Culinary and Baking Arts
SUNY Adirondack's Culinary and Baking Arts program provides in-depth instruction for students to learn the fundamentals of culinary and baking arts. This program complements our Culinary Arts degree and Culinary certificate. You will gain comprehensive hands-on experience while running a fully functioning restaurant.
- Degree
- Associate in Occupational Studies
- Program Type
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Degree
- Pathway
- Arts, Media & Culture
- Credits
- 64
Learning outcomes
- Employ restaurant sanitation procedures with ServSafe Certification.
- Demonstrate competency in cooking fundamentals and techniques.
- Demonstrate competency in baking, pastry, dessert preparation and procedures.
- Demonstrate costing and purchasing needed for food and beverage management.
- Implement writing of menus and restaurant recipes.
- Identify and present professional skills needed for entry-level or management positions in the culinary field.
Curriculum and requirements
Students study onsite at the college's culinary facility, immersing you in the food industry. The facility includes a fine-dining student-run restaurant and a gluten-free lab. You will prepare and serve three-course gourmet meals to the public. This program offers internships in regional restaurants and hotels.
Seasoned, SUNY Adirondack's student-run restaurant
SUNY Adirondack Culinary Arts and Culinary and Baking Arts students gain hands-on experience in Seasoned, a student-run restaurant in bustling downtown Glens Falls.
![Chef Matt Bolton is seen preparing food at Seasoned restaurant](/sites/default/files/styles/272x291/public/2024-05/2019-SunyAdirondackSeasoned-25.jpg?h=648b034f&itok=cSyCa93m)
SUNY ADK advantage
job placement rate
of Culinary and Baking Arts students after graduation
![A closeup image of the People's Choice Award trophy for Glens Falls Wingfest 2024](/sites/default/files/styles/320x188/public/2024-05/wing%20fest.jpeg?h=03385b88&itok=qIYNH93p)
People's Choice
Seasoned earned the Best Wing at the 2024 Glens Falls WingFest
Careers in Culinary and Baking Arts
Recipe for success
![Ben Pelton is seen outside Seasoned restaurant](/sites/default/files/styles/436x600/public/2024-05/Amber%C2%A0Rojcewicz.Ben%20Pelton22_01.jpg?h=582136a4&itok=264MqnbL)
I spent every waking minute in the kitchen with Chef Matt. What you put into it, you get out of it."