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Culinary Arts
Our culinary arts program is perfect for students interested in the fast-paced world of food service in restaurants, hotels, resorts, clubs, catering operations, contract food service, and healthcare facilities.
Begin Your Journey
- Experience a farm-to-table focus in our state-of-the-art facility.
- Receive hands-on training from award-winning instructors with decades of worldwide diverse hands-on experience in the classrooms and labs.
- Participate in work-based learning opportunities with local companies to gain experience, college credit, and valuable connections.
Culinary arts is a growing field. Sandhills has strong relationships with local chefs and employers who recruit graduates for entry-level positions as prep cook, line cook, and station chef. Explore a career in culinary arts and join our group of alumni that work in kitchens all around the world.
Expenses estimated over the two-year program timeline.
ITEM | IN-STATE COST | OUT-OF-STATE COST |
Tuition* | $5,092.00 | $17,956.00 |
Student Activity Fee | $175.00 | $175.00 |
Technology Fee | $240.00 | $240.00 |
General Education Course fees | $0-100.00 | $0-100.00 |
Additional Program fees | $400.00 | $400.00 |
Textbooks | $3,000.00 | $3,000.00 |
Chef Uniforms | $400.00 | $400.00 |
Culinary Kit | $250-300.00 | $250-300.00 |
*Program credit hours: 74 – $76.00 per credit hour in-state tuition, $268.00 per credit hour out-of-state tuition.
Sandhills is committed to the belief that every student should have an opportunity to pursue an education, regardless of financial resources. We are here to guide you through the financial aid system to make costs more manageable and higher education more accessible.
Safety Requirements
Because health and safety is paramount, all tasks, where applicable, must be performed
in a safe and timely manner. These requirements may be assessed by our instructors.
These industry standards are set forth by the FDA food code which is enforced by the
Moore County Health Department, our advisory board members, and faculty of the Culinary
and Pastry Arts Department.
Students must be able to:
- Lift and move, without assistance, cookware typically found in a commercial kitchen.
- Lift and move stock and supplies up to 50 pounds.
- Stand and move about a kitchen and/or laboratory for up to 8 hours.
- Complete cleaning responsibilities requiring stooping, bending, and climbing.
- Move freely, quickly, and safely in a close environment.
- Work in coordination with faculty and fellow students at all times.
- Maintain a professional manner in all situations.
- Pour and handle liquids, including hot liquids.
- Safely handle hot foods.
- Perform repetitive tasks required in a commercial kitchen.
- Use a hand-held fire extinguisher.
- Set up and break down mop bucket
- Set up and break down dish machine
- Take trash and recycling out and re-line bins
- Set up 3 compartment sink.
- Finding, identifying, and using tools and equipment to safely perform these tasks.
- Locating and identifying certain chemicals and using them safely and correctly.
- Safely and accurately store and stack items in the cooler according to FDA Code listed in the servsafe text.
- Other tasks as needed.
This is not a comprehensive list and may be added to at any time.
Cooperative Work Experience
Students are required to complete a cooperative work experience related to their program of study where they work for an approved employer. Classroom learning is integrated with work experience allowing career selection evaluation, the demonstration of marketable skills and satisfactory performance of work-related competencies.
* This program is financial aid eligible.
Course Hours Per Week | Semester Hours | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
First Semester (Fall) | Class | Lab | Credit | |
ACA-115 | Success & Study Skills | 0 | 2 | 1 |
CUL-110 | Sanitation & Safety | 2 | 0 | 2 |
CUL-110A | Sanitation & Safety Lab | 0 | 2 | 1 |
CUL-140 | Culinary Skills I | 2 | 6 | 5 |
CUL-160 | Baking I | 1 | 4 | 3 |
MAT*** | MAT-110 or higher | 2-3 | 2 | 3-4 |
Credit Hours | 7-8 | 16 | 15-16 | |
Second Semester (Spring) | Class | Lab | Credit | |
CUL-135 | Food & Beverage Service | 2 | 0 | 2 |
CUL-135A | Food & Beverage Serv Lab | 0 | 2 | 1 |
CUL-240 | Culinary Skills II | 1 | 8 | 5 |
ENG-111 | Writing and Inquiry | 3 | 0 | 3 |
*** | Humanities/Fine Arts Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 |
*** | Technical Elective | 1-3 | 0-6 | 2-4 |
Credit Hours | 10-12 | 10-16 | 16-18 | |
Third Semester (Summer) | Class | Lab | Credit | |
CUL-130 | Menu Design | 2 | 0 | 2 |
CUL-170 | Garde Manger I | 1 | 4 | 3 |
*** | Social/Behavioral Sciences Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Credit Hours | 6 | 4 | 8 | |
Fourth Semester (Fall) | Class | Lab | Credit | |
CUL-214 | Wine Appreciation | 1 | 2 | 2 |
CUL-230 | Global Cuisines | 1 | 8 | 5 |
CUL-260 | Baking II | 1 | 4 | 3 |
ENG-112 or | Writing/Research in the Disc or | |||
Prof Research & Reporting
|
3 | 0 | 3 | |
WBL*** | WBL-111 or take WBL-112 in Spring | 0 | 0-10 | 1-0 |
Credit Hours | 6 | 14-24 | 14-13 | |
Fifth Semester (Spring) | Class | Lab | Credit | |
CUL-112 | Nutrition for Foodservice | 3 | 0 | 3 |
CUL-120 | Purchasing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
CUL-245 | Contemporary Cuisines | 1 | 8 | 5 |
HRM-245 | Human Resource Mgmt-Hosp | 3 | 0 | 3 |
WBL*** | WBL-121 (if WBL-111 taken) or WBL-112 | 0 | 10-20 | 1-2 |
Credit Hours | 9 | 18-28 | 14-15 | |
Total Required Minimum Semester Hours Credit | 67 | |||
Technical Electives: | Class | Lab | Credit | |
ACC-115 | College Accounting | 3 | 2 | 4 |
ACC-120 | Prin of Financial Accounting | 3 | 2 | 4 |
BPA-150 | Artisan & Specialty Bread | 1 | 6 | 4 |
BUS-115 | Business Law I | 3 | 0 | 3 |
BUS-121 | Business Math | 2 | 2 | 3 |
BUS-139 | Entrepreneurship I | 3 | 0 | 3 |
BUS-230 | Small Business Management | 3 | 0 | 3 |
HOR-142 | Fruit & Vegetable Prod | 1 | 2 | 2 |
* This program is financial aid eligible.
Course Hours Per Week | Semester Hours | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
First Semester (Fall) | Class | Lab | Credit | |
CUL-110 | Sanitation & Safety | 2 | 0 | 2 |
CUL-140 | Culinary Skills I | 2 | 6 | 5 |
CUL-170 | Garde Manger I | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Credit Hours | 5 | 10 | 10 | |
Second Semester (Spring) | Class | Lab | Credit | |
CUL-160 | Baking I | 1 | 4 | 3 |
CUL-240 | Culinary Skills II | 1 | 8 | 5 |
Credit Hours | 2 | 12 | 8 | |
Total Required Minimum Semester Hours Credit | 18 |
* This program is not financial aid eligible.
Course Hours Per Week | Semester Hours | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
First Semester (Fall) | Class | Lab | Credit | |
CUL-110 | Sanitation & Safety | 2 | 0 | 2 |
CUL-110A | Sanitation & Safety Lab | 0 | 2 | 1 |
CUL-135 | Food & Beverage Service | 2 | 0 | 2 |
CUL-135A | Food & Beverage Serv Lab | 0 | 2 | 1 |
CUL-214 | Wine Appreciation | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Credit Hours | 5 | 6 | 8 | |
Second Semester (Spring) | Class | Lab | Credit | |
CUL-112 | Nutrition for Foodservice | 3 | 0 | 3 |
CUL-120 | Purchasing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
HRM-245 | Human Resource Mgmt-Hosp | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Credit Hours | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
Total Required Minimum Semester Hours Credit | 16 |
Contact
Erin Durkee, CHE
Department Chair Culinary Arts & Pastry Arts
Coordinator Culinary Arts
(910) 246-4941
durkeeer@sandhills.edu