Here at Tarrant County College, our students
are well known in the area for hire ability;
that they have the skill, they have been tested,
they have been trained properly, and typically
coming from our school they will be hired
over another type of culinary school in the
area.
We have around 300 students who are either
on track for a certificate completion, or
a two-year degree in Culinary Arts.
We are accredited by the American Culinary
Federation, we’re the only one in the county
accredited, and one of two in the DFW area
that is accredited.
We keep up the standards that are held at
private schools, our classes transfer to four-year
colleges, we make sure the students are trained
in everything; not just to pass, but so they
can perform in the industry all of the skills
that are required of them from employers.
With it being a smaller school, you get more
one-on-one time with teachers.
With something like this, you want to ask
as many questions as possible to make sure
you’re doing it well, and you’re learning
it right.
It helps to be more efficient if you know
the right way to do it.
I would recommend anyone to come to TCC, it’s
laid back; but it is tough, and they spend
more time focusing on the individual.
Chef Warner, she makes it so simple.
She treated everyone the same,  and just that personal
touch can help someone not get down on themselves,
and maybe accelerate to be even better than
me, or her.
We ensure that our students work a practicum
at the end of their two-year degree plan,
where they work in area restaurants, hotels,
with caterers to hone their skills; to show
that they are hireable.
Typically after they finish their practicum,
they are hired on as an employee at their
practicum site.
We have some alumni that have opened their
own restaurants, we have Executive Chefs around
the area, we have students that have their
own catering business, we have students that
are going on for more college, and we have
students who are doing phenomenal things in
the area.
By going to TCC and doing their Culinary Program,
that gave me the polish to accelerate my career
to a whole new level, because yeah, I can
do some things; but learning the technical
side they really nurtured me, and took my
natural talent to a whole other level.
We have relationships with area businesses
around Tarrant County and Dallas County who
look for our students to hire on as employees.
We have close to a hundred percent placement
once they graduate, either with continuing
their education at a four-year school or having
a job.
I’ve been hiring TCC students, some of my
classmates have been helping me, and I’m
also partnering with other companies who do
business with TCC, and they love to hear that
I’m an alumni.
It’s like a badge of honor.
My youngest grandson, he bakes cakes for me
all of the time, and he says “Grandma, I’m
going to go to the same school that you’re
going to.
I’m going to go to TCC”.
I say, “Okay, good choice”.
I’m going to look into the camera and make
sure that I make eye contact.
Come here, because there is no other place
where you’re going to get this type of learning,
this type of friendliness, and this type of
atmosphere.
TCC is like a family to me.
When I go out, not only do I represent myself,
but where I came from.
TCC is definitely a thumbs up in my book.
