Ashworth College offers a Gourmet Cooking and Catering online program. Students take 20 lessons, first focusing on cooking foundations like basics of gourmet cooking, nutrition and recommended tools and staples for your kitchen. The lessons then continue with an in-depth look at preparing several types of meat, preparing side dishes and perfecting your hand at epicurean desserts. Finally, the lessons end with fundamentals of banquet management, directing functions and events, and how to start a career in catering. In the end, students receive a career diploma in culinary arts.
Ashworth College
430 Technology Parkway
Norcross, GA 30092
800-957-5412
ashworthcollege.edu
Virginia College provides an online associate degree in culinary arts. The program is intended for students who already have some background and experience in cooking, as the program focuses on widening your skills and abilities in culinary arts without traditional lab time. Requirements for admission include previously completing a diploma program in culinary arts. Coursework centers on food science, food culture, pastry arts, customer service from a business perspective, viniculture and menu planning. Develop your skills as a restaurant or catering manager by learning about food storage, inventory techniques and basic math functions required for food service careers.
Virginia College
400 Chase Park S.
Birmingham, AL 35244
888-827-7770
vconline.edu
The Cooking and Catering distance learning program at Stratford Career Institute prepares students for a career in catering and teaches the fundamentals of cooking through an online program. Divided into six modules, the program focuses on the history of cooking and culinary arts to sanitation and food safety as the foundation of the program. Students then explore preparing meats, cooking starches and salads and honing their skills in desserts and pastries. The final module focuses on building a catering business, choosing clients and event organization.
Stratford Career Institute
1 Champlain Commons, Unit 3
P.O. Box 1560
Saint Albans, VT 05478
800-254-4070
scitraining.com