Program Overview

Certificate of Achievement

The Professional Cooking Certificate is the beginning certificate with our tiered program. This will give our students the knowledge, fundamentals, and skills to enter the world of professional cooking. Once the professional cooking certificate is completed, we offer various areas to continue your education: Culinary Arts Management, Baking & Pastry and Hospitality management.

Salary, Growth and Careers

Salary

Careers associated with this program have a salary range from $33,000 to $81,000 with an average salary of $49,000.

Growth

Career opportunities for this program are expected to grow nationwide from 2022 to 2032.

Careers

• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: +4.9%
  • Average Salary: $47,000
  • Salary Range: $37,000 - $53,000
• Bakers
  • Education Level: No formal educational credential
  • Job Growth: +4.9%
  • Average Salary: $40,000
  • Salary Range: $35,000 - $43,000
• Chefs and Head Cooks
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: +5.3%
  • Average Salary: $67,000
  • Salary Range: $49,000 - $78,000
• Cooks, All Other
  • Education Level: No formal educational credential
  • Job Growth: +3.2%
  • Average Salary: $39,000
  • Salary Range: $33,000 - $41,000
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
  • Education Level: No formal educational credential
  • Job Growth: +2.1%
  • Average Salary: $46,000
  • Salary Range: $38,000 - $49,000
• Cooks, Private Household
  • Education Level: Postsecondary nondegree award
  • Job Growth: -5.5%
  • Average Salary: $65,000
  • Salary Range: $34,000 - $81,000
• Cooks, Restaurant
  • Education Level: No formal educational credential
  • Job Growth: +20.4%
  • Average Salary: $42,000
  • Salary Range: $36,000 - $45,000

Program Map

Culinary Arts: Professional Cooking

Certificate of Achievement

31.0 Units

• Fall 2024, 1st Term (12.0 Units)
  • MAJ CA 101: Introduction to Food Service, Safety, and Sanitation (2.0 Units)
  • MAJ CA 120: Introduction to the Hospitality Industry (3.0 Units)
  • MAJ CA 250: Professional Cooking I (7.0 Units)
• Spring 2025, 2nd Term (11.0 Units)
  • MAJ CA 251: Professional Cooking II (8.0 Units)
  • MAJ CA 230: Professional Healthy Cooking (3.0 Units)
• Fall 2025, 3rd Term (8.0 Units)
  • MAJ CA 252: Professional Cooking III (8.0 Units)