If your goal is to become a culinary arts professional, then Hocking College’s Culinary Arts program will teach you all the skills you need to succeed in this competitive field.
What Skills Will I Learn?
Students enrolled in Hocking College’s culinary arts program will learn the following skills:
- How to manage a modern state-of-the-art kitchen
- Baking and pastry production
- Classic cooking techniques like how to roast, sauté, broil, and bake
- How to create classic sauces and stocks
- Operation, maintenance, and sanitation of kitchen-based tools and equipment
- How to use recipes, production, and function sheets
- Purchasing techniques
- How to develop a menu
- Inventory control, food storage, and labor cost control techniques
- Proper uniform protocol
- How kitchen hierarchy is structured
Why Hocking College?
Should a budding chef or baker decide to purse their Associate of Applied Business in Culinary Arts degree at Hocking College, they will be able to experience the following advantages:
- Hocking College's tuition is more affordable compared to other institutions.
- In 2017, Best Choice Schools added Hocking College to their list of the Top Culinary Schools in Ohio.
- Instructors are experienced chefs, including two certified Master Chefs.
- Small class sizes offer students more one-on-one time with their instructors.
- Students will receive both valuable hands-on work and field experience.
- Students will get chances to compete against other culinary schools in cooking events.
- There will be opportunities for students to receive the following certifications: ServSafe Food Protection Management, Hospitality Supervision, and Certified Culinarian.
- Participate in on-site practicums at Rhapsody Music & Dining, the college-owned restaurant located in the historic Nelsonville Public Square.
- Networking opportunities to help students find employment after graduation.
Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio has a program that offers students the chance to obtain an Associate of Applied Business in Culinary Arts in only two years.
To find out more about the program, visit the Hocking College’s Culinary Arts program page online, or contact the Culinary Arts Program Manager, Susanna Krutsch, directly at krutschs@hocking.edu.