Culinary Arts/Chef Training

Culinary Arts/Chef Training is a certificate program of two to four years at Mitchell Technical College, a public institution in Mitchell, SD. This program offers extended training in culinary techniques, kitchen management, food safety, baking, and food service operations, providing a more comprehensive preparation for culinary careers than shorter-format programs. Students develop skills applicable to restaurant kitchens, institutional food service, catering, and hospitality settings.

This program falls under CIP code 12.0503 in the culinary arts field. Mitchell Technical College also offers a shorter Culinary Arts/Chef Training certificate as well as related programs in Electrician, Network and System Administration/Administrator, Telecommunications Technology/Technician, Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician, and Welding Engineering Technology/Technician. The two-to-four year format of this certificate allows students to develop deeper culinary competencies over a longer training period compared to the school's one-to-two year culinary option.