Executive chefs plan menus and supervise kitchen staff and others.
Chef apprenticeship programs at two-year community colleges and technical schools allow aspiring chefs and food-service professionals to complete studies for a culinary-arts degree while developing field experience. These programs differ from other associate's-degree programs in the culinary arts mainly in that they take a year longer to complete on average, and greater emphasis is placed on apprenticeship work.
Columbus State Community College
Located in Ohio's capital and largest city, Columbus, Columbus State Community College began in 1963 as Columbus Technical Institute. Today the public two-year community college features associate's degree, transfer, career and technical programs in a range of academic areas, including allied health fields, engineering and business, among others. Housed within the college's Hospitality Management Department, Columbus State's chef-apprenticeship major combines classroom study with apprenticeship training under the tutelage of a qualified chef. In addition to attending classes once a week at the college, students in the program complete 6,000 hours of training at a restaurant, club or hotel over the course of three years. The program's 12-quarter curriculum combines culinary and hospitality-related coursework in classes such as catering services, international cuisine and garde manger.
Columbus State Community College
550 E. Spring St.
Columbus, OH 43215
614-287-5126
cscc.edu
Bucks County Community College
Bucks County Community College has campuses throughout the greater Philadelphia area in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1964, the two-year public college features six liberal-arts departments. Students in Bucks County's chef-apprenticeship program can choose among concentrations in foods or pastry. The six-semester associate's-degree program requires that students log in 6,000 hours of supervised apprentice training with a qualified chef. Bucks County chef-apprenticeship students also take such courses as nutrition, buffet planning and menu planning, as well as required general education courses in English and history.
Bucks County Community College
275 Swamp Rd.
Newtown, PA 18940
215-968-8000
bucks.edu
Johnson County Community College
Founded in 1969, Johnson County Community College is located in the populous northeastern Kansas city of Overland Park. Today the two-year college features more than 50 degree and certificate programs, as well as agreements with local college and universities that allow students to transfer credits to baccalaureate programs. Johnson County's chef-apprenticeship program takes three years and will give you an associate's degree. Courses such as food-service sanitation, hospitality cost accounting and fundamentals of baking are part of the curriculum, in addition to core courses like composition and hospitality-program electives. The program also includes formal on-the-job training through an apprenticeship regulated by the American Culinary Federation. Students are required to complete 6,000 hours of apprenticeship training under the supervision of a chef.
Johnson County Community College
12345 College Blvd.
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-469-8500
jccc.edu
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