Culinary Arts
SUNY Adirondack's Culinary Arts degree program requires passion and drive. As a student, you will find yourself active in many kitchen settings — in our student-run restaurant, internships and partnerships with local restaurants and hotels. While refining hands-on skills, you learn current food, drink and service styles. Core courses of this program include classic culinary cooking, preparation technique, baking, purchasing, safety and sanitation studies.
- Degree
- Associate in Applied Science
- Program Type
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Career-oriented degrees
- Pathway
- Arts, Media & Culture
- Credits
- 64
Learning outcomes
- Employ restaurant sanitation procedures.
- Demonstrate competency in restaurant prep skills.
- Demonstrate competency in baking, pastry and recipe preparation and procedures.
- Manage front-of-house operations.
- Implement kitchen brigade operations.
- Identify and present professional skills needed in a hospitality environment.
Curriculum and requirements
Students experience hands-on learning in SUNY Adirondack's Culinary Arts Center and Seasoned, the college's student-run restaurant. Students lead open lunches and community dinners for the public during the year.
SUNY ADK advantage
job placement rate
of our Culinary Arts students upon graduation
certifications
included in the curriculum: ServSafe Manager and TIPS
Seasoned
SUNY Adirondack students learn hands-on industry skills in Seasoned, a student-run fine-dining restaurant in downtown Glens Falls.
From our alumni
My time at SUNY ADK was one of the best times of my life. I absolutely loved the Culinary program."