Culinary Arts & Food Service Management
Students who enter the Culinary Arts & Food Service Management program will learn skills such as sanitation and safety, fundamentals of baking, and basic food preparation. Students in the Culinary Arts & Food Service Management program will have the opportunity to gain their ServSafe certification upon successful completion of the ServSafe examination. Completion of this program will allow students to apply for entry-level positions as cooks, line cooks, head cooks, and restaurant managers. ONet online lists the chef, head cook, first-line cook supervisors, and food preparation worker occupations as ‘Bright Outlook’ occupations and employment positions for these occupations are expected to grow rapidly in the next several years.
Potential careers include:
Culinary
- Restaurant Chef
- Corporate Chef
- R&D Chef
Sales and Marketing
- Food Vendor for Commercial Accounts
- Account Rep for Food and Equipment
- Food Service Consultant
Research and Development
- Test Kitchen Manager
- Recipe Development
Design
- Menu Development
- Kitchen Layout and Design
- FOH Layout and Design
Personal/Private Chef
- Households
- Athletes/ Celebrity/ Business Leaders
Courses
Degree Plans
- Course of Study for Associate in Applied Science Degree – Culinary Arts
- Course of Study for Associate in Applied Science Degree – Food Service Management
Certificates
Contact Us
Dwight Bowman
Associate Professor/Chair culinary & Hospitality
Jenifer Ceniceros
Restaurant Manager for the Culinary Arts Program
Susan 'Stormy' Williams
TBA
Diane Livesay
Instructor Culinary Arts
Ashley Long
Associate Professor I Culinary Arts