Hospitality & Tourism
Quality Training Close to Home
Lakeshore’s Culinary Arts associate degree program is accredited by the American Culinary Federation, ensuring high-quality training recognized by industry professionals as “The Standard of Excellence for Chefs.” Upon graduating, students earn their Certified Culinarian professional credential.
Benefits of Hospitality & Tourism Careers:
- Opportunities to enter the field and advance are plentiful at restaurants, hotels, cruises ships, etc.
- Enjoy exploring your creative side by creating new dishes and experimenting with ingredients
- Everything you learn, from knife skills to menu planning, can also be used in your home life
What’s involved?
Lakeshore’s programs focus on the management and operational activities experienced by those working at restaurants and other food service providers.
Are you:
Passionate about food?
Dependable?
Creative?
Other key traits:
Good communication skills
Prefer hands-on work
Able to work under pressure
Watch for Bright Outlook occupations. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, these occupations match at least one of these criteria:
- Projected to grow faster than average (employment increase of 5% or more) over the period 2022-2032 for the US nationwide
- Projected to have 100,000 or more job openings over the period 2022-2032 for the US nationwide
- Be considered “New & Emerging”
Hospitality & Tourism
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Why choose Lakeshore?
- Our Culinary Arts associate degree program is accredited by the American Culinary Federation
- Learn hands-on in our state-of-the-art culinary and baking labs, custom designed for educational purposes
- Our instructors bring you real world experience in addition to subject matter knowledge
- Because of our low student-to-faculty ratio, you get to know instructors and fellow students
- Academic, personal, and financial resources are available to support your success
- Graduates are workforce-ready and well prepared to pursue a bachelor’s degree