Culinary Arts: Dietary Cuisine Certificate

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Dietary Cuisine Certificate students should be able to:

• Demonstrate the proper safety and sanitation practices required in the commercial kitchen
• Demonstrate proper knife care, handling, and usage
• Identify common kitchen equipment and demonstrate the proper use of and cleaning
• Describe methods for reducing the negative environmental impacts of foodservice operations
• Evaluate the sustainability of a foodservice operation and suggest cost-effective improvements
• Describe the various vegetarian diets and list the requirements for each of them
• Identify and evaluate nutritional needs for common health issues, and create recipes and menus to accommodate those needs
• Prepare a variety of dietary foods to include both savory and sweet products