Catering

Certificate: Business
Credit Requirements: 25 Semester Credit Hours

The Catering certificate program prepares students to work in the variety of responsibilities inherent to a catering operation. From business considerations to food preparation to off-site logistics, students study the management theories along with culinary applications involved with the range of services required of formal or informal catering operations. All culinary courses are presented in culinary theory with application in kitchens of the Culinary Institute of Charleston at Trident Technical College.

Admission into this program requires proof of high school graduation (or GED) and qualifying scores on SAT, ACT or the TTC placement test. Students should have completed CPT 101, HOS 101 and HOS 160.

Recommended Sequence of Courses

First Semester - Fall
	HOS 101	Principles of Food Production I	3
	HOS 120	Bakeshop Production	3
	HOS 154	Safety and Sanitation	2
	HOS 171	Food and Beverage Controls	3
Total 11
Second Semester - Spring
	HOS 102	Principles of Food Production II	3
	HOS 227	Garde Manger	5
	HOS 254	Catering Management	3
	ELE CUL	Select courses from Culinary Electives	3
Total 14