Culinary Arts/Hotel & Restaurant Management
Books | Local Web Links | Other Web Links | Software Resources
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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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 (2007) |
Call # 641.5 Peterson |
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The Reach of a Chef: Beyond the Kitchen (2006) |
Call # 641.5092 Ruhlman |
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The Soul of a Chef (2000) |
Call # 641.5 Ruhlam |
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Uncut: The Inside Story of Culinary School (2004) |
Call # 641.5 Johnson |
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
- Certificate programs in basic cooking, baking, and pastry arts
- Cooking Workshops in Montpelier and Essex
- Champlain College offers offers a BS in hospitality industry management with a focus in hotel/restaurant management or event management — www.champlain.edu/majors/hospitality/index.php
- Green Mountain College offers the following:
- BS in resort and hospitality management — www.greenmtn.edu/rhm.aspx
- Certificate in resort management (in cooperation with Killington Resort) — www.greenmtn.edu/rhm/program/certificate.aspx
- 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
- MS in nutrition & food sciences — www.uvm.edu/academics/programs/nutrition
- UVM’s Vermont Institute for Artisan Cheese offers the following — http://nutrition.uvm.edu/viac:
- 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
- Several area Vermont Career and Technical Centers offer evening and/or weekend classes geared towards adults. Daytime classes geared towards high school students are also open to adults (by State law). Adults without a high school diploma or with a GED may enroll in daytime programs free of charge. Adults with a high school diploma or an adult diploma may attend daytime programs on a space-available basis and must pay a tuition charge. The following Career and Technical Centers offer culinary courses:
- Barre Technical Center (Barre) offers hospitality and culinary arts — (802) 476-1487, www.vita-learn.org/brvc/index.html
- Burlington Technical Center (Burlington) offers a culinary/professional foods program — (802) 864-8436, www.burlingtontech.org
- Center for Technology, Essex (Essex) offers a professional foods program — (802) 879-5558, www.go-cte.org/welcome.php
- Green Mountain Technology & Career Center (Hyde Park) offers culinary arts and hospitality & tourism programs — (802) 888-4447, www.gmtcc.info
- Hannaford Career Center (Middlebury) offers a culinary arts program — (802) 382-1012, http://hannafordcareercenter.org/content.php
- Hartford Area Career and Technical Center (White River Jct.) offers a culinary arts program — (802) 295-8630, www.hartfordschools.net/Schools/HACTC/tabid/56/Default.aspx
- North Country Career Center (Newport) offers a culinary arts program — (802) 334-7140, www.northcountrycareercenter.org
- Northwest Technical Center (St. Albans) offers a culinary arts program — (802) 527-6513, www.nwtcace.net
- Randolph Technical Career Center (Randolph) offers a culinary arts program — (802) 728-9595, www.randolphtech.org
- River Bend Career & Technical Center (Bradford) offers a culinary arts program — (802) 222-5212, www.riverbendtech.org
- River Valley Technical Center (Springfield) offers culinary arts and tourism & lodging management programs — (802) 885-8302, www.rvtc.org
- Stafford Technical Center (Rutland) offers culinary arts and hospitality & tourism management programs — (802) 770-1033, www.staffordonline.org
- St. Johnsbury Academy (St. Johnsbury) offers a culinary arts program — (802) 748-8171, www.stjacademy.org/page.cfm?p=335
- Windham Regional Career Center (Brattleboro) offers a culinary arts program — (802) 451-3589, www.wrccvt.com
- 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
- 2007 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
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: August 2008
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.
