This article is part of Concentrate’s Voices of Youth series, which features stories written by Washtenaw County youth with guidance from Concentrate staff mentors, as well as adult-written stories spotlighting local youth perspective. In this installment, student writer Audra Ambrozaitis looks into how students are getting culinary career experience through Huron High School’s Culinary and Hospitality program.
Learning how to cook is never easy, but when you have help from teachers and chefs it can be beneficial. At Huron High School’s Culinary and Hospitality program in Ann Arbor, students can get hands-on learning experience from professionals who have worked in the industry to improve their cooking, or even learn to cook for the first time.
Students in the program begin their first semester learning basic cooking and baking skills. As they continue through the program, they learn advanced hospitality skills like front-of-house work, hospitality management, inventory, pricing, marketing, and advertising…