
You’ve always wanted to run your own business. Perhaps you are cooking for your family, friends, and customers and they are encouraging you to start your own business. The Certificate in Culinary Business Innovation will prepare you for the steps you need to make your goal a reality. You will learn about what it takes to build a strong foundation for a successful business or expand your new one. Learn how to motivate people and to drive them towards one goal-customer satisfaction. Enjoy small and affordable classes that are local and easily accessible, taught by some actual entrepreneurs. Start working on growing your own business now!
The Academic Certificate in Culinary Business Innovation provides a career-oriented curriculum designed to develop skills beyond a proficiency level. This Certificate is designed for individuals currently preparing foods for sale from a residence or commercial kitchen. It is also for those who may have been recently employed in the foodservice industry. This two-semester Certificate will increase students' access to employment opportunities. Students will learn how to advance an employer's business or create their own entrepreneurial venture within the industry. Students will also learn how to respond to a changing industry climate. Upon successful completion, students will be professionally certified with Servsafe Food Manager Certification to further enhance their employment opportunities.
Complete the following requirements:
| ENG-101 College Composition I |
COMPLETE ENG-102 or ENG-103 or ENG-115 or ENG-211
| ENG-102 College Composition II |
| ENG-103 Technical Report Writing |
| ENG-115 Writing for Emerging Media |
| ENG-211 Business Communications |
Complete the following requirements:
TAKE MAT-103 or ACC-121;
| MAT-103 Business Mathematics |
| ACC-121 Principles of Accounting I |
TAKE CAI-115 or HMT-204 or HMT-116
| CAI-115 Food Sanitation and Culinary Principles |
| HMT-204 Fundamentals of Wine and Food |
| HMT-116 Restaurant Operations Management I |
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

You will become a student of a hospitality professional or successful entrepreneur, who will best prepare you for successfully bringing your idea beyond its beginning stages.

With the approval of the Associate Dean for Business, Culinary, and Hospitality Management, all courses within the Culinary Business Innovation Certificate can be used towards completing your AAS Hospitality Management-Entrepreneurship Option.


