Culinary Arts

Corporate and Community Education offers a variety of classes and certificate programs that can benefit you in your pursuit of a career in the food industry or just simply improve your culinary skills for family and friends.

 CULINARY ARTS CERTIFICATE

This QuickJobs program is a WIA-eligible training program.   

The certificate program is designed for individuals who would like to gain culinary skills needed to enter the food service industry. This program is also a great opportunity for individuals who want to become more comfortable and more proficient in the kitchen.

Upon completion of the following courses you will receive a Certificate in Culinary Arts indicating that you've completed 273 hours of culinary arts training. The classes can be taken individually if prerequisites are met or with approval of department/instructor.

Required Courses

• Introduction to Cooking
• Cooking I: Soups and Sauces
• Cooking II: Meats and Entrees:
• Cooking III: Buffet Preparation
• Garnishing and Food Presentation
• Business & Safety Operations (Includes ServSafe Certification)
• Baking Principles
• Pastries and Desserts
• Employment Training

 BAKING CERTIFICATE
Become a proficient baker as you learn to create beautiful breads, pastries and desserts as well as a variety of other delicacies. From beginning to advanced cake decorating you will develop skills that will set your creations apart from others. Upon completion of these courses you will be prepared to work in a bakery, start your own or delight the hearts of your friends and family with your creations.

Upon completion of the following courses you will receive a Certificate in Baking indicating that you have completed 219 hours of culinary arts training. The classes can be taken individually if prerequisites are met or with approval of department/instructor.

• Cake Decorating I
• Cake Decorating II
• Advanced Cake Decorating
• Business & Safety Operations (Includes ServSafe Certification)
• Baking Principles
• Pastries and Desserts
• Employment Training: Food

  SERVSAFE CERTIFICATION
We offer both a public class for employees as well as classes tailored for any company requiring the ServSafe Certification for employees and/or managers. If you are interested us a call for a quote to offer your next ServSafe training. Contact our Customer Resource Center at 864-646-1700 or email conted@tctc.edu to receive more information on this training opportunity.

COOKING AROUND THE HOUSE
The following series of classes is designed for the cook in your house who's looking to provide quality, nutritious meals for your family and friends. Learn a variety of techniques that will make the cooking in your home easier, more exciting and fun!

Tri-County Technical College offers a variety of Cooking Around the House classes. Our course offerings include the following. We are always looking for suggestions so let us hear your ideas on classes that we may consider offering in the future.

30 Day Gourmet I and II
You will leave the class with meals to put in your freezer as well as recipes for 30 days of home cooked meals for your family. 30 Day Gourmet I includes recipes for chicken and beef; while 30 Day Gourmet II includes recipes for pork and vegetables. The recipes include nutritious casseroles and dishes that your family not only enjoy but will help you eliminate the stress of providing nutritious meals for your family.

Sugar-Free Cooking
Provides you with dessert and dishes that eliminate the use of sugar. It helps you control the sugar in-take of your family and is also great for the diabetic who's working to eliminate sugar from their diet.

Cooking With Your Family
What better place to develop bonds with your family than in the kitchen. In years past the kitchen was the place that families would sit down daily, share a meal and talk about their day's activities. Today in some cases it's just a place we literally pass through, open the refrigerator and continue to our next task. Let's reclaim the kitchen!! Join us along with your family members and learn to cook together. Re-establish those bonds that may have been stretched along the way or keep them from stretching. You'll have the opportunity to not only cook but to share in those family discussions that may be missing in your household. It's going to be great FUN!! A different meal will be prepared each evening and you actually get to sit down and eat this meal with your family!

You will not only walk away with a feeling that you and your family accomplished something together but you'll have a quick meal recipe that you can use again to pull your family back together.

Limited to 4 families per evening. Limited to families with children ages 7 and up.

 For more information, call (864) 646-1700 or toll free 866-269-5677, Ext 1700

(within the 864 area code) or e-mail conted@tctc.edu

For additional class offerings, visit our full course listing and schedule of classes.