Program Overview
College of The Albemarle’s (COA) Culinary Arts program, offered at COA – Edenton-Chowan, will help prepare you for a career in a wide variety of food service settings including full-service restaurants, hotels, resorts, clubs, catering operations, contract food service vendors and healthcare facilities.
Degree and Certificate Options
- Culinary Arts — Diploma
- Culinary Arts — Certificate I
- Culinary Arts — Certificate II
Core Classes
- Critical thinking, communication and teamwork skills
- Business ethics
- American and international cuisines
- Food preparation
- Food and beverage service
- Baking
- Food production and hospitality supervision
- Sanitation
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the program, students will:
- Demonstrate proper safety and sanitation procedures in a food service operation
- Perform appropriate knife cuts accurately to industry standards
- Execute proper cooking techniques to achieve appropriate culinary methodologies
- Measure ingredients and scale recipes precisely
Careers
Entry-level employment opportunities include line cook, station chef and assistant pastry chef, with additional workplace experience leading to higher positions like sous chef, executive chef and food service manager.