Culinary Arts

The Culinary Arts Academy is a skill/attitude-based program design to assist graduating students with knowledge, skills, and hands on experience to help prepare them to work in the fast-paced and rapidly changing field of culinary arts. The combination of skills gained through this training is highly transferable to technical jobs in many sectors of the economy.

Graduation Requirements

Bronze Medal

  • Ethnic Foods (North OR South)
  • Foods for Today
  • First Aid & CPR

Silver Medal

  • Ethnic Foods (North OR South)
  • Foods for Today
  • First Aid & CPR
  • Health Food, Nutrition & Wellness OR Baking 101

Gold Medal

  • Ethnic Foods (North OR South)
  • Foods for Today
  • First Aid & CPR
  • Health Food, Nutrition, & Wellness
  • Baking 101
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Career Options

  • Baking and Pastry Arts/ Baker/ Pastry Chef
  • Bartending/ Bartender
  • Cooking and Related Culinary arts, general
  • Culinary Arts and related services, other
  • Culinary arts/ chef training
  • Culinary Science/ Culinology
  • Food Preparation/ Professional Cooking/ Kitchen Assistant
  • Food Service, Waiter/ Waitress, & Dining Room Management / Manager
  • Institutional Food Workers
  • Meat Cutting / Meat Cutter
  • Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/ Manager
  • Wine Steward / Sommelier

Job Outlook

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Academy Instructor

Kristi Ellingson
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Job Skills

  • Listening Skills
  • Critical thinking
  • Customer Service
  • Organizational Skills
  • Effective Communication
  • Problem Solving
  • Time Management
  • Career and Maintenance of equipment
  • Professionalism
  • Integrity

Business & Industry Experiences / Partners

“Students in the academy will participate in job shadowing, internships, and possible part – time employment with area businesses.”

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