Culinary and Nutrition

The Culinary Department explores food preparation and presentation, as well as the responsibilities and skills necessary for introductory positions in restaurant, institutional and other food service operations.
The skills developed in within this discipline include food preparation and food related techniques, safety and sanitation, customer service, food inventory and ordering. Career options include positions in food preparation and presentation at many food service operations.
The Nutrition Department provides students with the opportunity to gain broad, introductory knowledge of nutritional science that may be applied to the job market or a more advanced degree.
Contact Information
Consumer and Family Studies Division Chair
Millicent Owens | (559) 730-3845 | millio@cos.edu
Tule: 502-B | Visalia Campus
Dean of Business, Social Science, and Consumer Family Studies
Jesse Wilcoxson |(559) 737-6281 | jessew@cos.edu
Kern: 716 | Visalia Campus