Hospitality and Tourism
Culinary Arts
Want to work in a fast-paced environment with your hands and people? The foodservice may be the place for you. Accelerate your earnings potential by completing management training programs, developing your skills, and practicing professionalism. This pathway helps students access manager and supervisor-level positions with certifications and on-the-job experience.
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Begin Your Journey
Culinary Arts and Hospitality I
Practice professional cooking skills while developing a working knowledge of safety, food protection, commercial foodservice equipment, kitchen procedures, and dining room service. Work with basic menu items like stocks, soups, breakfast foods, salads, sandwiches, and basic baked goods.
Culinary Arts and Hospitality II (Internship)
Taken with Culinary Arts and Hospitality III, this course allows you to apply what you learn in the classroom to actual foodservice operations and food production. Work with an industry mentor to accelerate your learning and preparation
Culinary Arts and Hospitality III
Advance your culinary and foodservice management skills. Learn about human relations, menu planning, and purchasing and receiving. Practice applying a variety of cooking methods and advanced baking and pastry techniques.
Get Certified
ANSI-Accredited Food Protection Manager Certification
Meeting the regulatory requirements for restaurants and foodservice operation, this certification will prepare you to implement scientifically-based food safety practices and create a culture of food safety.
National Certificate of Achievement
Earning the certificate requires students to pass two national exams, demonstrate a mastery of foundational skills, and work 400 mentored hours.
Pre-PAC Culinary Arts
Addresses a skill set necessary for success in culinary arts including restaurants, institutional foodservice, hospitality and catering, and food and beverage operations.
Expand Your Journey
Found your passion? These courses relate to this career pathway and may align to your career and college goals. Find out which of these may be available at your school and consider adding them to your Course Plan in Xello.
Browse enhancement courses:
- Business Essentials
- Entrepreneurship I
- Food and Nutrition I
- Hospitality and Tourism
Earn College Credit
Get a head start on your college education by taking advantage of dual credit opportunities. There are CTE courses that can articulate to the community college, meaning they will award college credit. Also, the Career & College Promise (CCP) program allows eligible high school students to enroll in community college classes.
Articulated Credits
- CUL-140 Culinary Skills I
- CUL-142 Fundamentals of Food
- CUL-110 Sanitation and Safety
- CUL-110A Sanitation and Safety Lab
CCP Pathways
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Family, Career and Community Leaders of America
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) functions as an integral part of the Family and Consumer Sciences education curriculum. FCCLA members make a difference in families, careers, and communities by addressing important personal, work, and societal issues. Members develop real world skills, become future-ready, and explore career pathways in education and human services, hospitality and tourism, and visual arts and design
Hospitality and Tourism
Careers focused on management, marketing and operations of restaurants and other food services, lodging, attraction