Culinary Arts

Overview

Are you hooked on The Food Network? Do you dream of being the next top chef or competing on the British Baking Show? Do you pay attention to details and stay focused when under stress? If so, Culinary Arts is for you.

Culinary Arts is a rigorous one-year program that combines work-based, on-the-job training with relevant technical education in the classroom and a full-sized commercial kitchen. Students train to earn industry credentials that give them an advantage in hiring, including ServSafe Manager-Level Food Safety Certification and ServSafe Allergen Certification training.

Students will leave the Culinary Arts program with more than cooking skills. Through leadership, accountability, teamwork and responsibility, students gain experience in a career path that continues long after high school graduation.

Location

Warren Tech Central Campus

Meet the Instructor

Program Information

All phases of food preparation and service
Catering, line cooking, deli service
Baking and pastry preparation
Front-of-house operations
Customer service, table-side service
Opportunities for paid youth apprenticeships
Food science, nutrition, dietetics
Hospitality business

Prerequisites (2nd Year Student)

Must have passed Culinary Essentials 1 & 2 and Food Science A & B with a grade of C or higher from Warren Tech.
Must have passed the ServSafe Manager Certification with a 70% or higher within the past two years (or, willing to take the ServSafe exam upon acceptance with the contingency of a passing score by 9/1/2025.
Must have a form of transportation that can accommodate travel during school hours.
Must have one letter of recommendation.
Student has taken and passed with a C or higher the following: CUA 1001, 1021, 1022, 1031, 1041, 1042, 1044, 1056, 1057, 2078 (16 total credits)

Program length

Two - four semesters

College credits

College credit available in this program.

High school credits

First semester:

1.0 Culinary Arts I
0.5 Food Science I (lab-based science credit)

Second semester:

1.0 Culinary Arts II
0.5 Food Science II (lab-based science credit)

*Students have the option of substituting Restaurant Youth Registered Apprenticeship for Culinary Arts I/II with instructor approval.