Ohio Colleges That Offer Culinary Arts

University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati State Technical and Community College

• The University of Cincinnati offers a bachelor of applied science program in culinary arts and science. It is only one of eight culinary programs in the United States that is approved by the Research Chefs' Association, and the only one in Ohio. The program is run in cooperation with Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, where all students spend the first two years of the program and earn an associate's degree in culinary arts. Even though students take classes at Cincinnati State, they are still eligible to live on the UC campus and participate in all university activities. Students then spend an additional three years studying at the University of Cincinnati. The first two years at Cincinnati State focus on food preparation, service and management. Once at UC, students focus more on the science of food, food processing technologies, product development, and manufacturing. In addition to traditional academic classes, all full-time students are also required to take part in a year-round co-op program that includes paid, on-the-job training in 13-week work sections. Graduates of the five-year program are able to move on to careers in food preparation, service, management, research and development, manufacturing, marketing and sales.

  University of Cincinnati
  P.O. Box 210091
  Cincinnati, OH 45221-0063
  513-556-6000
  www.uc.edu

  Cincinnati State Technical and Community College
  3520 Central Parkway
  Cincinnati, OH 45223-2690
  513-569-1500
  www.cincinnatistate.edu

The University of Akron

• Founded in 1870, The University of Akron is a public university with a 218-acre campus and over 27,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Akron offers a two-year associate's degree program in hospitality management with a culinary arts option. Under faculty supervision, students prepare and serve meals in The Crystal Room, an on-campus restaurant. A 300-hour internship during one semester is also required.

  The University of Akron
  302 Buchtel Common
  Akron, OH 44325
  330-972-7111
  www.uakron.edu

Cuyahoga Community College

• Opened in 1963, Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) is both the oldest and largest community college in Ohio. Tri-C offers an associate's degree in hospitality management with a culinary arts concentration. The culinary arts program has been offered for two decades at Tri-C's Metropolitan Campus in Cleveland, and has also been available at Tri-C's Eastern Campus since Spring 2009. The program's curriculum follows American Culinary Federation guidelines and includes hands-on food preparation, kitchen management and supervision, menu planning, purchasing and cost control, customer service, and communication skills. Cuyahoga Community College

  Metropolitan Campus
  2900 Community College Ave.
  Cleveland, OH 44115-3196

  Eastern Campus
  4250 Richmond Rd.
  Highland Hills, OH 44122
  800-954-8742
  www.tri-c.edu