Culinary Cookery Essentials

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Program Information

  • Location: Downtown Milwaukee Campus, West Allis Campus
  • Pathway: Creative Arts, Design & Media
  • Program Code: 05-316-2
  • Offering: In-Person
  • Degree Type: Badge
  • Start Dates: Based on individual program

About the Badge

Here's your practical pathway to highly-desired job skills on how to plan, prepare, cook & serve a variety of different creative food product dishes that focuses on developing foundational steps to starting a career in the foodservice industry. Students that complete this digital badge will have the needed & desired entry-level food preparation skills that local foodservice employers demand to be successful in a variety of food preparation duties in multi-faceted foodservice operations.


HOW TO earn a Badge

MATC’s digital badges are an easy way for earners to share their verifiable knowledge and skills both socially and professionally.  

All MATC’s digital badges are earned when the identified course(s) within the badge are all completed with a grade of C or better. This more immediate method of delivering credentials allows our students to showcase their hard-earned skills faster and stand out to employers sooner.

 

Earning Criteria

Course Course Name Credits
CULMGT-112 Food Service Sanitation 2-credits
CULART-116 Mise en place/Culinary Fundamentals 2-credits
CULART-122 Stocks, Soups, & Sauces 1-credit
CULART-128 Vegetables, Starches. & Grains 1-credit
CULART-124 Meat Identifications & Fabrications 1-credit
CULART-126 Seafood/Shellfish Cookery 1-credit
CULART-103 Culinary Practicum 2-credits
TOTAL CREDITS 10

The cost of earning a digital badge is paid through tuition. If you are applying for the badge only, options include paying in full, a payment plan, or third-party sponsorship, however you will not be eligible for Financial Aid. If you earn the badge as part of a larger technical diploma or associate degree program, tuition also may be covered through Financial Aid.


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Culinary Arts

This program fuses the art and science of cooking with an introduction to business management. You will learn how to run a food-service operation by participating in the on-campus Cuisine restaurant, International Foods lunch service, and business and industry kitchens.

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Last updated: 05/23/2025