So the culinary program here at Cedar Ridge is
a potentially three year-long program. It could be four years
if the students start their freshmen year. And they have
many opportunities to do some really hands on
applications within a full commercial kitchen environment. You can see behind me
it's a same kind of scenario as you'd see in
any operating commercial kitchen, which is great
because they're going to have opportunities to use equipment that likely when they go to work,
they probably can't until they're at least 18. But they're also getting certifications.
Industry standard certification, so they can go work in any
food service operation. The one that is probably the most impressive is at
a food manager certification, which is good for five years.
Any where in the entire United States and also it does transfer to post-secondary
options. That puts them in a position to be more
available for an administrator or leadership-type role
in their jobs if they're working in the food service industry.
The culinary program has a lot of learning to do for
young students who don't- aren't very experienced with cooking
and like, my mom. She was like, "oh, you can cook at home now."
Yeah, I can because I'm experienced and
I've learned new things and things I would need in the future whenever I'm maybe a mother.
cooking for my family and stuff like that.
>> Rob: If they are going to make this a career,
this is a really, really good head start. If it just winds up
being a job that they have while they're working towards other career paths,
or if they're just wanting to be more knowledgeable about cooking at home
for their friends or family.
They're going to be much more informed and much more capable knowing that
what they learn here is going to carry them for the rest of their lives.
