Culinary & Hospitality
Are you interested in becoming a culinary arts specialist? Hennepin Tech's Culinary and Hospitality pathway offers culinary arts professionals the firsthand experience needed to thrive in their desired field!
Check out the available programs below.
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Baking & Pastry
Learn the skills to open your own baking and pastry business while also expressing your culinary creativity.
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Culinary Arts
Gain a solid foundation of cooking techniques, design menus, prepare, and cater large events.
Explore Culinary ArtsProgram News
Culinary Arts Student Wins Bronze at ACF Event
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
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Hennepin Tech’s own Student Chef, Myra Hullum, earned a bronze medal in the student category at the ACF Daniel Cleary Saint Paul Farmers Market Culinary Competition.
Hennepin Tech Culinary Arts Program Students, Faculty Awarded Honors by the American Culinary Federation
Monday, January 22, 2024
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The American Culinary Federation Minneapolis Chefs Chapter announced their annual awards of excellence at the 2024 awards banquet held at Hennepin Technical College.
Food Truck classes now available at Hennepin Tech
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
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Interested in owning a food truck or culinary small business? Learn about the new Culinary Entrepreneur program. Your homework assignments will include creating elevated “street eats.”
Baking pies & Hennepin Tech led to a new, second career
Monday, April 11, 2022
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A student searched for a second career and decided to embrace a love of baking pies. She enrolled in the Baking and Pastry Entrepreneur program.