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Charlotte Technical College

Professional Culinary Arts & Hospitality

Professional Culinary Arts & Hospitality

Registration Deadline: December 17, 2024

Next Start Date: January 10, 2025

 

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Hospitality & Tourism career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Hospitality & Tourism career cluster.


The content includes but is not limited to preparation, presentation, and serving of a wide variety of foods; leadership, communication skills, employability skills, and safe/efficient work practices are also covered. This coursework prepares students for employment in the food service/hospitality industry.

  • Professional Culinary Arts & Hospitality does not have prerequisites.

  • Please see the Basic Skills Requirement table by clicking here and find your program.

    If required, take the Basic Skills Test at our Testing Center. Call 941-255-7500 Ext. 1745 to schedule to take the test.

  • Professional Culinary Arts & Hospitality certification is:

    • Certified ServSafe Food Handler
  • Job opportunities in Professional Culinary Arts & Hospitality include:

    • Food Preparation Workers
    • Cooks, Restaurant
    • Chefs and Head Cooks
    • Food Service Managers
  • Professional Culinary Arts & Hospitality teaches:

    • Food Preparation
    • Cook- Restaurant
    • Chef/Head Cook
    • Food Service Management
  • A group of individuals preparing food.
  • A slice of meat being cut.
  • Green vegetables being washed.
  • Green vegetables being prepared with gloves.

 

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