Students in the York area have several schools and courses of study to choose from, including the School of Culinary Arts at Yorktowne Business Institute with programs in culinary arts, baking & pastry, food service, and professional bartending; L'École de Cuisine, the Culinary Division of York Technical Institute which offers programs in culinary arts/restaurant management, pastry arts, and catering; Harrisburg Area Community College HACC with programs in dietary management, hotel and restaurant management, and travel and tourism; and Lancaster County Career and Technology Center which offers programs in baking & pastry arts, culinary arts/chef, food processing/meat cutting, hospitality/dining room, hospitality and lodging management, and institutional foods.
By 2012, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry's Center for Workforce Information and Analysis projects job openings in York County to be up from those in 2002 by over 10% for 19 of 22 food-preparation and food-service categories. For example, they expect opportunities to increase for chefs and head cooks by 16.7%, restaurant cooks by 20.6%, first-line food-service managers by 17.6%, bartenders by 12.2%, and restaurant and lounge hosts by 24%. In addition, they expect opportunities for lodging managers to be unchanged and lodging attendants to be up by 25%.
Culinary Schools, Programs & Courses
in York
Subjects listed are highlights of programs
and/or courses offered.
Harrisburg Area Community College - | (717) 780-2321 Baking, Cooking, Costing, Culinary Arts (C,A), Dining Room Service, Facilities, Food Safety, Food Service (C,A), Food Styling, Food/Beverage Mgmt, Hospitality, Hospitality Management (A), Hotel Management (A), Menu Planning, Nutrition, Production, Purchasing, Restaurant Management (C,A), Safety, Sanitation, Tourism (C,A)
Why York is a Great Place to Study Culinary
Home to the “country cooking” of the Pennsylvania Dutch as well as processed-food and snack companies such as Hanover Foods, Snyder's of Hanover, and Utz Quality Foods the counties around York, Pennsylvania, are also an epicurean's delight, with more places to dine and overnight in style opening up all the time. With so many restaurants, hotels, and resorts to observe and work at, there are no shortages of educational and employment opportunities for students of hospitality and the culinary arts.
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