Culinary Academy

Get a jump on your Culinary Arts training and education before your graduate, for free! Earn up to 14 college credits in this Career Academy. Study baking, safety and sanitation, food prep, and more. You will leave high school with two internships under your belt, too. After you graduate, keep working toward your EICC Culinary Arts Certificate, Diploma, or AAS degree.

Clinton or Muscatine Community College

Start your Culinary training during high school

HCM:100 Sanitation and Safety (ServSafe Certificate), 2 credits
HCM:154 Basic Food Prep, 2 credits
HCM:180 Food Fundamentals, 2 credits
HCM:932 Internship, 1 credits

HCM:116 Fundamentals of Baking, 3 credits
HCM:265 Mathematics for Hospitality, 3 credits
HCM:932 Internship, 1 credit

Finish your degree after high school

CSC:107 Computer Literacy, 3 credits
Award: Culinary Arts Certificate (16 credits)
HCM:932 Internship, 3 credits

HCM:155 Garde Manger, 3 credits
HCM:156 Intermediate Food Prep, 3 credits
HCM:233 Menu Planning and Nutrition, 3 credits
HCM:530 Culinary Capstone, 1 credit
HCM:932 Internship, 3 credits
SPC:112 Public Speaking, 3 credits

Award: Culinary Arts Diploma (32 credits)

HCM:160 Advanced Food Preparation, 3 credits
HCM:199 Batch Cooking, 2 credits
HCM:200 Dining Service, 2 credits
HCM:301 Beverage Control, 3 credits
HCM:353 Menu and Profit Engineering, 3 credits

HCM:212 Industry Management, 3 credits
HCM:932 Internship, 2 credits
HUM:105 Working in America, 3 credits
MKT:181 Customer Service Strategies, 2 credits
PSY:213 Industrial Psychology OR SOC:110 Intro to Sociology, 3 credits

Award: Culinary Arts AAS degree (62 credits)

Scott Community College

Start your Culinary training during high school at Davenport Central

CSC:107 Computer Literacy, 3 credits
HCM:116 Fundamentals of Baking, 3 credits

HCM:100 Sanitation and Safety (ServSafe Certificate), 2 credits
HCM:265 Mathematics for Hospitality, 3 credits

HCM:180 Food Fundamentals, 2 credits

HCM:154 Basic Food Prep, 2 credits

HCM:932 Internship, 1 credit

Award: Culinary Arts Certificate, 16 credits

Start your Culinary training during high school at Pleasant Valley

CSC:107 Computer Literacy, 3 credits
HCM:100 Sanitation and Safety (ServSafe Certificate), 2 credits

HCM:154 Basic Food Prep, 2 credits
HCM:180 Food Fundamentals, 2 credits

HCM:116 Fundamentals of Baking, 3 credits
HCM:265 Mathematics for Hospitality, 3 credits

HCM:932 Internship, 1 credit

Award: Culinary Arts Certificate, 16 credits

Finish your degree after high school

HCM:932 Internship, 3 credits

HCM:155 Garde Manger, 3 credits
HCM:156 Intermediate Food Prep, 3 credits
HCM:233 Menu Planning and Nutrition, 3 credits
HCM:530 Culinary Capstone, 1 credit
HCM:932 Internship, 3 credits
SPC:112 Public Speaking, 3 credits

Award: Culinary Arts Diploma (32 credits)

HCM:160 Advanced Food Preparation, 3 credits
HCM:199 Batch Cooking, 2 credits
HCM:200 Dining Service, 2 credits
HCM:301 Beverage Control, 3 credits
HCM:353 Menu and Profit Engineering, 3 credits

HCM:212 Industry Management, 3 credits
HCM:932 Internship, 2 credits
HUM:105 Working in America, 3 credits
MKT:181 Customer Service Strategies, 2 credits
PSY:213 Industrial Psychology OR SOC:110 Intro to Sociology, 3 credits

Award: Culinary Arts AAS degree (62 credits)

Your Career in Culinary Arts

Do more than cook and bake at home. Become a chef and start feeding the world. With your EICC training, you can have a fast-paced and creative career. Work in restaurants, schools, hotels, cafeterias – wherever food is made!

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Complete your education in two years. Qualify for better jobs. Earn a higher salary. Enjoy a better quality of life. The benefits of an associate's degree are impressive and wide-ranging.

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Contact our High School Team

Liz Bloom

ebloom@eicc.edu
563-336-5210

Advises High School Concurrent: Camanche and Northeast

Holly Hansen

hmhansen@eicc.edu
563-441-4004

Advises High School Concurrent: Cal-Wheat and DeWitt Central

Lorene McLaughlin

ltmclaughlin@eicc.edu
563-441-4127

Advises High School Concurrent: Bellevue and Maquoketa

Joe Shovlain

jshovlain@eicc.edu
563-244-7014

Office 100B
Advises High School Concurrent: Clinton, Career Academies

Schedule an appointment with Joe

Anabelia Calderon-Flores

acalderon-flores@eicc.edu
563-288-6035

Advises High School Concurrent: Durant and Muscatine

Theresa Putnam Genz

tputnamgenz@eicc.edu
563-288-6047

Advises High School Concurrent: Columbus Junction and Louisa-Muscatine

Molly Gleason

mmgleason@eicc.edu
563-336-5241

Advises High School Concurrent: Assumption and Davenport North

Lori Perez

ljperez@eicc.edu
563-441-4057

Advises High School Concurrent: Davenport Central, Davenport West, and North Scott

Jill Spengler

jmspengler@eicc.edu
563-441-4137

Advises High School Concurrent: Bettendorf and Pleasant Valley