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Culinary Arts

The SWBOCES Culinary Arts Program, one of the few such programs offered at the secondary level in the New York region, provides students with hands-on experience in a working commercial kitchen located on the SWBOCES campus. The curriculum covers all aspects of the culinary arts, including sanitation and health issues, the use of culinary equipment and tools, measuring and weighing ingredients, working with vegetables, making soups and stocks, making sauces, cooking meat, preparing entrees, preparing salads, making sauces, baking, desserts, setting up and serving, preparing a buffet, kitchen management, and related communication, leadership and job skills.

Students in the program have the opportunity to prepare real meals and buffets, even on a large-scale, for various functions that take place throughout the school year on the SWBOCES campus.

As required by the New York State Education Department, the program integrates English Language Arts standards into the curriculum by requiring students to read instructions and menus, convert and interpret recipes and measurements, and write business letters and resumes. All students are expected to complete an essay about their career goals.

Career Paths

• Specialty Cook/Chef
• Baker/Pastry Chef
• Caterer
• Restaurant Manager
• Food Service/Hotel Industry

> download course brochure (pdf)