Are you creative in the kitchen? Do you love nourishing your friends and family through baking? Do you dream of owning your own restaurant? Are you ready for a fast-paced, dynamic job that’s in high demand in this city’s booming restaurant and hotel business?
The Food and Hospitality Institute, located at El Centro College in downtown Dallas, may be the best-kept secret in town if you want a great, hands-on education at a fraction of the cost of expensive culinary institutes.
Hard work? Of course it is. But rewarding? Just ask our many program graduates who work all over the city and state in top hotels, restaurants, cafés and bakeries!
With the boom of restaurant, hotel and convention business in the metroplex, there are lots of job openings for top-quality food service workers ... but a shortage of workers who are truly qualified for those jobs. What are you waiting for? A hot job is waiting on you!
Our three program paths feature a combination of classroom instruction, hands-on participation and work-related experience designed to prepare you for three different food service careers:
- Bakery/Pastry will prepare you to work in bakeries, pastry shops, hotels, country clubs and in-store bakeries.
- Culinary Arts will help you develop the skills necessary to work in a variety of culinary-related positions.
- Food and Hospitality Service will train you to work in a wide variety of food service positions, from a small coffee shop to a large hotel.
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Come Taste What We’re Cooking: Thursday Luncheons Open to Public
Every Thursday afternoon of the Fall and Spring semesters, students of the Food and Hospitality Institute prepare a complete four-course meal for the public. Find out more.
Food and Hospitality Degree and Certificate Options
El Centro College is the only DCCCD college that offers culinary arts education through its Food and Hospitality Institute. Degrees and certificates include:
Associate in Applied Sciences Degrees
Certificates
Other Degree and Certificate Options
The Dallas County Community College District offers nearly 350 career and technical degrees and certificates, plus 36 academic degrees. For more information, see a chart of our degree plans by location.