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Culinary Arts Management

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Overview

Students working in a kitchen culinary school setting

This program provides training for management-track employment in commercial culinary service operations and/or for those wishing to start a food service business. Courses begin at entry-level training; advanced courses build upon skills acquired in pre-requisite courses.

The degrees and certificates include coursework in culinary arts, food and equipment use and identification, culinary sanitation, nutrition, management techniques, marketing, legal control, financial analysis, and entrepreneurship. Students will apply those skills with training in lab courses and work experience.

Sanitation training is offered as an integral part of each certificate and degree and is certified by the National Restaurant Association.

Students who complete the AA in Culinary Arts Management are also eligible to receive the Culinary Services Certificate and the Cooking and Supervision Certificate, which are embedded within the degree path. Students who complete the AA in Restaurant and Food Service Entrepreneurship are also eligible to receive the Culinary Services Certificate, the Cooking and Supervision Certificate, and the Small Business Management/Entrepreneurship Certificate, which are embedded within the degree path. Students who complete all program requirements for their chosen AA Degree will be eligible to graduate with all eligible certificates along with the degree.

To participate in production labs, students must be able to lift and carry objects that weigh up to 50 lbs. Students must have the ability to use knives and other hand tools.