStart National Certificate of Achievement
Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)
Students must have completed English 10 with a minimum grade of “C”
Must pass the ServSafe Food Handler course with a minimum grade of 75%
Understand concepts of measurement, and the ability to perform arithmetic operations on whole decimal and fractional numbers accurately
Must have the ability to follow instructions both oral and written, and possess the stamina to work in a fast-paced/high-intensity environment
Must possess adaptability and the desire to work with people
BIO:
Ms. Jacenta Vernon is coming to us with a wealth of knowledge on menu development, kitchen management, and private catering. She studied Culinary with a focus on baking & pastries.
