This class meets every Tuesday & Thursday from 6 pm - 8:00 pm for 10 weeks at El Dorado High School.

The Certified Kitchen Cook program is for individuals who would like to learn basic kitchen skills and earn a nationally recognized certification in the culinary and hospitality industry.

Program Objectives:

• Learn customer service, communication, teamwork, conflict resolution, and professionalism skills.
• Describe ways kitchen cooks meet superior performance standards.
• Learn safety and sanitation guidelines.
• Learn basic culinary terms.
• Identify and explain how to use basic kitchen tools and equipment.
• Differentiate between different kinds of knives and describe how to care for them properly.
• Define standard cuts used for different kinds of foods.
• Understand standard recipe development.
• Follow proper procedures for weighing and measuring ingredients.
• Learn how to convert standard recipes.
• Describe how to control food costs.
• Identify nutrition trends that may affect the day-to-day job.
• Describe the correct plate presentation and garnish procedures.
• Discuss ways to handle special guest situations, including special requests, substitutions, and complaints.
• Review the process for working a call-and-pick-up system.
• Explain the purpose of banquet event orders and discuss how to use them to work more efficiently.
• List procedures for handling leftovers at your property.

Upon passing of exams, students will leave with an American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute Kitchen Cook certification.

Registration is now open for the August 1, 2017 session.  Space is limited.

Program Cost:  $395 + $105 Book/Exam/Supply/Chef Jacket Fee  

For more information:

Visit www.southark.edu/continuingeducation

Call 870.864.7192

Email ce@southark.edu