Culinary Arts | Culinary Production Certificate

Students will be required to have completed or demonstrated proficiency equivalent to the completion of College Readiness in English, College Readiness for Quantitative Literacy, CUA 1000 Culinary Program Fundamentals, CUA 1001 Food Safety and Sanitation, and must pass the national ServSafe Certification prior to enrolling into future Culinary Arts lab courses. Students must see a faculty advisor before registering for this program.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Culinary Arts: Culinary Production certificate program, students should be able to:

  • Demonstrate 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 and cleaning
  • Prepare and evaluate classical recipe preparations
  • Prepare and evaluate a variety of stocks, soups, and sauces
  • Explain how the composition and structure of meat, poultry, fish, and shellfish relates to selection and cooking methods