>>Elizabeth Trevino: Our culinary department here at CE, we offer a 9-month culinary program. It is
a 900-hour program. It is nine months in
length. The students are expected to be
here 25 hours a week, so it is a very big
commitment. >> Deon: That's 900 hours, you know,
it's Tuesday through Friday, almost eight
hours a day, 25 hours a week. You have to
,like, really focus in or on it. >>Mohammad: If you
want to make good the future in this
business, in the kitchen; chef, cook,
whatever - go to study.
>> Elizabeth Trevino: Most of the time, like I said before, the farmers are bringing it to you, because you built
that relationship with them.
We give them the resources and the training so that
they can actually go out and get a job
at the end or move up the chain in
the hospitality restaurant industry.
Teaching them about food costs, teaching
them about weights and measurements
, yield percentages, understanding how to
cost a recipe. >>Deon: I've been able to
perfect my skills outside of class and
put them out there into the real world.
I have an event coming up, I'm catering an event
in Murietta. I got hired from another
chef. He has his own food truck and he
hired me, and everything came from class.
>> Mohommad: I have certificate. I have good chance
for business or building my future.
Help my family. That's my goal. >>Elizabeth: We start
with safety sanitation. We go through the
whole knife skills process. We go through
soups and stock makings. We teach them
baking and pastries. That's fine dining,
that's farm-to-table. >>It's beautiful
>>Right? >> Yes. >>Elizabeth: The wonderful thing about CE, is that our program is free. Most
culinary schools, they can be quite
expensive. They need a uniform, they need
a knife kit, a really good attitude,
have the willingness to learn and that's
really what's expected of them
throughout the entire program. >>Deon: I think
this program makes it even more amazing
when you have wonderful instructors, that
pushes you. >>Elizabeth: It's a very fast paced
program. We're really trying to create an
environment for them that they're in a
restaurant within a learning environment.
>>Deon: It is a wonderful program, you will learn
everything from here and you could take
what you learn from here and put it in
your personal life. >>Mohammad: If you want to get
good experience,
you'll have to open your mind and your
eyes in the kitchen. >>Deon: Cooking is good
everybody needs to eat in the world, I
mean, that's one thing that would never
leave this earth, so, you should try it.
