BUSINESS, HOSPITALITY, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
CULINARY ARTS
Creating cuisine with panache
BAKED, BROILED OR BOILED, STEAMED, SIMMERED, SLOW-COOKED OR
GRILLED, THE SIGHT AND SMELL OF GOOD FOOD MAKES THE MOUTH
WATER JUST AS IT NOURISHES THE BODY AND MIND.
Turn on the TV and scan the Internet to see the wide range of food shows and
recipes where a world-wide audience daily checks out recommendations about
the best tasting fare with the freshest, most wholesome ingredients.
This is the much watched world of Culinary Arts where diners
savor the flavors cooked up by trained chefs.
CULINARY ARTS
Creating cuisine with panache
The Benjamin Olewine III Center
for the Study of Culinary Arts and
Food Service Management at
HACC provides students interested
in cooking as an art and a profession with distinctive educational
options to become professionals.
STUDY ALTERNATIVES ARE:
An Associate Degree requires 75 credits and takes two years to earn. Fifty
hours focus on culinary courses, hospitality, menu, sanitation and safety,
dining room management and cost control. Remaining studies are in
general education.
Experienced degree graduates become chefs, sous chefs and food
production supervisors in hotels, restaurants, country clubs, catering
companies, food service contract companies and cruise lines. They also
may work as culinary educators.
Executive chefs earn a median average of $73,400 while sous chefs make
a median average of $42,300, according to the American Hotel and
Lodging Educational Institute.
A HACC certificate is earned with completion of 47 narrowly focused
credits allowing students to move into the workplace within a year.
Certificate holders find jobs as cooks in restaurants, institutions and
cafeterias and as bakers, food preparation workers and servers
A catering program diploma is a specialty program that requires 27
credits. Available jobs include cooks, food preparation workers, catering
cooks, personal chefs and managers or owners of small food service
businesses. The catering diploma is mostly for those seeking an
entrepreneurial career.
Students profit immeasurably from diverse instruction techniques
ranging from the classroom to on-campus labs in the Olewine Center
at HACC. They also have supervised on-the-job experiences through
Bricco, a commercial restaurant venture forged by the Olewine Center
and Harrisburg Hotel Corporation, managing partner of The Hilton
Harrisburg.
START THE PROCESS
Check out the HACC culinary program and prepare to earn a higher salary
and satisfy a thirst for knowledge. HACC offers students:
Flexibility to study part- or full-time while meeting other obligations
in the workplace.
Individual attention to help find their way in the academic world.
The price is right, too. HACC provides high-quality education at the lowest
cost in the area. Tuition and fees depend on where a student lives. Find
admissions information, tuition and fee schedules and a list of the 22 area
sponsoring school districts at www.hacc.edu.
Students attending HACC receive more than $11 million in financial help
annually through government agencies, HACC and private organizations.
Fill out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid by March 15 to start the
process. File the form at www.fafsa.ed.gov.
HACC does not discriminate in admission
or employment on the basis of race, color,
religion, political affiliation or believe, age,
sex, national origin, ancestry, non-job related
disability, place of birth, General Education
Development Certificate (GED), marital
status, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
To determine eligibility, and learn about aid programs, contact the HACC
Office of Financial Aid Services at (717) 780-2330.
For more information, e-mail Hospitality and Tourism Department Chair
and Professor Getachew Kassahun, CHA, CFBE, at gwkassah@hacc.edu.