Culinary Arts Cooking
Culinary Arts Cooking program trains students in real-world kitchen skills from knife techniques and prep work to full meal execution. Learn safety, timing, plating, and teamwork while preparing soups, salads, entrées, and more in a professional commercial kitchen.
Step into the kitchen and start cooking like a pro. In this one-year program, you’ll gain hands-on experience, sharpen your technique, and build the confidence to work in restaurants, catering, or even start your own food business.
Work the Line, Learn the Craft
In Culinary Arts: Cooking, you’ll do more than just follow recipes—you’ll run the kitchen. From learning how to handle a chef’s knife to preparing full meals for real service, you’ll build timing, precision, and flavor intuition.
Every day brings a new dish to master, a new challenge to solve, and another chance to build confidence in the kitchen. You’ll also learn safe food handling, storage, and sanitation practices that are essential for working in a professional culinary environment.
Culinary Arts Cooking at a Glance
From Our Kitchen to a Career
We have articulation agreements with Alfred State College, Bryant & Stratton College, the Culinary Institute of America, Jefferson Community College, SUNY Adirondack, Johnson & Wales University and SUNY Cobleskill.
Dream of opening your own bakery or running a pastry kitchen? At BOCES, you don’t just learn how to bake—you learn how to build a career. Through our partnership with Jefferson Community College, students have the chance to earn up to 20 college credits toward a two-year AOS Business Degree.
Culinary Arts Instructors
Charles H. Bohlen, Jr. Technical Center:
Blake Vanvalkenburgh bvanvalkenburgh@boces.com
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