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Culinary and Hospitality Academy

Culinary and Hospitality Academy

Culinary Academy

The Fullerton High School Culinary and Hospitality Academy provides students with the foundation
needed for challenging careers in the field of hospitality.

 

The Culinary and Hospitality Academy offers a four-year sequence of courses that provides training in the basic
techniques of professional food preparation and service. The industry driven curriculum includes but is not limited to: sanitation and safety, use of equipment, menu planning, quantity food production, event planning, catering, recipe costing, and customer service.

Culinary Essentials I

 

(Year One)

Sanitation and Safety

Nutrition

Introduction to Baking

Basic Cooking

echniques

Meal Planning

Knife Skills

 

Culinary Essentials II

(Year Two)

  • Sanitation and safety
  • World Cuisine
  • Knife Skills
  • Time Management
  • Recipe Execution

Restaurant I

 

Prostart Year 1

Nat’l Restaurant Assoc. Approved

(Year Three)

  • History of World Cuisine
  • Food and Kitchen Safety
  • Industry Careers
  • Stocks, Sauces, and Soups
  • Fruit, Vegetable, and Grain Cookery
  • Hospitality Pathway

 

Restaurant II

 

Prostart Year 2

Nat’l Restaurant Assoc. Approved

(Year Four)

  • Foundation of Restaurant Management
  • Recipe Costing
  • Operation of an on-going Campus Catering Program and Bakery
  • Advanced Cooking Techniques
  • Nutrition

Special Features

 

Guest speakers

Catering and event planning

Students learn to work as a team

Students learn critical thinking and problem solving skills

Prepare students for smooth school to career transitions

Community service hours to meet Prostart criteria

 

Contact

 

Chef Mario Schwarz-Cole

Culinary Essentials II and Prostart Instructor
714-626-3865
mschwarzcole@fjuhsd.org

Islah Shinault

Culinary Essentials I Instructor
714-626-3864
ishinault@fjuhsd.org