Culinary Arts Program Details

Colorado Farm to Table Externship
During the Farm to Table Externship you will taste the flavors of Colorado, go behind the scenes and work side-by-side with farmers and artisans in the North Fork Valley and Boulder County. Participate in a 9 shift stage in some of Colorado's finest restaurants whose chefs purchase directly from local family farmers.

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Rich and Varied Curriculum
Culinary Art's curriculum takes a purposeful approach, teaching a full menu each day. Our daily menus typically include bread; an appetizer; soup or salad; a main protein with sauce, vegetable, and starch; and dessert. Menus increase in complexity as the weeks go by. Your culinary skills and understanding develop quickly and build over time.

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Excellent Teaching Staff
Culinary Arts instructors are internationally acclaimed Chefs and masters of their craft. Their in-depth expertise, professionalism, and personal attention are central to developing your culinary skills and helping you realize your potential. Bottom line — our chefs are passionate about food, cooking and your education. This passion is infectious.

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Small Class Size — Maximum 16 Students
Other culinary schools boast of their high enrollments...we boast just the opposite. You remain with the same set of sixteen students throughout the Culinary Arts Program. A small class size means a richer, more in-depth educational experience for you.

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Hands-On Learning
The best way to learn is by doing. Eighty percent of Culinary Arts is hands-on. Through repetition and in-depth coaching and mentoring, Culinary Arts builds fundamental skills and techniques, and motivates you to make them your own.

With guidance from your Chef Instructor, you cook every day, working side-by-side with fellow students to prepare a complete meal. Other programs stop at techniques. In Culinary Arts you reach the next level by developing style, aroma, composition, and presentation. You dine each day; tasting the day's results allows you to refine your cooking and appreciate what it takes to create great food.

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Kitchen Management
Teamwork and management skills, critical key components of the hospitality industry, are built into the Culinary Arts curriculum. Students tackle a different management or teamwork position each week. You rotate weekly through standard kitchen stations and experience first-hand the responsibilities associated with each role.

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Lifetime Placement Assistance Available
Our culinary alumni have the competitive edge. Our culinary career services team is diligent and thorough, providing resume development and updates, letters of introduction, networking and weekly job emails. You show up, you call, you email, anytime, we are here for you.

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