Culinary Careers
Experience the Culinary Careers program as you work alongside a professionally trained chef to create gourmet foods, cakes, and pastries with artistic presentation. Learn to manage and operate a fast-paced, upscale restaurant, The White Apron Restaurant and cater community events.
Express your culinary creativity in menu planning, food preparation, and presentation as you deliver the ultimate culinary experience for your customers.
Students who meet the standards for the Pro-Start Certificate of Achievement and Serve-Safe Certification stand out in the culinary field.
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Instructor: Kathy Diederich
Skills You'll Learn in This Program
Food preparation service
Management skills
Food safety and hygiene
Storeroom procedures
Menu planning
Quantity food production
Customer service/management
Bookkeeping, budgeting, finance
Nutrition planning
Sanitation
Restaurant operations through the in-school restaurant
Certifications for Qualifying Students
ProStart® National Certificate of Achievement (COA)
• ServSafe Certification
Earn ProStart credit to transfer into college credit (depending on college you choose to attend)
Credits awarded depends on the college or university and the National Restaurant Associate Education Foundation (NRAEF)
Beyond the Classroom Events Include
Preparing and serving the Ashland County Fair Veterans' Day Lunch
Preparing and serving the Halloween Buffet
Making and selling Christmas Cookie Trays
Visiting the West Side Market
Career Opportunities
This is the program for you if you want to be a/an:
Sous Chef
Assistant food service/restaurant manager
Dietitian trainee
Baker
Line Cook
Host/Hostess
Caterer
With further training you can become a:
Executive chef
Personsal chef
Food research specialist
Restaurant manager/owner
Ready to get ahead?
