Culinary Arts/Hotel & Restaurant Management
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Books
Search our catalog online at http://www.vsac.org/LibrarySearch. Patrons may borrow books either by coming to the Resource Center in downtown Winooski, or by making an interlibrary loan request through their local school or public library.
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Becoming a Chef: With Recipes and Reflections from America’s Leading Chefs (2003) |
Call # 641.5 Dornenburg |
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Food Jobs: 150 Great Jobs for Culinary Students, Career Changers, and Food Lovers (2008) |
Call # 647 Chalmers |
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Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany (2006) |
Call # 641.5 Buford |
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Opportunities in Restaurant Careers (2004) |
Call # 647.95 Chmelyns |
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Peterson’s Culinary Schools (2008) |
Call # 378.73 Peterson |
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The Reach of a Chef: Beyond the Kitchen (2006) |
Call # 641.5092 Ruhlman |
Vermont Web Links
New England Culinary Institute offers the following programs — www.neci.edu
- AS in culinary arts, baking & pastry arts, and hospitality & restaurant management
- BS in culinary arts and hospitality & restaurant management (with specializations in sustainability, wine & beverage, and baking & pastry)
- Online BS in hospitality & restaurant management
- Certificate programs in professional cooking, baking, and pastry arts
Champlain College offers offers a BS in hotel/restaurant management and event management — www.champlain.edu/Undergraduate-Studies/Majors-and-Programs.html
Community College of Vermont offers an AS in hospitality & tourism — www.ccv.edu/tourism
Green Mountain College offers a BS and certificate in resort and hospitality management — http://resortmanagement.greenmtn.edu
Johnson State College offers a BA in hospitality and tourism management — www.jsc.edu/Academics/BusinessAndEconomics/HospitalityAndTourismManagement.aspx
University of Vermont offers the following:- BS in dietetics — www.uvm.edu/academics/programs/dietetics
- BS and MS in nutrition & food sciences — www.uvm.edu/academics/programs/nutrition
- Cheesemaking certificate program (CC)
- Advanced cheesemaking certificate program (ACC)
- Public education courses
Labor market information is available from the Vermont Department of Labor — www.vtlmi.info/oic3.cfm?occcode=35101100&page=occrpt
Vermont Department of Labor provides a job bank, locations of statewide career resource centers, and Vermont labor market information — www.labor.vermont.gov
Area Vermont Career and Technical Centers offer:- Evening and/or weekend classes geared towards adults (both free and fee-based).
- Daytime programs geared towards high school students that are also open to adults (by state law).
- Free for adults without a high school diploma or with a GED.
- Fee-based for adults with a high school diploma or adult diploma (on a space-available basis).
The following Career and Technical Centers offer culinary courses:
Barre Technical Center (Barre) — (802) 476-1487, www.barretechnicalcenter.org
Burlington Technical Center (Burlington) — (802) 864-8436, www.burlingtontech.org or http://ce.bsdvt.org
Center for Technology, Essex (Essex) — (802) 879-5559, www.go-cte.org/welcome.php
Green Mountain Technology & Career Center (Hyde Park) — (802) 888-4447, www.gmtcc.info
Hannaford Career Center (Middlebury) — (802) 382-1012, www.hannafordcareercenter.org
Hartford Area Career and Technical Center (White River Jct.) — (802) 295-8630, www.hartfordschools.net/Schools/HACTC/tabid/56/Default.aspx
North Country Career Center (Newport) — (802) 334-7140, www.northcountrycareercenter.org
Northwest Technical Center (St. Albans) — (802) 527-6513, www.nwtcace.net
Randolph Technical Career Center (Randolph) — (802) 728-9595, www.randolphtech.org
River Bend Career & Technical Center (Bradford) — (802) 222-5212, www.rbctc.org
River Valley Technical Center (Springfield) — (802) 885-8300, www.rvtc.org
Stafford Technical Center (Rutland) — (802) 770-1033, www.staffordonline.org
St. Johnsbury Academy (St. Johnsbury) — (802) 748-8171, www.stjacademy.org/page.cfm?p=335, www.nekcareersolutions.org
Windham Regional Career Center (Brattleboro) — (802) 451-3589, www.wrccvt.com
Other Web Links
American Culinary Federation is a professional organization for chefs that offers certification programs, apprenticeships, a nationwide list of accredited programs, and scholarships — www.acfchefs.org
American Institute of Wine and Food, a non-profit educational organization devoted to improving the appreciation, understanding, and accessibility of food and drinks, offers educational scholarships — www.aiwf.org
International Association of Culinary Professionals, a non-profit professional organization that provides continuing education and development for its members, offers a job bank, information on culinary scholarships and grants, a database of culinary schools, and a culinary "yellow pages" — www.iacp.com
James Beard Foundation offers a job finder, scholarships, educational programs, and a student membership option — www.jamesbeard.org
Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates (U.S. Department of Labor) — www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes351011.htm
Occupational Outlook Handbook Data, including nature of the work, job outlook, and earnings — www.bls.gov/oco/ocos161.htm
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Software Resources
VT Guidance Central is a web-based, personalized, self-guided program that provides comprehensive career, college, and education planning tools
You can use VT Guidance Central as a tool to:
- explore career possibilities
- plan the training you need for specific careers
- search for colleges/universities that fit your desired criteria (e.g., location, size, programs/majors, activities, costs)
- learn about financial aid options
- and much more!
Visit the VSAC Resource Center in Winooski to utilize other assessment, career, and education planning software tools.
Updated: June 2010
Compiled by: VSAC Resource Center, 10 East Allen Street, PO Box 2000, Winooski, VT 05404
Call: 800-642-3177 toll-free, or Burlington area 802-655-9602 • Fax: 802-654-3765 • E-mail: info@vsac.org
The Vermont Student Assistance Corp. was established by the Vermont General Assembly in 1965 to help Vermonters obtain the information and financial resources they need to pursue their education goals beyond high school.
