Food Preparation Professional Cooking Kitchen Assistant

A program that prepares individuals to serve under the supervision of chefs and other food service professionals as kitchen support staff and commercial food preparation workers. Includes instruction in kitchen organization and operations, sanitation and quality control, basic food preparation and cooking skills, kitchen and kitchen equipment maintenance, and quantity food measurement and monitoring.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 60 institutions across the United States, with a total of 3014 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

788

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

16

degrees awarded

Other Awards

2,210

awards given

Top Schools for Food Preparation Professional Cooking Kitchen Assistant

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank Institution Degrees
1 Central Georgia Technical College
Warner Robins, GA
316
2 Kansas City Kansas Community College
Kansas City, KS
262
3 Sinclair Community College
Dayton, OH
180
4 Wiregrass Georgia Technical College
Valdosta, GA
160
5 Elgin Community College
Elgin, IL
132
6 Joliet Junior College
Joliet, IL
120
7 Savannah Technical College
Savannah, GA
120
8 South Georgia Technical College
Americus, GA
116
9 West Georgia Technical College
Waco, GA
108
10 Southern Crescent Technical College
Griffin, GA
104
11 Gwinnett Technical College
Lawrenceville, GA
100
12 Atlanta Technical College
Atlanta, GA
100
13 Fox Valley Technical College
Appleton, WI
90
14 Columbus Technical College
Columbus, GA
80
15 Baldwin Park Adult & Community Education
Baldwin Park, CA
64
16 Iowa Western Community College
Council Bluffs, IA
64
17 Georgia Northwestern Technical College
Rome, GA
64
18 Uintah Basin Technical College
Roosevelt, UT
61
19 ECPI University
Virginia Beach, VA
57
20 Spartanburg Community College
Spartanburg, SC
56
21 Lanier Technical College
Gainesville, GA
48
22 Ogden-Weber Technical College
Ogden, UT
48
23 Commonwealth Technical Institute
Johnstown, PA
45
24 Western Technology Center
Burns Flat, OK
24
25 Western Technical College
La Crosse, WI
24
26 Hennepin Technical College
Brooklyn Park, MN
24
27 Chattahoochee Technical College
Marietta, GA
24
28 Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder
Boulder, CO
21
29 Grayson College
Denison, TX
21
30 Washburn Institute of Technology
Topeka, KS
21
31 Jna Institute of Culinary Arts
Philadelphia, PA
21
32 North Georgia Technical College
Clarkesville, GA
20
33 Kaskaskia College
Centralia, IL
20
34 Luzerne County Community College
Nanticoke, PA
20
35 Augusta Technical College
Augusta, GA
20
36 Athens Technical College
Athens, GA
20
37 West Virginia Northern Community College
Wheeling, WV
18
38 Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Campus
Roswell, NM
18
39 Waukesha County Technical College
Pewaukee, WI
18
40 Northcentral Technical College
Wausau, WI
16
41 Pima Community College
Tucson, AZ
15
42 Moraine Park Technical College
Fond du Lac, WI
15
43 Columbus State Community College
Columbus, OH
15
44 Lakeshore Technical College
Cleveland, WI
12
45 North Central Kansas Technical College
Beloit, KS
12
46 Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale, AZ
12
47 Gateway Technical College
Kenosha, WI
10
48 New Community Career & Technical Institute
Newark, NJ
9
49 City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College
Chicago, IL
8
50 McHenry County College
Crystal Lake, IL
8
51 Massasoit Community College
Brockton, MA
8
52 Ogeechee Technical College
Statesboro, GA
8
53 Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee, WI
7
54 Cochise County Community College District
Sierra Vista, AZ
6
55 Washburn University
Topeka, KS
6
56 Nicolet Area Technical College
Rhinelander, WI
4
57 Mercer County Community College
West Windsor, NJ
4
58 Southwestern Illinois College
Belleville, IL
4
59 Erie Community College
Buffalo, NY
3
60 Richland Community College
Decatur, IL
3