Associate of Applied Science in Business Specialization in Culinary and Hospitality Management

Culinary Management

Are you creative in the kitchen? Do you love nourishing your friends and family through baking? Do you dream of owning your own restaurant? Are you ready for a fast-paced, dynamic job that’s in high demand in the booming restaurant and hotel business?

Chefs genuinely enjoy preparing food and satisfying customers’ appetites. You need to be artistic, creative, detail-oriented, flexible and organized. Good math skills, hand-eye coordination and a keen sense of smell and taste are important. Successful chefs have a good sense of teamwork and the ability to remain in control during hectic times.

Chefs and cooks are on their feet for long periods and often work evenings, weekends and holidays. They need to be able to function in close quarters during busy periods, lift heavy objects and work near hot ovens and grills. While the kitchen staff of hotels and restaurants can expect evening and weekend shifts, institutional cooks are more likely to have conventional work schedules. Seasonal work is often required for those working as a cook in a school or in a resort.

Culinary Careers (and Career Locations)

Food service plays a major role in work at:

• Hotels
• Restaurants
• Resorts
• Cruise ships and railway lines
• Cafés and bistros
• Bakeries and pastry shops
• Catering businesses
• Magazine test kitchens
• Public and private schools, from elementary to university level
• Grocery and specialty food stores
• Institutions such as hospitals and nursing homes

Hospitality Management

Are you outgoing, hard-working and committed to paying attention to detail? Can you meet a challenge with enthusiasm when things don’t turn out as planned? Would you like to be part of a professional team where your career advancement and professional growth are limited only by your drive?  Consider a rewarding career in the hospitality industry, and get an edge on a competitive employment pool.

With the explosion of restaurant, hotel and convention business in Texas, there are plenty of job openings for top-quality workers in the hospitality industry, but there’s actually a shortage of highly trained workers. The industry and its job openings are expanding so rapidly that the U.S. Department of Labor’s Career Voyages for in-demand occupations has named hospitality one of the nation’s high-growth industries.

Hospitality Careers

People in the hospitality industry work nationally and internationally for:

• Bars and drinking establishments
• Cafés and bistros
• Casinos
• Catering businesses
• Country clubs
• Cruise lines, railways or airlines
• Golf and sports clubs
• Hotels and motels
• Institutions such as hospitals and nursing homes
• Public and private schools, from elementary to university level
• Resorts
• Restaurants

For Class Information:  Howard College Catalog