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Whether your goal is to work in a conventional restaurant, explore the world of fine cuisine, or even serve at a resort or on a cruise line, finding success in a restaurant or food service operation depends on more than making great food. If you plan to lead in the kitchen, it’s essential to have good business and management skills as well. Baker’s Culinary Arts curriculum provides the full range of skills that prepares you to succeed as a Chef or in a Kitchen Supervisory position.
At Baker, you study under experienced chefs and other food service professionals who work in the business. Class sizes are small so you have plenty of hands-on training and one-on-one attention. Through classwork, labs, and internship opportunities, you learn how to develop menus, artfully prepare culinary specialties, and manage a food service operation profitably. When you graduate from our program, which is accredited by the American Culinary Federation (ACF), you will be fully prepared to take your certification exam.
– Chef Luis Amado Director, Baking and Pastry ProgramOur students have been extremely successful in competitions…gold medals, best of shows…
Career Facts
- The average annual salary for Chefs and Head Cooks is $40,700.
- Employment of Chefs, Cooks, and food preparation workers is expected to increase by 11 percent through 2016, which is about as fast as average. Employment should grow faster than average for those who work in places like the prepared foods section of grocery stores preparing meals-to-go.
- Larger restaurants and food services establishments tend to have varied menus and larger kitchen staffs that include several Chefs and Cooks, led by the Executive Chef, Chef de Cuisine, Head Cook.
- One-third of Chefs, Cooks, and other food preparation workers are employed part-time. Some work as personal Chefs, preparing meals in private homes.
- Advancement opportunities for Chefs, Cooks, and food preparation workers depend on their training, work experience, and ability to perform more responsible and sophisticated tasks.
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Everything about our college is aimed at getting you the job you want in the shortest time possible — from our affordable tuition, to how we choose our programs, to our small class sizes, and flexible class schedules.
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