Professional Cooking III: Italian Creative Cuisine and Decoration Experiential Learning

Course Description

This course provides advanced students with the fundamentals of kitchen organization, menu composition, plating, and decoration. Upon completion of the first and second levels of Italian traditional ingredients, regional cooking, and cooking techniques, students will apply these concepts to the production of complete dishes. The course will develop skills in recipe elaboration and in building ingredient pairings according to the heritage of Italian traditions. Restaurant production is scheduled as an integral part of the course. This course includes experiential learning hours with our Community Engagement Member Institutions (CEMI). CEMI are dynamic learning environments created to foster learning through a structured interaction with the community. In addition to regular lecture hours, students will be involved in learning by doing through real projects and integration with the local population and territory in order to remove cultural and learning barriers as well as to develop a strong likelihood for success in life. The experiential learning hours are fully supervised by instructors who track students step by step during their learning experience, monitor and advise according to student needs, and support student initiative. This unique learning model allows students to benefit from an all-encompassing educational experience based on theory and practice in real enterprises, learning of comprehensive operational processes, problem-solving, leadership, and management. Prerequisites: Professional Cooking II: Cooking Techniques or equivalent.