Feeding a need for real-world experience

About the Program

Category: Children and Youth (Best in Category)

Year: 2018

The Culinary Arts program at the Advanced Career Education (ACE) Center at Hermitage High School in Henrico County, is a two-year program that focuses on preparing students to enter the food service industry. Students are taught by a certified executive chef with more than 15 years of experience in a state-of-the-art commercial kitchen. The class demonstrates and develops skills that enable students to reach the point of preparing luncheons and dinners for various school and government functions. Students get the opportunity to see the planning, ordering, preparing, serving and cleanup that take place for any planned event while gaining hands-on experience in the fast-paced world of culinary arts.