Culinary Arts

The Keystone Central Career and Technology Center Culinary Arts program serves the needs of the students by preparing them to continue their culinary career either through continued education or gaining employment after graduation. We serve the needs of the community by providing students with the basic skills required for someone beginning a culinary career. Our Culinary Arts program consists of a thorough grounding in culinary basics. These basic skills follow the path set forth by the PA Department of Education’s Program of Study for Food Workers (CIP 12.0508). The students begin with kitchen safety and sanitation, knife handling and safety, theory, preparation techniques, and cooking styles. Students then flow into breakfast cookery, meat fabrication and cookery, culinary math, menu basics, laboratory and work experiences related to planning, selecting, preparing, and serving of quantity foods and food products and much more. The program also emphasizes the use and maintenance of commercial equipment safety practices and sanitary precautions. Industry certifications including ServSafe, ProStart National Certificate of Achievement, OSHA, and Heartsaver CPR can be obtained through the Culinary Arts program as well.