Language: English
Description: This program includes ten modules:
Professional Cooking Part I
Professional Cooking Part II
Professional Catering
Principles of Marketing
Start Your Own Catering Business
Microsoft Excel® 2016
Food Safety
Communicating Face-to-Face
Financial Management For Lay People
Effective Professional Communications
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Professional Cooking Part I
The food-service industry continues to expand with a wide variety of new restaurants opening every day. Learn the cooking principles you need to begin your career in this exciting industry with our Professional Cooking course. Learn the basics for planning dishes and menus, selecting quality ingredients, and preparing and presenting food in exceptional ways.
Professional Cooking Part II
This course explores professional techniques and methods for creating hundreds of recipes both traditional and contemporary. From cooking meat, poultry, and game, to preparing purely vegetarian dishes, to baking cakes, pies and pastries, this two part Professional Cooking course will take you through the full spectrum of food preparation and presentation while inspiring you to create recipes of your very own.
Professional Catering
Our comprehensive Professional Catering course will take you through all the steps involved in operating a successful catering business. From planning an event step-by-step, to developing a full menu, to managing your clients and employees, this course offers solutions and considerations for all types of related issues that may arise. Learn the skills and techniques you need to build and grow a successful catering business today!
Prerequisite(s): None
Principles of Marketing
As Consumers, we each experience what could be marketing case studies every day. We are exposed to thousands of advertising messages. We develop needs, research solutions, evaluate options, make purchases, and experience satisfaction or disappointment. This makes marketing a particularly stimulating subject for teachers and learners, since its practical application is visible every day. Old rules of marketing are no longer useful to those who want to influence these new consumer’s choices. Our course will lead the exploration of the leading edge of this paradigm shift that is now underway. Our course introduces students to the concepts and processes of marketing and takes them deeper into the work of marketing.
Start Your Own Catering Business
Do you love to entertain and host parties? Do you love to cook and create exciting menus? Now you can realize your dream of working from home doing something you enjoy. Catering is considered to be the fastest growing segment of the food service industry in the United States! Learn the steps necessary for setting up and running your own home-based catering business. From writing a successful business plan to marketing your new business and tips for deciding on a menu- this course has it all.
* You have 4 weeks to complete this course from date of your enrollment.
** Course Subject to Change.
Microsoft Excel® 2016
Microsoft Office Excel® 2016 is a powerful tool you can use to create and format spreadsheets so you can more easily analyze data, share information, and make more informed decisions. Excel 2016 has much of the functionality and features seen in previous versions, but with several new features and enhancements such as new chart types, the ability to import from outside sources, one-click forecasting, 3-D mapping, and more. You will learn how to create rich data visualization, PivotTable views, professional-looking charts, print media, hyperlinks, and worksheet web pages.
* You have 4 weeks to complete this course from date of your enrollment.
** Course Subject to Change.
Food Safety
Each year millions of Americans get sick, hundreds of thousands are hospitalized, and several thousand die from tainted food served in restaurants or prepared at home. This is unfortunate because most foodborne illnesses are caused when food is not handled properly. Regardless if workers are in a full-service eating establishment, working a street corner deli cart, cooking for everyone at the annual company picnic, or simply bringing in a dish for the monthly office pot-luck, it is crucial that they know and follow the generally practiced food safety techniques set by local, State, and Federal agencies. The same skills used in the workplace can also be applied at home, letting workers keep their families and selves safe. This course will cover basic food safety techniques expected in professional eating establishments.
Communicating Face-to-Face
Much customer service is done when service workers are helping customers face-to-face. For customer service workers to provide exceptional customer service in the fast-paced, competitive business world, they must be able to gather information appropriately by asking and answering questions. Having this skill allows them to better understand a customer’s needs, which leads to a higher likelihood that they will
Requirements
This program includes all required materials.
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Lesson 1
Professional Cooking Part I
After completing this course, you should be able to:
Identify proper food handling, measurements and how to create a balanced diet
Recognize the principles of cooking and food science
Recall the steps for preparing stocks, sauces and soups
List the basics for properly handling vegetables
Identify the structure of various meats and proper cooking techniques
Professional Cooking Part II
After completing this course, you should be able to:
Identify the various ways to prepare and cook fish and poultry
Recognize the basic ways to create salads, sandwiches and breakfast foods
Recall the steps for cooking vegetarian meals and buffet presentation
List common baking principles and formulas for preparing breads and cakes
Identify the characteristics of cookies, pies and puddings
Professional Catering
After completing this course, you should be able to:
Recall the different methods and styles of catering
Identify steps for building a client base and engaging customers
List strategies for planning and managing an event
Choose methods for controlling risk and guiding employee behavior
Recognize conflict resolution strategies and basic human resource management principles
Principles of Marketing
After completing this course you should be able to:
Identify the marketing process and how it fits into business operations
Differentiate between categories of consumer criteria for determining value
Recall the strategies used within each of the marketing mixes
Recognize how to identify target markets and environments by analyzing demographics and consumer behavior
List best practices for responsible marketing and how to manage marketing efforts
Start Your Own Catering Business
After completing this course, you should be able to:
Identify the pros and cons of starting a catering business
List steps for creating a business plan and how to structure your company
Recognize marketing techniques and how to promote your catering business
Recall time management tips and event planning strategies
Microsoft Excel® 2016
After completing this course, you should be able to:
List the basic range functions in Microsoft Excel 2016
Identify the correct use of formulas, worksheets, and workbooks
Recognize how to import, use, and analyze data
Recall how to create visual aids and collaboration
Food Safety
After completing this course, you should be able to:
Describe the importance of practicing food safety
List the steps necessary for personal hygiene that keeps food safe
State how to receive, store, prepare, and cook foods safely
Explain ways that unsafe food handling will lead to sickness
Describe foodborne illness and how to prevent it
Communicating Face-to-Face
After completing this course, you should be able to:
Recall the best ways to ask questions
Recognize the best way to answer questions
Identify how positive language leads to good customer service
Identify how to handle customer requests
Recall ways to handle sensitive situations
Financial Management For Lay People
After completing this course, you should be able to:
Differentiate between finance and accounting.
Recognize the time value of money.
Recall why investment risks and returns have a trade-off.
Identity the reasons why the source of an investment’s value is based on cash flow, not profits.
Describe why an investment’s market value is driven by timely information.
Effective Professional Communications
After completing this course, you should be able to:
Describe effective professional communications
List ways that communications can break down
State the components of effective professional communications
Explain behavioral communication styles
Describe ways to effectively communicate with different communication styles
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