Program information

Turn your love for food into marketable skills that will prepare you for entry-level positions in the culinary industry. The Chef Training Certificate program will help you develop technical competence in food preparation through hands-on instruction and field experience, and service through the use of sound business principles. Learn in our Rome Campus’ full-service kitchens and dining room, where you’ll create and serve meals in a real-world setting. 

See semester-by-semester certificate plan.

Upon completion of the nine-month program, students should be competent in all of the following areas:

• Execution of the correct application of key cooking methods.
• Ability to weigh and measure with accuracy the ingredients needed for their practical exam.
• Safe food handling techniques.
• Information literacy using traditional and contemporary information technology and identify, access, and appropriately use authoritative sources of information.

Career opportunities

• Chef and head cook
• Cook
• Food service manager

Contact us

Vincent Petronio, Dean
Email: vpetronio@mvcc.edu
Phone: 315-792-5497
Office: Payne Hall 344, Utica Campus