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Culinary Arts

Come into the world of Culinary Arts where creativity, imagination, and perseverance will lead you to a food adventure. Beautiful pastry, cake decorating, boning a chicken and turning it into a savory experience, fileting a fish to cook “en papillote”, sauces and breads, egg benedict on homemade English  muffins,  catering VIP dinners, beautifully carving a stuffed beef tenderloin, serving  or  cooking  for  our  restaurant, competing in Skills  USA.  The  Best  part?  You  will have covered all of the basics of Culinary Arts and be able to enter the work place or Culinary school comfortable with  the vocabulary, equipment, and math. 

Program Path: 

  • Exploratory Classes
    • ​Introduction to Baking
    • Cooking for 2
  • Culinary Arts, Blue Year (Full year)
  • Culinary Arts, White Year (Full year)

Post-Secondary Agreements:

  • Central Maine Community College
  • Lakes Region Community College

Licenses, Certificates, and Affiliations:

  • ServeSafe Certification
  • National Restaurant Association
  • OSHA  Certification

What You’ll Learn

  • Catering & Banquet Services
  • Cooking/Baking
  • Dining Room Guest Services
  • Food Safety & Sanitation
  • Professional Equipment Operation

Career Opportunities

  • Chef
  • Entrepreneur
  • Pastry Chef
  • Restaurant Manager
  • Food Service Salesmen
  • Baker
  • Hospitality Manager

For an inside look at what is currently happening in the Culinary Arts Program visit the Culinary Arts Website.

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Mrs. Cheri Allen
Experience: 
  • 30+ years of Cooking & Baking/Pastry experience in the Restaurant Industry
  • CTE Instructor, 21 years
  • Business/Technology Teacher 13 yrs., RW Creteu Tech. Center
  • Culinary Arts Teacher 8 yrs., Somersworth CTC
Education/Credentials:
  • AS Business Management, Bentley College
  • BS Accountancy, Bentley College
  • MS Ed. Technology in Education, Lesley University
Other Interests:
  • Quilting, Travel & Baking
Email: challen@sau56.org​​
Culinary Arts Competencies

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  • About Us
    • Director's Message
    • Meet our Staff
    • Notice of Nondiscrimination
    • Perkins Grant Info and Data
    • News and Articles
  • CTE PROGRAMS
    • Enrollment Process
    • Animation & Web Design
    • Automotive Technology >
      • Automotive Program Post-grad Survey
    • Broadcast Technology
    • Building Trades
    • Culinary Arts
    • iBEAM
    • Medical Assisting
    • Pre-Engineering
    • Technical Theatre Design
  • Career Services
    • Job Seekers
  • Public Services
  • PARTNERSHIPS
    • Postsecondary Partnerships
  • Counselor's Corner
    • Planning- by grade level >
      • Sophomore Year
      • Junior Year
      • Senior Year >
        • Scholarships!
    • Financial Aid 101
    • Career Clusters >
      • Nontraditional Careers
    • Career Assessments
  • National Technical Honor Society
  • College Reps Click Here!
  • Back to SHS Homepage