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The great thing about our program
from culinary arts, to baking and pastry,
restaurant/hotel management, beverage management,
you know it’s wide open and
what they can get into.
You know, there’s people who want to get into
the nutrition side of it.
There’s people who want to get into the
food science part of it.
There’s people who want to
be a chef or a pastry chef,
open a bakery,
be a coffee roaster, open a coffee shop.
So, we do work one-on-one,
and with our team,
our full-time and our part-time instructors,
a lot of them still work in the field today.
There are so many different outlets,
and so many different instructors here,
that you can talk to,
given the fact on what area
of the hospitality industry that you want to get into.
>> The faculty here is amazing.
They treat us like family.
When I come to Moraine Valley,
I feel like I’m home.
The fact that
they have so much
experience,
they’re very professional.
And, whatever question we have,
whatever we need,
you know, they’re right there for us.
>> You’re going to learn more than just cooking.
You know, a lot of people
think you go to culinary school,
all you do is cook.
It goes beyond cooking.
You know, we’re teaching you
budgets, we’re teaching you pro formas,
we’re teaching you how to break down recipes.
We’re teaching you
how to cost recipes out, how to make menus,
understand wine, understand mixology.
The reality is
half the time you’re in the kitchens, the other half,
you know, you’re in lecture classes learning.
I mean, there’s research, there’s papers,
there’s history,
understanding how the food evolved
how the influence of
maybe Mexican food
and Middle Eastern food came about.
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>> Working in the kitchen as a team is amazing.
It teaches you how to
be patient,
how to be working with different
people with different groups with different ideas.
You know, it’s something cool about this program.
>> And the other thing about our program too,
is we have externships.
It’s not mandatory.
One of the best externships we have
is with Disney in Orlando.
Students can go to Disney
and work in Disney for an entire semester.
They do get paid.
Disney sets them up with housing,
actually, in “the kingdom” there.
And every student that has ever gone just
loves it and enjoys it.
We also had a handful of students
actually go back and work full time
once they finished the program here.
As the industry changes,
we change to better prepare our students.
It’s a great career.
I mean, it truly is.
It’s not as easy
as it seems.
But at the same time, it’s extremely rewarding.
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