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What is Culinary Arts Program? Why Should I Study?

Culinary Arts Program trains cooks who know Turkish and World cuisines, know traditional and modern cooking techniques, and apply and manage issues such as quality and standardization, cost, profitability, efficiency, health, hygiene and waste control in kitchen organizations. Culinary Arts is one of the leading popular professions today both nationally and internationally, as an enjoyable job with high income opportunities.

What are the characteristics that those who want to study in Culinary Arts Program should have?

• To be interested in Turkish and World cuisine,
• To have manual dexterity,
• To keep up with long working hours in an intense and stressful environment,
• To focus on different tasks at the same time,
• To have leadership qualities,
• To have the ability to organize business activities 
• To be inclined to teamwork and cooperation,
• To have a wide imagination,
• To love working in the field rather than the office.

Why should I study Culinary Arts Program at Cappadocia University?

The program provides three semesters of training per year; two semesters take place at the Uçhisar Art Campus and one semester at the workplace. Workplace practices are carried out in Turkey's leading tourism businesses within the hands-on training program defined by our University. Workplace practices allow our students to gain real culinary experience while still studying, and to meet with the leading businesses and chefs in the industry. The campus has three educational kitchens, a pastry kitchen and a service application area; every student is offered the opportunity to practice at the individual workbench.

Our hands-on training is provided by our chefs who have enriched their academic education with national and international industry experience and have made a name in the field of gastronomy. Our chief trainers, who are the first graduates of Cappadocia Vocational School Culinary Arts Program, both provide high quality education to our students and become an excellent role model.

What do the Graduates of Culinary Arts Program Do? What are the Job Opportunities?

Job opportunities after graduating from Culinary Arts Program can be listed as follows: five-star hotel kitchens, high-quality restaurant kitchens, traditional restaurants, overseas jobs and paid internships, hotel - ship and ship cooks, chief operator. Graduates can also have the opportunity to open their own business.