COURSE SYLLABUS
Total CEH for Course: 5
Time to Complete Course: 60-days
SECTION 1: Food Nutrition for Food Service Professionals
Course developed and delivered by: Chef David Wasson CCC, CCE
Certificate of Completion: Automatically generated after course evaluation is completed
Goal: The goal of this course is to designed to teach nutrition theory to
Foodservice managers.
Objectives: The objective of this course is to teach the student:
- How to provide healthy food
- Key nutrition concepts and terms
- An understanding of food and nutrition labeling
- Nutrition attitudes and behavior
- A practical understanding of healthy diets, dietary guidelines,
MyPyramid
- Identify qualities of sugars, starches and fiber
The course outline you will follow is as follows:
Powerpoint Lecture
Knowledge Assessment: 10 questions (multiple choice - true/fale)
SECTION 2: Food Allergen Management in the Kitchen
Course developed and delivered by: Chef Joel Schaefer
Goal:To educate chefs and managers on the proper communication,
handling, cooking, and service procedures for preparing food for
people with food allergies.
Objectives: The objective of this course is to teach the student:
- Identify the top food allergens.
- Differentiate between a food allergy and a food intolerance.
- Identify the characteristics of a food allergy reaction.
- Identify ways to prevent cross-contact.
- Describe basic food allergen safety procedures.
- Identify ways to prepare food safely.
- Demonstrate how to analyze a recipe to identify unsafe
cooking procedures.
The course outline you will follow is as follows:
Powerpoint Lecture
Knowledge Assessment: 10 questions (multiple choice - true/fale)
SECTION 3: Menuing for Children
Course developed and delivered by: Chef David Wasson CCC, CCE
Goal: The goal of this course is to rethink how and why we include a "kids menu" at our
restaurants, and what we may do to improve it, and our bottom line.
Objectives: The objective of this course is to teach the student:
- The purpose of having a kids menu
- The state of the industry kids menus
- The industry response
- Alternative menu items for kids
- Current research on menuing for kids
- What do parents and kids want?
- How to implement a new and improved kids menu
The course outline you will follow is as follows:
Powerpoint Lecture
Knowledge Assessment: 10 questions (multiple choice - true/fale)
SECTION 4: Food to Soil and Soil to Food - Kitchen Recycling
Course developed and delivered by: Nick Vesteeg
Goal: The goal of this course is to get chefs into 100% recycling in their kitchens and at the same time understand why they should recycle.
Objectives: The objective of this course is to teach the student an understanding of recycling of food waste, plastic, paper, glass, cardboard boxes, grease & oils and also see what happens with these recycled products.
The course outline you will follow is as follows:
Video 1: Soil to Food - Food to Soil
Video 2: Compositing For Your Own Garden
Reading Assignment 1 Compositing For Your Own Garden
Video 3: Fat, Oils and Grease
Video 4: Recycling Oils
Reading Assignment 2 Fact Sheet
Video 5: Styrofoam
Reading Assignment 3 Styrofoam
Video 6: Creating a Recycling Program
Video 7: The Joy of Growing Your Own Food
Evaluation: 10 questions (multiple choice)
Certificate of Completion: Automatically generated after course evaluation is completed