Production Cook; Catering Coordinator

Our catering coordinator apprenticeship is designed to help program participants to serve food to individuals outside of a restaurant environment, such as in hotel rooms, hospital rooms, residential care facilities, or cars. This apprenticeship is designed introduce and ground participants in skills and the basic knowledge from experienced craft professionals. Craft specialization is taught throughout the apprenticeship with empathizes on catering, the culinary profession, cooking basics, meat preparation, poultry & game cooking, fish & shellfish, grains, legumes, pastas, baking & pastry, breakfast, garde management and world cuisines. Participants will also receiving financial literacy and career readiness training. The financial literacy course will be equipped trainees with the skills and knowledge thats needed to effectively manage money. And the career readiness course will explore ten foundational workplace skills regarding work ethic. The primary goal of this apprenticeship is to assist participants to not only met but exceed program goals, receive needed supportive services and explore open network opportunities for job placement throughout Northern Illinois. Successful completion of this program is based on performance, progression, goal attainment and follow-up services.