Workbook for Culinary Arts Management

• Reinforces food safety essentials discussed in the companion coursebook
• Includes access to practice exam software and step-by-step videos
• Contains a full semester of activities, recipes, worksheets and videos
• Supports many learning styles with a variety of materials, study resources, and activities
• Covers all the certification objective domains
• This edition has been fully updated for the 2022 FDA Food Code
• Workbook is available separately or bundled with the coursebook as a complete culinary arts set

Workbook for Culinary Arts Management: Workbook, Videos and Practice Exam, included with the Coursebook or available separately, promotes the retention of information essential to a career in the foodservice industry. Use the foundational knowledge from the coursebook combined with the food safety and culinary skills practiced in this workbook to pass the certification exam. This workbook can be used without the coursebook. It contains a semester’s worth of projects and step-by-step recipes to engage everyone interested in culinary arts. Organized to make the most of your time and designed for many learning styles, this workbook helps you rehearse and recall best food safety practices.

Everything in Workbook for Culinary Arts Management reinforces the crucial food safety information found in the coursebook. Chapters in this workbook correspond to the coursebook and feature a recap of key terms and objectives with short quizzes on vital information. Each chapter of this workbook includes a recipe with a step-by-step video, reflection activities, equipment lists, recipe cost sheets, an end-of-chapter review video, and perforated sheets to make turning in assignments easy.

Recipes introduce fundamental culinary math skills and go from simple to more complex. Activities and recipes in each chapter feature built-in rubrics that explain exactly what it takes for a successful product. Activities have useful, real-world applications. The practice exam, explained in the final chapter, closely resembles the official exam and can be taken as many times as needed. Access supporting videos and the practice exam with the code included in this workbook. This workbook concludes with a robust glossary.

Practice Exam Software

The workbook includes access to practice exam software that closely mimics the certification exam. This practice exam is a timed and graded, ninety question, ninety-minute exam. The practice exam is designed to get you familiar with the actual exam, the type of questions to expect and how to manage your time when taking the exam.

When you complete the practice exam, you are immediately provided a passing or failing grade, and your results are broken down by chapters, showing you where to focus your study time. A detailed report further reveals which questions were answered incorrectly. The practice exam covers all the objective domains from the actual exam, and each section randomly draws questions from a huge question bank, ensuring the quiz is unique every time you run it.

Using the included practice exam will help ensure you are prepared and ready to conquer the actual exam, so you ace it on your very first try.

Preview a Sample Exam

Videos

Each chapter includes a chapter lecture video, a video covering the recipe from the coursebook, and an end-of-chapter review video. In the chapter lecture videos Chef Dominic Hawkes, reviews all the information from the chapter in detail. Chef Hawkes leads you through best practices for food safety, Food Code rules and regulations, and the science behind them. These videos fit with any learning style and any schedule.

The included recipe videos interweave relevant content from throughout the chapter with recipe preparation steps to make learning these topics more engaging while also demonstrating their practical use in the kitchen. The end-of-chapter videos cover food safety topics, culinary arts, food safety manager certification topics, and review sample exam questions.

The Importance of Certification

Food safety is paramount at any food establishment, and every employee must thoroughly understand safe food handling. Certification verifies to an employer that you have had food safety training, ensuring you know the guidelines and regulations for preparing and working with food. It can also help you advance or get hired into the position you’ve always wanted in the food service industry and enhance your potential to earn a higher income. This book focuses on objectives specific to the certification exam to help you study for and pass the exam and give you a solid basis for your culinary career.

Video Introduction