PROGRAM: Culinary Arts 2015-2016 PUGET SOUND SKILLS CENTER 1st Year Curriculum Calendar of Instruction Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Orientation to Hospitality & Culinary Standardized Recipes "Interview Pair/Share" Aug. 31 - Sept. 4 Job Opportunities ABC Undercover ACF Website Culinary Slang Composting Exercise Kitchen Tour September 7-11 Table & Banquet Service Restaurant Scavenger Hunt History of Classical Cooking (Brigade System etc.) Equivalency Credits Breakfast Packet Breakfast Cookery Banquet Room Set-ups (2 Rotations) PATHWAY INTRO Syllabus/Grading/ Handbook Sous-Chef Intro. 1st Writing Assignment: Letter to Instructors UNIFORM SIZING Safety Rotations: 3 Safety Videos, Knife Skills, Slicer Safety, Weights & Measures/Pots & Pans September 14-18 Portfolio Content and Resume Intro Computer Lab FIRST DAY OF 0 HOUR Cooking Methods Point of Sale System 2 Rotations Food Safety/Sanitation Cover Letter & Thank You Letter Intro PATHWAY DUE Knife Skills Demo/Pract. Cultural Buffet Worksheet Resume cont. in small groups (2 Rotations) LETTER TO US DUE Ethnic Cuisines Officer Nominations, Code of Conduct & Progressive Discipline Lockers & Uniform Measurement
September 21-25 Reference List and Letters of Recomm. Guest Speaker: Stephanie Azarcon J&W University TEST TUESDAY ON ALL INTRO MATERIAL Difficult Customers Officer Elections Sous-Chef Selections Class Photo? Cultural Buffet FINAL COPY OF RESUME DUE Opening Day Sept. 28 - Oct. 2 Field Trip Pike Place Market SSCC Meet with Bob (Dean of Students) Intro to Menu 1 (Italian) CURRICULUM COVER LETTER DUE Food Server, Busser, Host, Banquet Room Setup, Hands on the Point of Sale System October 5-9 Recipe Costing Competition Introduction Intro to Soups, Stocks and Sauces Italian Week 2 THANK YOU LETTER DUE NO ASSIGNMENT October 12-16 Soups, Stocks and Sauces part 2 Work Sample Forms, Article Review Italian Week 3 REFERENCE LIST DUE Job Application October 19-23 Notebook and Portfolio Evaluations Begin MATRIX MONDAY Italian Week 4 Senior Project Form Due Today
October 26-30 Letters of Recommend... Cheese & Cheese Making Italian Week 5 ADVISORY DINNER Competition Letter of Intent Due November 2-6 PSSC Career Fair Health Fair and Canned Food Drive Intro to Menu 2 (PNW) CURRICULUM Cashiering, Recipe Costing Hands On, Espresso Machine JOB APPLICATION DUE Student of the Quarter Ceremony 3:30pm End of 1st Quarter November 9-13 Guest Speaker or Content to be determined PNW Week 2 No School (Veterans' Day) Restaurant Review November 16-20 Field Trip: Renton Technical College PNW Week 3 Dine Around Seattle or Dim Sum November 23-27 Full Day SLC Prep Techniques of Healthy Cooking part 1?? Student Led Conferences 2:00pm????? (THANKSGIVING BREAK) (THANKSGIVING BREAK)
Basic Baking pt.1 Nov. 30 - Dec. 4 Labor Cost/Profitability PNW Week 4 December 7-11 Menu Styles MATRIX MONDAY PNW Week 5 LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION DUE December 14-18 Art Curriculum 1 Intervention and Alcohol Service Intro Menu 3 (French) CURRICULUM Tableside Entrée, Hands on NO BANQUETS? Portfolio Development, Supervisory Development Pt. 1 January 4-8 Pasta and Pasta Making Why People Get Fired French Week 2 January 11-15 MATRIX MONDAY Notebook and Portfolio Evaluations Begin French Week 3
January 18-22 French Week 4 Student of the Quarter Ceremony 3:30pm January 25-29 French Week 5 End of 1st Semester NO ASSIGNMENT February 1-5 NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION Guest Speaker: Art Institute? Chocolate Intro Menu 4 (American Diner) CURRICULUM Buffet Decoration, Tableside Omelets, Marketing your Business New Students: Letter to Instructors Due February 8-12 Field Trip Art Institute of Seattle Asian Cuisine at House of Hong or Jade Garden American Diner Wk. 2 Test Tuesday Menu 4 New Students: Resume Due
February 15-19 Mid-Winter Break Mid-Winter Break American Diner Wk 3 Test Wednesday Menu 4 New Students: Cover Letter Due February 22-26 How We Taste American Diner Wk. 4 Test Tuesday Menu 4 New Students: Thank You Letter Due Feb. 29 - Mar. 4 MATRIX MONDAY Guest Speaker?? Food Grading?? American Diner Wk. 5 Test Tuesday Menu 4 New Students: Reference List Due March 7-11 Portfolio Review Work Samples Test Tuesday Menu 4 Intro Menu 5 (Spanish) CURRICULUM Tableside Dessert Supervisory Development Pt. 2, The Catering Business New Students: Job Application Due March 14-18 In-house Culinary Competition Spanish Week 2
March 21-25 SLOW FOODS OSHA, WISHA AND TEEN WORKERS Spanish Week 3 New Students: Letters of Recommendation Due Mar. 28 - Apr. 1 Herb and Spice Identification Employability (Would you hire yourself) Spanish Week 4 Student of the Quarter Ceremony 3:30pm End of 3rd Quarter Nutrition/Healthy Cooking 2 Spanish Week 5 April 11-15 Interviewing Essay of Portfolio Intro. FAMILY AND FRIENDS DINNER April 18-22 STUDENT LEADERSHIP EVENT/EARTH DAY STUDENT RUN MENU GUIDELINES Intro Menu 6 (Fusion) CURRICULUM Intro to Hotel Operations Spring Open House & Summer School Registration 5pm - 7pm Garde Manger Apr. 25-29 Inventory/Purchasing/R eceiving/storage Essay of Portfolio Introduction Due Fusion Week 2 Test Tuesday Menu 6 All Students: Work Samples Due SATURDAY SALON COMPETITION APR. 30 (7AM - 3PM) ACF WRITTEN EXAM
May 2-6 END OF THE YEAR FIELD TRIP: TO BE DETERMINED Fusion Week 3 Test Tuesday Menu 6 May 9-13 Portfolio Presentations Test Tuesday Menu 6 Portfolio Presentations Cont. Cultural Buffet Lab Day and Demos? 50th Anniversary Celebration at The Cove - 5PM Cultural Buffet May 16-20 Content TBD Fusion Week 4 PORTFOLIO & SENIOR PROJECT MAKE-UPS May 23-27 Content TBD Fusion Week 5 Test Tuesday Menu 6 Last day of restaurant service May 30 - June 3 OR SNOW MAKE-UP DAY Spring Hiring Fair Awards Ceremony at PAC?? & VITAL Grad Ceremony
June 6-10 Zero Hour Thank You Breakfast GUEST SPEAKER - L&I?? ALL SCHOOL BBQ DC Day June 13-17 Last Day for PSSC Students LAST DAY OF SCHOOL June 19-23 Tentative Start to Summer School