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Culinary Arts Associate Degree - Hospitality Management

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Area of Study: Hospitality Management (Culinary Arts)  
Degree/Certificate: Associate of Applied Business Degree in Hospitality Management with a concentration in Culinary Arts

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The Associate Degree in Culinary Arts provides the basic skills, practice, and experience needed to start a professional culinary career. This degree program will equip you to advance into supervisory roles as your experience in the kitchen and skills develop. Our programs provide high quality curriculum, small class size, and individual attention by Chef Instructors and experienced faculty. The curriculum and degree requirements follow the guidelines of and are accredited by the American Culinary Federation.

The Culinary Arts program has three major components:

  1. Culinary concentration/hands-on food preparation: Emphasizes hands-on food preparation, including techniques in garde-manger, baking and contemporary and classical cuisine
  2. Kitchen management and supervision: Emphasizes menu planning, purchasing, cost control, human resource training and supervision
  3. Academic: Prepares the student for critical thinking, decision making, customer service, communication skills and cultural awareness

NEW - Accelerated Track

Start in the FALL and complete in 18 months*

This program provides graduates with the extensive array of classical and advanced culinary skills and knowledge needed for a career as a sous chef, chef or kitchen manager. All Culinary Arts graduates are certified by the American Culinary Federation with designation as a Certified Culinarian. Leadership and business management education combine with advanced culinary knowledge and ServSafe Manager certification to create a well-rounded culinary professional. 

*If you have any existing college degree, this intensive associate degree program has accelerated culinary kitchen instruction and labs that are delivered within a compressed timeline of 12 months.

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Sarah Baldwin
Recruitment Specialist
216-987-4576
sarah.baldwin@tri-c.edu 

Hospitality Management Center
180 Euclid Avenue 
Cleveland, OH 44114-3196
216-987-4081
hospitality@tri-c.edu 

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Transfer Programs

Does your academic plan include earning a Bachelor Degree?  Tri-C is a great place to start.  View the list of partnerships we have with four year institutions.  You can search by school or Tri-C major.

Accreditations

The program is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration (ACPHA) and the American Culinary Federation (ACF).

Scholarships

The Hector Boiardi Scholarship

The Hospitality Management Endowment Scholarship

The Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland Scholarship

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