Academics

Culinary Arts Management

If you love to cook and want to turn your passion for food into a career that you always wanted, then now is the time to get started. At ICC, we will take your passion for cooking and teach you the skills you need to work in a professional kitchen.

According to Professor Shank, it’s important for students to step outside their comfort zone when it comes to food.

“My mission is to get students to experience new things and have them appreciate where our food comes from, what’s behind that and how to elevate that into something that’s worth paying for.” – Keith Shank

State of the Art Facility

Illinois Central College knows that in order to keep up with a rapidly growing industry like culinary arts it is important to have the right tools. Therefore, students work in an environment designed to replicate a professional kitchen. Here they receive a lot more one-on-one attention than they might find at other colleges.

“We spend a lot of time working on ideas and techniques to make chefs’ lives easier and to make the quality of the food better. ICC provides students with a lot of state of the art equipment. I think we are on the cutting edge of culinary schools.” – Keith Shank

Career Focused

Becoming a chef takes leadership, people skills and the ability to manage and organize a kitchen. ICC faculty work to build fundamental traits of integrity and responsibility in students. ICC has a very high placement rate with businesses, both locally and nationwide. Students will have the opportunity to participate in catering events, fundraisers and many other extracurricular activities to give them the experience needed to find work in the area.

Cooking professionally is a challenging career field, but if you have a passion and drive, then ICC will give you the tools needed to be successful in a very rewarding career.

Illinois Central College’s Culinary Arts Management Program also includes:

• Culinary Arts Management-Certificate

Accreditation

This program is accredited by the American Culinary Federation Educational Foundation (ACFEF).

The Culinary Arts Management Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree program at ICC is accredited by the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation Accreditation Commission (ACFEF).

Degree

Associate in Applied Science (Career Program)
Total Credit Hours: 64

Program Requirements

Select a course number below to see a course description.

Required General Education Courses

Course	Name	Credit Hours
ENGL 110	COMPOSITION I	3
COMM 110	INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION: PRESENTATION AND THEORY	3
	SOCIAL SCIENCE *	3
	HUMANITIES *	3
	LABORATORY SCIENCE *	4
BUS 120 or	BUSINESS MATHEMATICS  or	3
MATH 110	CONCEPTS OF MATHEMATICS	3

Required Program Courses

Course	Name	Credit Hours
CA 150	PROFESSIONAL COOKING	3
CA 151	SANITATION AND PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION	3
CA 153	BAKING	3
CA 155	MEAT, POULTRY AND FISH	3
CA 156	SAUCES	3
CA 157	GARDE MANGER	3
CA 175	TOPICS IN CULINARY ARTS	3
CA 211	HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING	3
CA 212	FOODSERVICE COST CONTROL	3
CA 213	BEVERAGE MANAGEMENT	3
CA 214	FRONT OF THE HOUSE	2
CA 215	CULINARY NUTRITION	2
CA 217	INTRODUCTION TO CATERING	3
CA 220	ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL COOKING	3
CA 225	INTERNSHIP IN CULINARY ARTS	2
CA 253	ADVANCED BAKING	3

* See specific requirements for Associate in Applied Science Degree.

Recommended Course Sequence

Semester	Courses
Fall Semester 1	ENGL 110; BUS 120 or MATH 110; CA 151; CA 215; Social Science
Spring Semester 1	CA 150; CA 155; CA 214; Laboratory Science
Summer Semester	CA 211; Humanities
Fall Semester 2	CA 153; CA 253; CA 156; CA 175; CA 217; COMM 110
Spring Semester 2	CA 157; CA 213; CA 220; CA 212; CA 225

Program Contact Information

Business, Legal, and Information Systems

East Peoria Campus

Technology Center, Room 205

(309) 694-5558

Illinois Career Cluster

Hospitality and Tourism

Career Pathway:
Restaurants and Food/Beverage Services

Career Pathway

Pathway programs at ICC have a map that shows the courses/degree requirements that will lead students to their desired education and employment goals.

Program Effectiveness

Accredited culinary programs regularly provide information to the public on program performance. The ACFEFAC requires their accredited institutions to publish Program Outcomes for each of the previous two years for all ACFEFAC-accredited programs. Program Outcome measures for the Culinary Arts Management AAS degree program at ICC are as follows:

Graduation Rate

Job Placement Rate

Job placement rates are based on responses to ICC’s Career & Technical Education Program Follow-Up Survey administered to all CTE program graduates 6 months following program completion.

ACF Certification Rate

In Academic Years 2017 and 2018, no completers of the Culinary Arts Management AAS program pursued ACF certification.