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Culinary Arts

Earn a certificate in 12 months | Next semester starts January 23

Learn the skills you need to get hired for restaurant management and culinary jobs.

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Culinary students

Start learning the skills that the hospitality industry is looking for.

Join us and become a leader in hospitality and culinary arts, a rapidly growing industry in Lake County and our surrounding neighbors.

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Earn a certificate in as little as 12 months

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Earn your degree in 2 years and stand out when applying for jobs

Your culinary career starts here.

The Lake County Campus of Woodland Community College offers the option to earn certificates and a degree that provide students with the skills and abilities necessary to obtain employment in the growing bakery, restaurant and hospitality industry.

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  • Baking Certificate of Achievement
  • Culinary Arts Certificate of Achievement
  • Associate of Arts in Culinary Arts

Baking (Certificate)

Learn a variety of modern baking techniques including artisanal bread making, cakes, desserts, and pastries while working in the student-operated bakeshop.

Pastry baking

You'll learn how to:

  • Cost a standardized pastry recipe and find its accurate selling cost. 
  • Create a bake shop\restaurant business plan. 
  • Demonstrate French pastry techniques. 
  • Clean, organize and sanitize according to industry standards in food handling, and restaurant service. 
  • Apply appropriate baking methods and techniques according to industry standards. 
  • Demonstrate professionalism in appearance, teamwork and promptness.

Culinary Arts (Certificate)

Prepares you to secure jobs from restaurants, hotels, casinos, bakeries and other foodservice establishments.

You'll learn about:

  • Food safety and handling
  • Recipe conversions
  • Equipment selections
  • French techniques for pastry and dessert components
  • A variety of modern cooking methods and techniques.
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Culinary Arts A.A. Degree

Our Culinary Arts degree gives you the complete culinary skill set to successfully become the future Sous Chefs, Executive Chefs, Restaurant Managers and Business Owners in the rapidly growing foodservice industry.

You'll learn how to:

  • Create two seasonal, sustainable 5-course menus using seafood from the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s seafood watch program, local seasonal produce and proteins.
  • Cost a menu item and find its accurate selling cost.
  • Successfully obtain employment in the restaurant and hospitality field.
  • Demonstrate professionalism in appearance, teamwork and promptness.
  • Apply appropriate cooking methods and techniques according to industry standards.
  • Clean, organize and sanitize according to industry standards in food handling, and restaurant service. 
  • Use Micros point of sale systems to input order at Aromas cafe.
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Why take classes at Lake County Campus
of Woodland Community College?

EXPERIENCED FACULTY

Learn from experienced professors and instructors that have worked in the field.

ONLINE & IN-PERSON TRAINING

Some course lectures are available online with an in-person lab component to work with your schedule.

EARN COLLEGE CREDIT

With every class, you'll be earning credits that can help you transfer to a 4-year university.

Which courses should I start with?

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CUL54 Sanitation & Safety

Preparation for the ServSafe Certification course and examination. The ServSafe program trains both managers and employees to guard against food borne illnesses. Meets the State of California requirement for Certified Food Handler.

CUL72 Intro to Purchasing

Analyzing and managing: food, beverage, labor and other costs within a hospitality operation. Emphasis on problem solving, applying cost control techniques to maximize profits while managing expenses. Topics include: establishing standards, cost-volume-profit-analysis, forecasting, purchasing and storage controls, menu costing and pricing, theft prevention and labor control.

CUL74 Intro to Baking

Modern basic baking techniques that include bread making, modern basic desserts, and pastries techniques. Preparation takes place in the student-operated bakeshop.

CUL76A Basic Food Prep

Basic modern restaurant cooking techniques such as sauce making, meat cutting, seafood fabrication, lunch and dinner entree preparation. Use and operation of food service machines and equipment. Intro to culinary will also cover set up and operations of the campus restaurant, including planning, preparing, cooking, and serving food in the student operated restaurant.

CUL77A Intro to Restaurant Operations

Set-up and operations of the campus restaurant, including planning, preparing, cooking, and serving food in the student-operated restaurant.

CUL78 Intro to Catering

Introduction to event set up, service, preparation and break down. Principles of special event hospitality as it applies to event organization and logistics.

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  • Learn the skills to apply or get promoted in better paying jobs
  • Feel a sense of confidence in yourself and make your dream a reality
  • Make connections through professors, classmates, and internships
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