Are you creative? Do you enjoy cooking? Do you thrive in a team environment? If so, Culinary Arts & Restaurant Management might be your recipe for success.
Are you creative? Do you enjoy cooking? Do you thrive in a team environment? If so, Culinary Arts & Restaurant Management might be your recipe for success. The restaurant and hospitality industry is looking for the country’s best young people to be its future stars. Restaurant and foodservice, a $1 trillion industry, creates hundreds of thousands of new jobs each year with enormous advancement opportunity and earning potential for those who have the right skills and attitude.
The Culinary Arts & Restaurant Management program at Polaris Career Center is affiliated with ProStart. ProStart, a program administered by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF), is a nationwide system of high school restaurant and foodservice courses linked with on-the-job experiences. This state-of-the-art program opens the door to many opportunities including industry certifications, college credit and college scholarships.
As a ProStart program, Culinary Arts & Restaurant Management is a two-year certification course that provides you with basic culinary essentials and foodservice management skills including customer relations, cost controls, basic accounting principles, marketing, purchasing, inventory, teambuilding skills and communications. All of these skills are developed and refined in the new class-managed restaurant Savour, and taught by an award winning instructor. Also, ProStart gives you the opportunity to compete in culinary and management based events that can lead to additional scholarships and potential employment opportunities.
High School Credit Junior Year Culinary Arts & Restaurant Management: 3.0, Technology: .5 High School Credit Senior Year Culinary Arts & Restaurant Management: 3.0 Certifications ServSafe Food Handler ServeSafe Food Manager OSHA 10-Hour ProStart Certificate of Achievement Potential College Semester Hour Credit *See you Polaris Guidance Counselor for more information on college credit agreements. ProStart credit may transfer into college credit depending on which college you choose to attend. The amount of credit awarded depends on the college or university and the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF). Program Resources Junior Program Fee & Supply List Senior Program Fee & Supply List Chef O Introduction Junior Orientation Message Senior Orientation Message
Email: colszews@polaris.edu Education: Career-Tech Education, Kent State University Certifications: Certified ServSafe Proctor & Instructor At Polaris Since: 2000 Industry Experience: 5 years Holiday Inn Corp.; 8 years Stouffer’s Restaurant Division; 7 years Strang Corporation - Don’s Pomeroy House Interests/Hobbies: Restoring old homes, fishing, and restaurant hopping