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Culinary Arts


Program Description

Culinary Arts is a hands-on food preparation program that incorporates the National Restaurant Association's two-year ProStart curriculum.  All areas of food production and dining room/customer service are instructed.  An emphasis is placed upon food safety, sanitation, and basic foundation skills necessary to work in the food service industry.  There is also a great deal of emphasis placed upon building social skills, working as a team, following directions, and exhibiting positive work attitudes.  Each year students will participate in a two-week internship that reinforces principles taught in class.  There is a required 1,000 hour of instruction over a two-year period to receive the ProStart/School-to-Career certificate.

Program Offerings

Irvin E. Henry Campus (First-year students: PM, Second-year students: AM)
Charles H. McEvoy Campus (First-year students: AM, Second-year students: PM)

Foundation Skills
  • Problem solving
  • Teamwork
  • Decision making
  • Critical thinking
Technical Skills
  • Food safety
  • Kitchen safety
  • Sanitation
  • Hot and cold food preparation
  • Knife skills
  • Cooking methods
  • Dining room set-up and service
  • Kitchen equipment use
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Last updated on 9/29/2010
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