If you’re passionate about food, or often found at your local farmers market or grocery store because you love to create delicious meals, think about a culinary career that will take you beyond your kitchen.
Examples of jobs you may be qualified for after completion of this program:
- Chefs and Head Cooks $34,191-56,218
- Restaurant Cooks $21,347-27,728
- Private Household Cooks, Certified Personal Chefs $27,794-60,502
- First-line Supervisors, Managers of Food Preparation and Serving Workers $22,681-36,304
Salary information is based on hourly, monthly, or annual estimates from the State of California Employment Development Department.
600 hours. Complete in 24 to 36 weeks.
You will learn:
- Food safety and preparation
- Knife skills
- Culinary principles, from stocks and sauces to international cuisine
- Culinary theory and history
- Nutrition basics
- Baking and pastry basics
- Food presentation and styling
- Culinary computer applications
- Culinary measurement and math
- Preparation for culinary employment
This program is hands-on in an industrial kitchen area from day one. You’ll also practice developing menus and managing food costs, which will give you a good understanding of the restaurant business.
A Certification of Completion is awarded for successfully completing each module. A Culinary Arts Program certificate is awarded upon successfully completing all six modules.