Famous chefs like Emeril Lagasse, Guy Fieri and Anne Burrell probably all began at a school like LCTI. Whether you want to be a chef, work in a kitchen, own a restaurant or run a catering business, the culinary arts profession has many opportunities for you. The Culinary Arts program at LCTI provides students with the skills and knowledge to pursue a career or a college education in the field of Culinary Arts. Students work in a commercial kitchen, run a restaurant and cater banquets, which exposes the students to real-world experiences in the field of culinary arts. Students also learn about food ordering, food cost calculations, and health regulations.

Students in Culinary Arts learn:

• Sanitation and food safety
• Knife skills and cutting techniques.
• Fundamentals of baking and bread baking
• Fundamentals of sauce and stocks
• Classic cooking methods
• Intro to molecular gastronomy
• Intro to nutrition & healthy cooking lifestyles
• Restaurant management and front of the house training
• Domestic & international cuisine
• Institutional food preparation
• Cake decorating and pastry arts
• Intro to butchery, the art of sausage making and smoking meats
• Intro to food sustainability and responsible cooking
• Foundations of gastronomy
• Fundamentals of working on a hot line
• Quantity foods and the art of banquet style preparation
• Introduction to seafood preparation

Certifications

Serv Safe Certifications
ACF American Culinary Federation – Junior Culinarian
Pennsylvania Food Employee Certification

College Opportunities

Northampton Community College
Johnson & Wales
Culinary Institute of America
The Restaurant School
American Culinary Federation Apprenticeship