Occupational Programs / Culinary Arts

Students will be given the opportunity to expand upon their personal interests within the food service profession by training in real life working environments both here at Shepherds College and in the surrounding community. An optimal learning environment for acquiring food service and restaurant skills will be offered through in-depth classroom instruction and substantial hands-on experience, providing culinary students with food service knowledge and a varied set of pertinent workplace skills.

The Culinary industry offers a vast array of diversified fields. What we strive to do is find the right match for each of our students so that they may thrive in what may be the first place they have worked in their life. Students will spend forty weeks learning a variety of techniques and food preparations while also learning about sanitation, kitchen safety and professionalism. By the end of their second year, they should have the skill-set to be able to work in a variety of restaurant environments.

There are no employment or technology requirements to be in the program.

Possible occupations to which this program leads:


Chefs and head cooks	4000	35-1011
First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers	4010	35-1012
Cooks	4020	35-2010
Food preparation workers	4030	35-2021
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	4050	35-3021
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	4060	35-3022
Food servers, non-restaurant	4120	35-3041
Dining room and cafeteria attendants	4130	35-9011
Dishwashers	4140	35-9021

To learn more about what our students do in the Culinary Arts program, contact Lucy Canright at 262.878.5620 ext. 6422 or lcanright@shepherdscollege.edu.

Gainful Employment

Institutions providing gainful employment programs offer important opportunities to all students seeking to expand their skills and earn a postsecondary certificate. The Federal Government along with the Department of Education has a strong interest in ensuring that institutions of higher education promote student academic and career opportunities and has put into place Gainful Employment regulations to make sure these guidelines have been met. Gainful Employment provides details to all students about their particular program and the possibility of being gainfully employed upon completion of your certificate.

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Community Partnerships and Programs

Shepherds Community Café is a partnership between Community State Bank and Shepherds College, established to create a quality café experience that fosters community inclusion and collaboration while training and employing individuals with intellectual disabilities. Please check it out here: https://www.mysccafe.com/mission.html