Fundamental Foodservice Skills

Department of Hospitality and Tourism

 

This program is the culinarian’s dream!  If you love cooking and feeding people your culinary masterpieces, this is the course for you.  The 600-hour Fundamental Foodservice Skills program offers a sequence of courses with rigorous content, challenging academic standards, and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for careers in hospitality and tourism.  The program is designed to prepare students for success in today’s commercial kitchens.  Students will learn to properly use recipes (to scale) to prepare vegetables, salads, sandwiches, starch and grain dishes, meat, poultry, and seafood entrées, and sauces to enhance entrée items.  The content includes but is not limited to preparation, presentation, and serving of a wide variety of foods, leadership, communication skills, employability skills, and safe/efficient work practices are also covered.

 

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600 Hours

Day: Monday – Friday

Upcoming Classes Start:

8/6/24 – 12/18/24

Estimated total cost may vary based on program start date and program class schedule.

$3,641.09

(**All fees subject to change)

2024-2025 Fundamental Foodservice Skills Cost Sheet

Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (PERT)

Marion Technical College – Extension Campus

1614 East Fort King Street

  • General Admissions Procedures Apply
  • 16 years & older may apply
  • Participation in an Information Session
  • High School Diploma – Standard or GED recommended
  • High School Transcript

Program Highlights

STARTING SALARIES

Vary, ranging from:

$27,230 to $42,810*

*Based on state of Florida labor market statistics.

Employers

  • Mojo’s Bar & Grill
  • Sonny’s BBQ
  • Bridgewater Park Assisted Living
  • Eaton’s Beach
  • Big Lee’s BBQ
  • Symmetry Coffee & Crepes

What You Will Learn

  • Basic Culinary knowledge
  • Nutrition
  • Supervision
  • Sanitation
  • Kitchen safety procedures

    • Preparatory skills
    • Food identification, selection, & storing
    • Sauces, salads, entrees, & plating techniques

INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS

  • OSHA Certificate
  • ServSafe Certification

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

  • Restaurants
  • Cruise Ships
  • Hotels and Resorts
  • Entrepreneur

Steps To Enrollment

  • Step 1

    Complete & Submit Online Application.  Pay $20 non-refundable application fee.

    Please check AGE requirements before applying at https://mariontc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Program-Schedule-Age-Requirements.pdf

  • Step 2

    Submit paperwork to Student Services at the MTC campus. Provide copies of two officially recognized proofs of residency, copies of Driver’s License, and the Supplemental Program Packet.

    SUPPLEMENTAL PACKETS VARY – Attending an Information Session may be required for acceptance into the program.

  • Step 3

    Financial Aid application – www.fafsa.gov
    Complete FAFSA application and provide a Student Aid Report (SAR). MTC school code: 031039

  • Step 4

    You will be notified by program department of acceptance. You will be notified by Financial Aid of estimated funds available.

  • Step 5

    Pay fee and/or sign enrollment document to complete enrollment process in Student Fees.
    Seat in scheduled program is confirmed after Student Fees is completed.