Culinary Arts
Program Description
The Culinary Arts & Hospitality career major focuses on providing students with a comprehensive education and training in cooking, baking, guest services, and management. The centerpiece of the program is The District Restaurant. The student-operated, 75-seat upscale casual restaurant is open to the public. Students also operate a quick-serve café and bakery counter and the Paul Revere Conference Room, which is often rented by outside organizations for conferences and business meetings.
Since 2021, the Culinary/Hospitality team have operated a weekly take-out program called the Soup Group. Customers place orders for soups and bakery items online and pick their orders up curbside. In addition, students prepare hundreds of meals a month through a collaboration with Food Link MA to provide meals to people who are food insecure.
Course Content
- Customer Relations
- Preparing and Serving Food
- Kitchen Basics
- Nutrition
- Breakfast Foods and Sandwiches
- Salads and Garnishes
- Desserts and Baked Goods
- Purchasing and Inventory Control: Meat, Poultry and Seafood
- Stocks, Soups and Sauces
- Potatoes and Grains
- Sanitation and Service ServSafe
- Dining Room Procedures
- Restaurant and Service
- Business Planning
- Work Study/Co-Op
Career Tree: Culinary Arts
Industry Certifications
- OSHA 10-Hour General Industry Safety
- TIPS Alcohol Safety Certification
- ServSafe
- ProStart Certification
Possible Career Pathways
- Back of the House Management
- Baker/Pastry Chef
- Baker’s Assistant
- Chef
- Sous Chef
- Executive Chef
- Food Research & Development
- Food and Beverage Director
- Preparation Cook
- Restaurant Manager
- Rounds Cook
- Sales
- Event Manager
- Marketing Specialist
- Guest Experience Specialist
Starting Salary
Massachusetts Averages
- Sous Chef: $62,974/year
- Food and Beverage Director: $68,947/year
- Event Manager: $57,528/year
National Median Salaries
- Chefs and Head Cooks: $50,160/year
- Cooks: $29,120/year
(Updated 1/24/23)
Sources:
College Partners
- Central Maine Community College
- Holyoke Community College
- Johnson & Wales University
- Middlesex Community College
- Newbury College
Advisory Committee Partners
- Aramark at Fenway Park
- Aunt Mary’s World Café
- Blodgett
- Burlington Marriott
- Collarusso’s Bakery
- Holiday Inn/Boxborough
- LEXX
- Meadow Green Nursing Center
- Retibak
- Stow Acres Country Club
Employers Hiring Minuteman Graduates
- Blue Ginger
- Café Escadrille
- Collarusso’s Bakery
- Culinary Institute of America (College)
- Daniel Boulud Bistro
- EMC Club
- 51 Lincoln
- Fenway Park
- Food Network
- Four Seasons Hotel
- Ken’s Dressings
- Meridian Hotel
- Minuteman HS
- Nashawtuc Country Club
- NECI (College)
- Panera Bread
- Pinebrook Country Club
- Ritz-Carlton Hotels
- Roche Brothers
- Sally Ann’s Bakery
- Szechuan Garden
- Verrill Farm