Hospitality - J Everett Light Career Center

Hospitality from J Everett Light Career Center is a Campus Certificate Hospitality and Tourism degree that prepares you for a Hospitality career. Students spend first semester studying Foodservice Management and participate in lab practicum. Food laboratory experience involves knife skills, baking and cooking basics, soup making, stock and sauce preparation and many other various styles and techniques of cooking and baking. As a student, you will have several opportunities to create catering menus and actual hands-on catering set-up and service. As a second year student, you will have the opportunity for off-premise internships. The second semester has a concentration in Hotel Management with learning the basics of front desk and housekeeping which are the foundations of lodging. The Explorer's program located at the Hyatt Regency, downtown provides the students with the ability to have hands-on experience in a large business hotel. After completing the two year curriculum and work experience, the students can earn certification and scholarships from either the National Restaurant Association or the American Hotel/Motel Association. Students also have the opportunity to compete at State and National levels through these associations earning knowledge and scholarships. A Sample of First Year Activities/Topics Customer Service Foodservice Equipment Housekeeping Sanitation Nutrition Switchboard Safety & Security Yield/Cost Control Front Desk Kitchen Basics Maintenance Catering A Sample of Second Year Activities/Topics Marketing & Sales Banquet set-up Service Catering International Foods Mid-Management Off-premise internship Menu development Cash Register Control Food preparation Inventory Control Culinary skills Employment opportunities for Hospitality include: Hotel Culinary, Travel &Tourism Sales View more details on J Everett Light Career Center . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Hospitality and Tourism courses.