West Ashley Culinary

Kitchen + Classroom

West Ashley Culinary is a hands-on culinary arts and hospitality program built around practice, service, teamwork, and responsibility. Through labs, Bistro service, and industry-connected experiences, students develop technical kitchen skills while learning communication, awareness, professionalism, and confidence.

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More Than Cooking

Students practice knife skills, sanitation, timing, communication, organization, guest interaction, and problem-solving in a working kitchen environment.

Service days bring pressure and real decision-making. Students learn how preparation affects execution, how communication affects flow, and how awareness affects the people around them.

Repetition, reflection, and responsibility remain central throughout the program.

Learn the Craft

Students build foundations in safety, sanitation, knife skills, cooking methods, baking basics, recipe reading, kitchen math, and flavor development.

Serve Through the Bistro

The Bistro gives students experience with timing, communication, hospitality, station ownership, teamwork, and service under pressure.

Build A Future

Through work-based learning, guest speakers, competitions, field experiences, and community partnerships, students explore real pathways in hospitality and culinary arts.

The Bistro

The Bistro is our student-led restaurant experience and one of the most visible parts of the program.

Students rotate through kitchen, dining room, support, and leadership roles while managing preparation, communication, timing, hospitality, and service flow during live service.

The Bistro gives students the opportunity to apply classroom skills in an active hospitality environment.

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Culinary Pathways

Culinary 1

Foundations

Safety, sanitation, kitchen systems, recipe reading, knife skills, basic cooking techniques, baking basics, and introduction to hospitality.

Culinary 2

Deeper Fundamentals

More advanced labs, Bistro preparation and service, composed dishes, flavor development, teamwork, and leadership.

Work-Based Learning

Leadership & Industry Connection

Advanced students apply their skills through Bistro leadership, mentoring, industry engagement, and career exploration.

Connected to the Community

Students interact with chefs, hospitality professionals, business leaders, and community partners through guest speakers, field experiences, competitions, mentorship opportunities, and industry-connected learning experiences.

These experiences help students see themselves as part of a larger hospitality community.

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