Culinary Arts are electives classes that meet the graduation credit for CTE and Applied Arts.
9th graders are eligible for Food 1 Culinary Arts.
This course focuses on cooking skills with a heavy emphasis on nutrition. Laboratory experiences, demonstrations, lectures, and skill building exercises provide a high activity-based, low stress format for learning. In addition to cooking skills, students will explore career information and develop skills to make informed food choices. At the end of the course, students take home a recipe collection. Materials donation may be requested.
Graduation Credit: CTE, Applied Arts
A-G Credit: Elective (G)
This course continues from Foods 1 with a focus on cooking skills with an emphasis on, but not limited to, cooking methods utilizing heat/cold transfers, nutritional science, culinary organization, food science, culinary careers, culinary professionalism, recipe development and costing, menu research and development, business research and development. Laboratory experiences, demonstrations, lectures and skill drills will provide an active and thriving environment in a low stress format for learning. In addition, to cooking skills, student-chefs will utilize career information to make informed culinary decisions. At the end of the course, student-chefs will take with them a culinary repertoire and work ethic that will be transferable to most industries. Material donation may be requested.
Prerequisite: Foods 1
Graduation Credit: CTE, Applied Arts
A-G Credit: Elective (G)