Contact Information:
BJ Whitmore, Program Coordinator
Benjamin.Whitmore@ndscs.edu
701-671-2842
Student Center 129
Delivery Methods:
Face-to-Face: Wahpeton
Program Information:
This program is looking to train students to join the almost 3-billion-dollar food truck industry. Students will learn professional culinary skills and related business skills needed to become a food truck entrepreneur.
The students apply those skills in our simulated food truck lab space by building the business plan, developing the menu. and serving actual customers.
Students will also learn and become certified in professional sanitation and safety practices.
Employment opportunities:
Employment potential in the hospitality food preparation industry remains high. According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, the North Dakota Hospitality Association, and our Culinary Arts Advisory Committee, there is an extreme shortage for trained individuals throughout the entire industry as chefs, cooks, bakers, and managers. Graduates commonly take employment in hotel restaurants. franchise restaurants, clubs. bakeries, catering operations. delis. retirement communities, and institutional food service facilities such as hospitals, nursing homes, public schools, and colleges.
Admission Requirements*:
The applicants must be high school graduates or equivalent. Helpful courses to prepare for this curriculum are food preparation courses, accounting, business math, economics, and computer literacy.
Please Note: Students are placed into English, math and reading courses based on ACT. ACCUPLACER or other nationally recognized tests. Please see
www.NDSCS.edu/current-students/student-success/test-center for the NDSCS Course Placement Policy and testing information. Students may be on an extended plan of study pending their course placement.
*Program Admission Requirements are subject to revision. Please check the department or program website under Program Admission Requirements for current information.
Award:
Upon successful completion of the required courses, students will be awarded a certificate in Culinary and Food Truck Entrepreneur.
Core Curriculum
*Please note that CULA 297 Cooperative Education will take place at an approved job site during the summer following the first year. Please consult with the department and advisor on job site approval.