Culinary Arts

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hi i'm gina cordo and i'm a culinary

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arts instructor at the united herkman

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madison boces

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culinary arts is a two-year program

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taught by myself

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and charlie hoffmeister along with our

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teaching assistants julian ceba hall

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and jackie smith over the course of the

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two years

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you'll learn about topics such as safety

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and sanitation

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food preparation and even table service

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all of this curriculum is brought to you

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through classroom instruction

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hands-on instruction and internship

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opportunities at our local restaurants

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the goal at the end of the two years is

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to have you college and career ready

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if you'd like more information about our

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culinary arts program please see your

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guidance counselor

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Hi there. My name is Chef Higgins. I'm one of the  culinary instructors here at, BOCES. In our class,  

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you can expect to learn many different things.  All the basics of cooking, your knife skills,  

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sanitation. We'll learn how to bake cakes,  cookies, decorate cakes. We will also learn  

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about different, meat cutting techniques,  cooking techniques and things like that.

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The class is two years and over those two years,  

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we do all of those things. You will get some  college credit, for sanitation if you. That is,  

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transferable over to Mvcc. Some students  will be ready to go right into the field  

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after. Some will go on to culinary school or  college after for hospitality. And then one  

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of the other things we do here is we also,  cater many different events for our BOCES.

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And, tonight, for instance, we have  one for our annual board meeting.  

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And we're going to be doing some sushi check  in, things of that nature. And if you'd like  

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more information about our program,  please visit us at oneida-boces.org