Culinary Academy
Begin Your Culinary Career Now
Get a jump on your Culinary Arts training and education before your graduate, for free! Earn up to 14 college credits in this Career Academy. Study baking, safety and sanitation, food prep, and more. You will leave high school with two internships under your belt, too. After you graduate, keep working toward your EICC Culinary Arts Certificate, Diploma, or AAS degree.
Clinton or Muscatine Community College
Start your Culinary training during high school
- HCM:100 Sanitation and Safety (ServSafe Certificate), 2 credits
- HCM:154 Basic Food Prep, 2 credits
- HCM:180 Food Fundamentals, 2 credits
- HCM:932 Internship, 1 credits
- HCM:116 Fundamentals of Baking, 3 credits
- HCM:265 Mathematics for Hospitality, 3 credits
- HCM:932 Internship, 1 credit
Finish your degree after high school
- CSC:110 Introduction to Computers, 3 credits
- Award: Culinary Arts Certificate (16 credits)
- HCM:932 Internship, 3 credits
- HCM:155 Garde Manger, 3 credits
- HCM:156 Intermediate Food Prep, 3 credits
- HCM:233 Menu Planning and Nutrition, 3 credits
- HCM:530 Culinary Capstone, 1 credit
- HCM:932 Internship, 3 credits
- SPC:112 Public Speaking, 3 credits
Award: Culinary Arts Diploma (32 credits)
- HCM:160 Advanced Food Preparation, 3 credits
- HCM:199 Batch Cooking, 2 credits
- HCM:200 Dining Service, 2 credits
- HCM:301 Beverage Control, 3 credits
- HCM:353 Menu and Profit Engineering, 3 credits
- HCM:212 Industry Management, 3 credits
- HCM:932 Internship, 2 credits
- HUM:105 Working in America, 3 credits
- MKT:181 Customer Service Strategies, 2 credits
- PSY:213 Industrial Psychology OR SOC:110 Intro to Sociology, 3 credits
Award: Culinary Arts AAS degree (62 credits)
Scott Community College
Start your Culinary training during high school at Davenport Central
- CSC:110 Introduction to Computers, 3 credits
- HCM:116 Fundamentals of Baking, 3 credits
- HCM:100 Sanitation and Safety (ServSafe Certificate), 2 credits
- HCM:265 Mathematics for Hospitality, 3 credits
- HCM:180 Food Fundamentals, 2 credits
- HCM:154 Basic Food Prep, 2 credits
- HCM:932 Internship, 1 credit
Award: Culinary Arts Certificate, 16 credits
Start your Culinary training during high school at Pleasant Valley
- CSC:110 Introduction to Computers, 3 credits
- HCM:100 Sanitation and Safety (ServSafe Certificate), 2 credits
- HCM:154 Basic Food Prep, 2 credits
- HCM:180 Food Fundamentals, 2 credits
- HCM:116 Fundamentals of Baking, 3 credits
- HCM:265 Mathematics for Hospitality, 3 credits
- HCM:932 Internship, 1 credit
Award: Culinary Arts Certificate, 16 credits
Finish your degree after high school
- HCM:932 Internship, 3 credits
- HCM:155 Garde Manger, 3 credits
- HCM:156 Intermediate Food Prep, 3 credits
- HCM:233 Menu Planning and Nutrition, 3 credits
- HCM:530 Culinary Capstone, 1 credit
- HCM:932 Internship, 3 credits
- SPC:112 Public Speaking, 3 credits
Award: Culinary Arts Diploma (32 credits)
- HCM:160 Advanced Food Preparation, 3 credits
- HCM:199 Batch Cooking, 2 credits
- HCM:200 Dining Service, 2 credits
- HCM:301 Beverage Control, 3 credits
- HCM:353 Menu and Profit Engineering, 3 credits
- HCM:212 Industry Management, 3 credits
- HCM:932 Internship, 2 credits
- HUM:105 Working in America, 3 credits
- MKT:181 Customer Service Strategies, 2 credits
- PSY:213 Industrial Psychology OR SOC:110 Intro to Sociology, 3 credits
Award: Culinary Arts AAS degree (62 credits)
Your Career in Culinary Arts
Do more than cook and bake at home. Become a chef and start feeding the world. With your EICC training, you can have a fast-paced and creative career. Work in restaurants, schools, hotels, cafeterias – wherever food is made!
Career Advancement Centers
Brand new ultramodern facilities for career and technical education programs, including automotive tech, culinary, healthcare, welding, and more. Enjoy multi-purpose labs, classrooms, and a large common area. Your successful career starts here.
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Complete your education in two years. Qualify for better jobs. Earn a higher salary. Enjoy a better quality of life. The benefits of an associate's degree are impressive and wide-ranging.
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Contact our High School Team
Concurrent Advisors
Joe Shovlain
Concurrent Advisor
jshovlainFREEEICC
563-244-7014
Office 100B
Advises High School Concurrent: Clinton, Career Academies
College & Career Transition Counselors/Coaches
Holly Hansen
College & Career Transition Counselor/Coach
hmhansenFREEEICC
563-441-4004
Serves Cal-Wheat and DeWitt Central High Schools
Lorene McLaughlin
College & Career Transition Counselor/Coach
ltmclaughlinFREEEICC
563-244-7192
Serves Bellevue and Maquoketa High Schools
Marla Schultz
College & Career Transition Counselor/Coach
mschultzFREEEICC
563-244-7131
Serves Clinton and Easton Valley High Schools
Concurrent Advisors
Anabelia Calderon-Flores
Concurrent Advisor
acalderon-floresFREEEICC
563-288-6035
Advises Durant and Muscatine High Schools
College & Career Transition Counselors/Coaches
Mikayla Cardenas
College & Career Transition Counselor/Coach
micardenasFREEEICC
Serves Muscatine High School
Theresa Putnam Genz
College & Career Transition Counselor/Coach
tputnamgenzFREEEICC
563-288-6047
Serves Columbus Junction and Louisa-Muscatine High Schools
Sara Schnepper
College & Career Transition Counselor/Coach
sschnepperFREEEICC
Serves Wilton and West Liberty High Schools
Concurrent Advisors
Molly Gleason
Concurrent Advisor
mmgleasonFREEEICC
563-336-5241
Advises Assumption, Davenport Central and Davenport North High Schools
Lori Perez
Concurrent Advisor
ljperezFREEEICC
563-441-4057
Advises Davenport West and North Scott High Schools
Jill Spengler
Concurrent Advisor
jmspenglerFREEEICC
563-441-4137
Advises Bettendorf and Pleasant Valley High Schools
College & Career Transition Counselors/Coaches
Patricia Madden
College & Career Transition Counselor/Coach
pamaddenFREEEICC
Serves North Scott High School
Culinary Academy: Locations
Clinton Career Advancement Center
1210 11th Ave. S.
Clinton, IA 52732
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