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Explore the food and hospitality industries as you study like a chef!
ProStart 1: Learn proper and safe, advanced, gourmet cooking techniques. Units include: preparing healthy food in sanitary kitchen labs; professionalism in food service; perfecting knife skills; plating; soup making; cooking with fruits, vegetables, potatoes and grains; practicing good restaurant-style food service while participating in catering projects.
ProStart 2: Sharpen your culinary skills preparing restaurant quality cuisine! Fine-tune your sense of flavor! Students will use a variety of cooking techniques. Units include breakfast foods, sandwiches, meat, poultry, fish, baking and pastry including cake decorating.
Prerequisite (classes you must take first): Catering or Culinary Essentials
Grades: 10-12
Certifications/Awards Offered:
ProStart Certificate of Achievement
ServSafe Food Manager
Metro State University College Credit:
RST 1550, Food Fundamentals (3 credits)
RST 2550, Food Preparation and Science (3 credits)
Length of class: 2 Years
Credit: 2.0 credits per year
Important Class Projects
Important Class Projects
ProStart students spend their time in labs learning about the Hospitality industry, visiting businesses, and kitchen/cooking labs. ProStart students also have an opportunity to participate in the Annual ProStart® Student Invitational & Sysco Denver Hospitality Cup Competition, both statewide cooking competitions! See below for more information!
We are the ONLY ProStart program in Colorado that operates a food truck! Visit our Facebook Page for more info!
Who should take this class?
Who should take this class?
This two-year course is perfect for students who want to own their own business, want a career that allows them to travel the world and learn about new cultures, want to pursue a great job and a successful career in the restaurant, hospitality, or lodging industry.
Other Info you should know
Other Info you should know
This is a TWO-YEAR, DOUBLE-BLOCKED course!
Students take a bus to Hidden Lake High School for the use of a full kitchen and professional equipment.
Annual ProStart® Student Invitational & Sysco Denver Hospitality Cup Competition
Annual ProStart® Student Invitational & Sysco Denver Hospitality Cup Competition
This annual event showcases more than 250 ProStart® students from 30 Colorado high schools who demonstrate a mastery of culinary and academic skills as they compete in the Annual ProStart® Student Invitational & Sysco Denver Hospitality Cup Competition. Teams compete for more than $850,000 in scholarships through both a Culinary Competition and Hospitality Management Competition. The school that accumulates the most points at the end of the contest will take home the “Sysco Denver Hospitality Cup.” The winning teams from the state competition will represent Colorado ProStart® at the National ProStart® Invitational event with the opportunity to win even more scholarships.
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