1. What does Culinary Arts mean?

2. Culinary means...
related to or connected with cooking in the kitchen.

3. An artist is...
a person having superior skill or ability.

4. A culinarian is...
a cook or a chef.

5. A culinary artist is...
responsible for preparing meals that are pleasing in appearance as well as taste.

6. Culinary artists work in the following places:
restaurants
fast food franchises
delicatessens
hospitals
hotels
private clubs
corporate dining
catering businesses

7. Culinary Arts involves many skills:
designing a menu
calculating the cost of meals
purchasing foods
keeping records of inventory
hiring workers
scheduling employees
maintaining equipment
working hard for long hours under pressure

8. What are some Culinary Arts careers?
1. Assistant Manager
2. Assistant Pastry Chef
3. Baker
4. Banquet Captain
5. Banquet Manager
6. Busser
7. Butcher
8. Cafeteria Manager
9. Caterer
10. Catering Director
11. Certified Nutritionist
12. Chef
13. Chef Instructor
14. Chocolatier
15. Culinary Educator
16. Dietician
17. Dietetic Technician
18. Dining Room Supervisor
19. Dining Room Manager
20. Director of Foodservice
21. Marketing
22. Director of Research
23. Dishwasher
24. District Manager
25. Executive Chef
26. Federal Food Inspector
27. Food or Restaurant Critic
28. Food and Beverage Manager
29. Food Marketer
30. Food Processor
31. Food Researcher
32. Food Scientist
33. Food Service Director

9. Culinary Arts Careers continued
34. Food Service Trainer
35. Food Photographer or Stylist
36. Food Writer
37. Garde Manager
38. Host
39. Kitchen Manager
40. Line Cook
41. Maitre d’
42. Menu Planner
43. Nutritionist
44. Pantry Worker
45. Pastry Chef
46. Pastry Cook
47. Personal Chef
48. Prep Cook
49. Production Manager
50. Purchasing Agent
51. Quality Assurance Specialist
52. Recipe Developer
53. Research Chef
54. Research Development Specialist
55. Restaurant Manager
56. Sales Manager
57. Sales Representative
58. Sanitation Supervisor
59. Sauce Cook
60. Seafood Cook
61. Soup Cook
62. Sous Chef
63. Storeroom Supervisor
64. Swing Cook
65. Taster
66. Vegetable Cook

10. Junior high is behind you, and a career is ahead of you.
Dobson High School’s Culinary Arts Program prepares students for attending culinary arts schools and/or working in a restaurant by teaching them professional skills in a professional environment.

11. Culinary Arts classes use small commercial equipment:
stock pans
bench scrapers
chinoises
portion scoops & ladels
volume measuring cups
scales

12. Culinary Arts classes use large commercial equipment:
commercial refrigerator & freezer
commercial oven & convection oven
commercial proofer
Hobart mixer
commerical sink

13. Culinary Arts classes follow restaurant procedures:
washing hands properly
mixing & using sanitizing solution
putting up hair
wearing aprons/jackets, close-toed shoes, and vinyl gloves
storing food properly
preparing food to the proper temperature
cooling down food properly
plating food properly
setting the table properly

14. Culinary Arts classes use foodservice terminology:
mise en place
leavening agents
thickening agents
mirepoix
sachet
roux
venting
scaling
presentation
plating

15. What does Culinary Arts mean?
professional people preparing and presenting food to perfection!