Diploma of Culinary Arts and Food Service Management

The Culinary Arts Diploma focuses on practical skill development and is delivered primarily in VCC kitchens and food service outlets. Students spend a minimum of one month in each of the teaching kitchens and service outlets where instructional activities include demonstration, hands-on practice, and group discussion. Culinary theory is taught in a classroom setting and uses a combination of lecture, class discussion, and independent study to promote the development of professional practice in the food industry. A major emphasis of the diploma program is active student participation. Students are encouraged to become self-directed and responsible for their own learning and to come to class well prepared for active participation in classroom and kitchen activities. Culinary graduates may find excellent opportunities for employment in all areas of the food service industry, including positions such as line cooks or third cooks in restaurants, hotels, aircraft flight kitchens, trains, cruise ships, kitchens in institutions, camps, and other food service related areas in the hospitality industry.