Cooking with Culinary Arts
Richmond High School’s Culinary Arts class is a program that lets students learn about the cooking industry and experiment with different types of food and cooking. Chef Salvatore leads these classes in room 704 of the high school. This class can help students learn knowledge of cooking skills and teach them how to cook a variety of different foods. Not only is this great program for people who want a career with the cooking industry, but it will also provide them with practice, skills, and many techniques they will be able to use in their future.
During the month of September and October the students baked cookies and brownies. They cook the same thing usually for about a week in order to learn the recipe and maybe use it at home. The students get in partners of two, gather their ingredients, read the directions slowly, and start making their cookies. After they are all finished making their cookies, they eat them and then work as a team to clean the kitchen and dishes. It is no doubt that everyone’s favorite part of the class is the delicious food they get to eat.
There are not many changes currently in culinary arts. The only difference is the students must wash their desks, wear their masks, and half the class gets to leave five minutes early. The year one students have a twohour class, and the year two students have a onehour class. Chef has a prep
period during third hour where he usually shops for groceries for the recipes. The students are usually always in the kitchen cooking, and if not, they are in the classroom watching cooking shows.
The safety guidelines in culinary that the students must follow is the Serve Safe Program that they take the first month of culinary. This program teaches the students the cooking safety rules and the do’s and don’ts of the trade. Students learn how to use the washing, rinsing, and sanitizing station. Chef Salvatore’s goals for
his students include the following: passing Serve Safe, participating every day, and not messing around in the kitchen.
Culinary Arts is a very fun program to be in. Working as a team and getting everything done together makes it enjoyable. All the students that have taken culinary so far have enjoyed it. “I love it!
I would like a future with the culinary arts program,” student Eryn Hart said.
The students will continue to learn new recipes and techniques throughout the school year. The students will cook plenty of different foods and get to experiment finding out what they like and dislike with a variety of food and recipes.