I'm Robert Zander I'm the Culinary Arts
instructor at the Tuscola Technology
Center.  We have a fully functioning and
licensed commercial kitchen.  We learn all
aspects of food service from baking and
pastry to buffet service, hot food, short
order restaurant service and volume
production.  We participate in the local
community by baking all of the 3,000 pies
for the Tuscola County Pumpkin Festival.
My students also participate in the
Caro Gingerbread Festival like
Christmas time.  I have six different
industry certifications you can earn
through this program we do ServSafe
allergen, food handler and ServSafe
manager.  All are five-year certificates
that are sought after and sometimes
required in the restaurant industry.  The
curriculum that I teach is called
ProStart, it's a program run through the
National Restaurant Association that
sets standards for high school culinary
arts.  We have articulation with all the
local culinary schools in Michigan and
others all over the country.  I am a
Alexis Denino and I am from Reese
High School.  Personally my favorite part
of this class is all the new people I
get to meet, how we become friends almost
immediately.  You get to learn different
ways of how to cook and bake and
challenge yourself outside of your
comfort zone.  If you really want to join
this class then do it!  It is a
professional environment but it's a lot
of fun.
