This program provides students an opportunity to participate in a challenging and rewarding hands-on environment. Students learn about supervision, management, planning, delegation, and responsibility, while gaining experience in quantity food production and management.
Career Focus
Prepared for immediate employment, advanced certifications, and further education
Who Can Attend
This class is typically available to students in grades 11 – 12.
Prerequisites: None (unless assigned by local district).
Details
Students in This Class
- Participate in a statewide culinary competition
- Work at culinary events
- Tour local restaurants and food service operations
- Obtain two weeks of work experience
Learn about banquet and catering operations including:
- Setup
- Layout
- Pricing
- Costing
- On and off-premise events
What You Will Learn
The lodging and tourism components of the program will prepare you to meet the needs of guests who are away from home and monitor the revenue activity of a hotel or tourism facility. The course will cover guest services, culinary arts, baking, sanitation, applied math/finance and kitchen safety.
Career Ladder
Michigan and National Employment and Wage Data
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
- Career/Technical Education Teachers
- Food Scientists and Technologists
Associate's Degree, Long-Term Training, Apprenticeships
- Agricultural and Food Science Technicians
- Bakers
- Chefs and Head Cooks
Certificate or Moderate-Term Training
- Cooks
- Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators
- Food Batchmakers
- Food Cooking Machine Operators
- Food Processing Workers
High School Diploma or Equivalent & Short-Term Training
- Bartenders
- Cooks
- Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop
- Dining Room Attendants and Cafeteria Attendants
- Food Preparation
- Food Servers, Non-restaurant
- Food Service Managers
- Hosts and Hostesses
- Waiters and Waitresses
High School Credit
Students should inquire within their guidance office about high school curriculum requirements that may be satisfied through a CTE class, as this is determined individually by school district.
College Credit
College Credit(s) Possible
- Students can earn up to 10 college credits from NMU
- Students must earn a grade of 90% or better and be recommended by the instructor
- Each college reserves the right to set its own credit-granting policy
- Contact your college(s) to find out the score it requires to grant credit, the number of credit hours granted, and the course(s) that can be bypassed with a satisfactory score
NMU Courses Satisfied
- HM 111 – Food Service Sanitation – NMU Credits Granted 2
- HM 112 – Intro to Hospitality Industry – NMU Credits Granted 4
- HM 115 – Professional Cooking I – NMU Credits Granted 4
Industry-Recognized Certification
National Restaurant Association ServSafe Food Safety (an industry standard)*
ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification
Credentials are nationally recognized, portable and stackable, which means students have the option of attaining more advanced credentials in the future.*
Location
NMU's Jacobetti Complex 2296 Sugar Loaf Ave Marquette, MI 49855
Instructors
Loganne Glendening
Andrew Hillary