Culinary & Hospitality Management
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Career pathways span secondary and postsecondary education, align to employer needs and careers, and provide high-quality education, training, and support services for youth and adults.
In Delaware, career pathways begin in the public education system (K-12) through Career and Technical Education (CTE) pathways offered in charter, comprehensive, and technical school districts. These pathways continue through adult education, occupational training programs, and postsecondary programs that are administered by partnering state agencies, institutions of higher education, and other service providers.
Culinary & Hospitality Management
The Culinary & Hospitality Management pathway is a three (3) and six (6) course CTE program that is supported by the National Restaurant Association Education Foundation. ProStart® trains students on industry-specific skills that can be used in all aspects of the restaurant and hospitality industry along with the employability skills like leadership, accountability, teamwork, and responsibility.
The program prepares students for careers such as Executive chef and Sous Chef, Food Service Manager, Kitchen Manager, and Line Cook.
Sequence of Courses:
Fundamentals of Culinary Arts
Hospitality (FCH) / Advanced
Food Production; Hospitality
Management (AFH)
Culinary; Hospitality
Professional (CHP) / Nutrition;
Allergens (NA)
Baking; Pastry (BP) /
Introduction to Hospitality (IH)
Early College Credit/Credentials:
National Restaurant Association
Certificate of Achievement
ServSafe Manager Certification
CPR / First Aid / AED
Certification
Up to 9 college credits
at Delaware Technical
Community College
Work-Based Learning:
Job Shadowing
Mock Interviews
Resume Workshops
Mentorships
Bachelor’s Degree
Average Salary:
$63,340
Food Service Manager
Associate's Degree
Average Salary:
$53,410
Chef & Head Cook
Certificate
Average Salary:
$29,310
Waiter & Waitress
Where to find this Pathway:
- Caesar Rodney High School
- Dover High School
- Kent County Intensive Learning Center
- Lake Forest High School
- Laurel Senior High School
- Cape Henlopen High School
- Seaford Senior High School
- Smyrna High School
- Middletown High School
- Appoquinimink High School
- Odessa High School
- Brandywine High School
- Mount Pleasant High School
- Thomas McKean High School
- William Penn High School
- POLYTECH High School
- ASPIRA Charter High School
Pathway Languages:
RELEVANT LANGUAGES
- Arabic
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Russian
- Spanish
Wage Differential
Bilingual employees are compensated with a language differential of 5-20% more per hour than the base rate of a monolingual employee
Where To Find The Languages
Chinese
French
- Alexis I. du Pont High School
- Appoquinimink High School
- Brandywine High School
- Caesar Rodney High School
- Cape Henlopen High School
- Charter School of Wilmington
- Christiana High School
- Concord High School
- Dover High School
- Indian River High School
- Lake Forest High School
- Thomas McKean High School
- Middletown High School
- Mount Pleasant High School
- Newark Charter School
- Newark High School
- Smyrna High School
- Sussex Central High School
- William Penn High School
- Odessa High School
- Cab Calloway School of the Arts
German
Spanish
- Alexis I. du Pont High School
- Appoquinimink High School
- Brandywine High School
- Caesar Rodney High School
- Cape Henlopen High School
- Charter School of Wilmington
- Christiana High School
- Bryan Allen Stevenson School of Excellence
- Concord High School
- Conrad Schools of Science
- Delaware Academy of Public Safety & Secuirty
- Delaware Military Academy
- Delcastle Technical High School
- Design Thinking Academy
- Design-Lab High School
- Dover High School
- Early College High School
- Ferris School for Boys
- First State Military Academy
- Glasgow High School
- Howard Vo-Tech High School
- Hodgson Vo-Tech High School
- Indian River High School
- Lake Forest High School
- Laurel Senior High School
- Middletown High School
- Mount Pleasant High School
- Newark Charter School
- Newark High School
- Odessa High School
- POLYTECH High School
- Seaford Senior High School
- Smyrna High School
- Sussex Central High School
- Sussex Academy of Arts and Science
- Sussex County Vocational Technical School District
- Thomas McKean High School
- William Penn High School
- Woodbridge High School
- MOT Charter School
- Cab Calloway School of the Arts
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Student pathway Testimonials
Beatriz Ramirez , Student at William Penn
“Now I know what I want to do with my life, thanks to the focus on careers at William Penn. At first, I picked culinary arts because I didn’t know what else to do. But I fell in love with it!”