Program
Overview
This
program is dedicated to providing students a working knowledge
of classical culinary techniques. Through lecture,
hands-on work, and projects the student will learn the skills
needed for a career in the food service industry. Training
in
sanitation, hot food production, meat identification
and fabrication, pantry, breakfast cookery, purchasing,
table service, baking, pastries, management techniques, and
basic culinary skills is offered. Curriculum also includes culinary
math, field trips,
and competitive events.
Mission
The
Mission of the Falls Church High School Culinary Arts program is
to increase the value of student learning experiences by applying
core academic skills in realistic as well as relevant culinary-related
settings.
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Vision
The
Vision of the Falls Church High School Culinary Arts Program
is to increase:
1.
Awareness of culinary-related situations
for which our day to day existence as citizens within the global
society is influenced.
2.
Relevance with regard to the correlation between core academics
and culinary-related careers,
specific job-related tasks, education, and personal situations.
3.
Understanding of culinary-related topics
in order to prepare individuals for successful development
of solutions for enhancing careers,
specific job-related tasks, education, and personal situations.
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Resources
The
following are various resources that we found
helpful to our students:
FCPS Culinary Arts Page
FCPS
Gourmet/International Foods Page
This
web page may contain links to one or more pages that
are outside the FCPS network. FCPS does not control the
content or relevancy of these pages.
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