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Overview
Keiser University Center for Culinary Arts has been providing hands-on culinary training for over 30 years. With 3 campus located in Tallahassee, Sarasota, and Melbourne, Florida, the sunshine state, they are home to some of the most advanced cooking equipment and programs in the industry. This helps make the school one of the top in the country for the culinary arts. Armed with a faculty of master chefs with years of experience, the Keiser University Center for Culinary Arts gives its students the preparations needed to start a career as chefs, bakers, and other culinary professions.
Points of Distinction
Areas of Study
Keiser University Center for Culinary Arts offers 2 main programs for students to take part in. These programs are the Culinary Arts program and the Baking & Pastry Arts. The Culinary Arts program is an associates degree program, that consists of a curriculum that includes the principles of food service production, food service sanitation, stock and sauces, American regional cuisine, and many other industry standards in terms of food styles and preparation. The Baking and Pastry program is an instruction program on how to make to make things like breads, cakes, frozen deserts, and pastries, while simultaneously learning the baking equipment that goes along with each food.
Selectivity
Admission to the Keiser University Center for Culinary Arts can be done online with the provided applications for each campus on the school's web site. All applicants need to have a high school, or equivalent, diploma, as well as have an official high school transcript sent directly from the school. Applicant must also include their SAT or ACT scores with their application. Students who do not have SAT or ACT scores can take an entrance exam to gain access to the school. Financial aid options are available and should be discussed around the time of entrance to the university. International students are not eligible for financial aid.
Faculty
At Keiser University Center for Culinary Arts, most of the faculty are all former, or currently working, master chefs or food industry workers. They all bring their wealth of knowledge from the industry into the classroom, and share it with their students so they can create beautiful and delicious food themselves once they graduate. All professors hold a standard of excellence in their students, and are always willing to go that extra mile to give students the help they need to become the best at what they want to do.
Student Body
All students who attend the Keiser University Center for Culinary Arts are aspiring chefs, or are experienced chefs looking to broaden their palette. As is the case in the culinary arts world, many people end up working in the same sector once they graduate so friendships can continue outside of the classroom. Many opportunities for employment and comradery are opened up just by being on campus and getting to know the people who work and go to classes. All students who attend the school share the desire to increase their skills, and to better their life through a culinary career.
Student Life
Although the school does not offer housing on campus, it provides assistance in finding local housing that is close the the campus. Many people choose to move to Florida, near the campus they will be attending. All the campuses are surrounded by beautiful cities, providing much entertainment outside of the campus. Many campuses are only a few miles from the beach, as well as Florida's other attractions which include Universal Studios, Disney World, Water world, endless shops and boardwalks, and a nightlife second to none with lots of popular bars and clubs in each city.
Accreditation
Keiser University Center for Culinary Arts is accredited by the American Culinary Federation, Inc., 180 Center Place Way, St. Augustine, Florida 32095, tel. (940) 824-4468, www.acfchefs.org
Keiser University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award certificates and degrees at the associate, baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral levels. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Keiser University.
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Cooking And Culinary Arts
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Degrees or Coursework
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