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CAREER CLUSTERS
Hospitality & Tourism
What does a career in Culinary Arts look like?
A career in culinary arts involves the preparation and presentation of food. Culinary professionals, such as chefs, cooks, or pastry chefs, work in various settings, including restaurants, hotels, or catering services. They create diverse and appealing menus, manage kitchen operations, and ensure high-quality food production. Culinary arts require creativity, attention to detail, and a deep understanding of cooking techniques, flavor combinations, and food safety standards.
Inside look at the Module:
Students engage in the fundamental techniques needed for basic food preparation and presentation as well as the business concepts needed to make it profitable. This includes calculating food cost percentages, menu development, and marketing and promotion in the food and beverage services.
Project-based activities include:
Activity: Safety, Sanitation, Terminology and Tools
Activity: No Bake Energy Bites
Activity: Baking and Equivalents
Activity: Presentation and Creating a Garnish
Activity: Cooking Methods
Activity: Narrative Writing & Checkpoint Test
Activity: Cooking Scrambled Eggs
Activity: Design Brief
Activity: Argumentative Writing, Career Research & Planning, and Checkpoint Test
FEATURES
• Project-Based Learning
• Career Ready Practices
• Reading and Writing in Context
• Customizable Content
Career Pathway:
There are hundreds of related careers in the Hospitality and Tourism Career Cluster, some more similar than others. By classifying these similar careers into narrower categories called pathways, it helps individuals look at a range of options when it comes to employment in an area with similar skills and knowledge. Although this system of classifying careers into clusters and pathways is helpful in navigating career options, it is not the only way. This module is more specifically aligned with the Restaurants & Food/ Beverage Services Career Pathway. Individuals in this pathway share a set of skills and knowledge which expand upon the skills and knowledge needed in the Hospitality and Tourism Career Cluster. Individuals in the Restaurants & Food/ Beverage Services Career Pathway demonstrate the following skills and knowledge:
Describe ethical and legal responsibilities in food and beverage service facilities.
Demonstrate safety and sanitation procedures in food and beverage service facilities.
Use information from cultural and geographical studies to guide customer service decisions in food and beverage service facilities.
Demonstrate leadership qualities and collaboration with others.
Research costs, pricing, market demands and marketing strategies to manage profitability in food and beverage service facilities.
Explain the benefits of the use of computerized systems to manage food service operations and guest service.
Utilize technical resources for food services and beverage operations to update or enhance present practice.
Implement standard operating procedures related to food and beverage production and guest service.
Describe career opportunities and qualifications in the restaurant and foodservice industry.
Apply listening, reading, writing and speaking skills to enhance operations and customer service in food and beverage service facilities.
Planning Your Career:
Waiter
Waitress
Baristas
Bakers
Chefs and Head Cooks
Food Preparation Workers
Food Service Managers
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
Dietetic Technicians
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