Hibbing Community College (NSC-HCC) will offer Culinary Arts Certification and a Culinary Arts Diploma designed to empower students to achieve their full potential in the culinary arts field. North Shore Culinary focuses on small class sizes and individualized instruction that allows students to acquire the skills, confidence and professional cooking credentials they will need to launch or advance their career path.
Graduates enter the workforce with a balance of practical skills, respect for local resources, sustainable practices, operational awareness, work experience, personal mindfulness, focus and dependability that they will need to work with competence and succeed in a vast range of food service venues including five star restaurants, food trucks, resorts, private catering, cruise liners and bakeries.
The North Shore, bounded by Lake Superior, Canada and the BWCAW, has an energetic vibe that combines community spirit with the amazing history of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, a vibrant arts scene, live music and natural beauty. Cook County has more than 50 establishments serving great food to both visitors and local clientele.
Cook County Higher Education (CCHE) Program Coordinator Kelsey Kennedy said, “Formal culinary training was identified as a need to address the employment challenges throughout Cook County’s tourism Industry. The creation of the school will not only allow interested Cook County residents the opportunity to remain in the area while pursuing culinary education, but will attract new residents to the North Shore and address employers’ need for skilled staff.”
The opportunities afforded to the students in the North Shore culinary program will include an Earn While You Learn aspect that makes this program unique. CCHE will be able to connect each student to a paid culinary job part-time during the school year and full-time during the summer months.
Students will work and learn side by side with chefs in many of Cook County’s world-class kitchens, helping to cover tuition costs for each participant while attending NSCHCC. Classes will be held 7 ½ hours a day, Monday – Thursday, in the brand new, state-of-the-art culinary classroom at Cook County High School.
In addition, Cook County Higher Education has developed optional programming for North Shore culinary students that will enrich a student’s time while in culinary school. The bonus programming will help students build resumes, provide guidance on future employment options and develop business knowledge, leadership abilities and healthy living skills.
For Further information contact: Kelsey Kennedy, CCHE, Program Coordinator, highered@northshorecampus.org or Judi Barsness, North Shore Culinary, Chef Ambassador, chezjude@boreal.org.
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