The Culinary Arts program at UVU provides premier training for students interested in a career in professional cooking and or baking. The program offers small, hands-on classes, focusing on individualized attention and development. The Culinary Arts Institute (CAI) provides experience, through “engaged” industry-based learning. The Culinary Arts program comprehensive course of study covers several service areas; including not only learning how to cook and bake, but key requirements to success such as; customer service, business and finance management, marketing and advertising. CAI students learn how to apply these skills to a variety of food service establishments and operations. The practical and theoretical instruction covers such areas as food service safety and sanitation, professional dining room service, menu planning, nutrition, and purchasing-storeroom management. While studying Culinary Arts at UVU, students gain a solid understanding of the food and beverage industry and learn classic techniques in food and baking production using state-of-the-art equipment in our kitchen labs. The CAI also applies real world training as students operate a limited-service fine dining experience at Restaurant Forte. Forte' is located in the UCCU Center and the Canyon Park Café is located the Culinary Arts Institute in North Orem. These industry-based learning models allow students to work with a wide range of foods while directly interacting with the public to get the full experience of running their own food service establishment. Students work in a variety of positions including, waiting tables, purchasing, preparing food, hosting, and acting in the role of sous chef. <h3>Matriculation Requirements</h3> <ol> <li>Completion of the following courses with a grade of C- or better. <span class="sc_courseinline"><span class="code_bubble" data-code-bubble="CA 1160">CA 1160</span> Culinary Math</span>; <span class="sc_courseinline"><span class="code_bubble" data-code-bubble="CA 1490">CA 1490</span> Food Service Sanitation</span> (including current ServSafe certification); <span class="sc_courseinline"><span class="code_bubble" data-code-bubble="ENGH 1005">ENGH 1005</span> Literacies and Composition Across Contexts CC</span> or <span class="sc_courseinline"><span class="code_bubble" data-code-bubble="ENGL 1010">ENGL 1010</span> Introduction to Academic Writing CC</span></li> <li>Acceptance into the Culinary Arts Institute by completion of application process (see Advisor for specific details).</li> <li>Overall GPA: 2.0 or better.</li> </ol>