As culinary school enrollment dwindles nationwide, leaders at Northwestern Michigan College asked themselves: “What are we doing to stand out?”
So they partnered with their maritime academy.
Starting this fall, NMC will offer a new culinary arts certificate with a maritime emphasis. In other words, the college will train students to be chefs on ships.
The certificate requires one extra class culinary students don’t already take – a new course called galley cooking. Galley is the name of a kitchen on a ship. The course will train students for the many realities of cooking on ships.
“In a lot of commercial kitchens, very rarely do you find electric (because everything is gas),” said Kerry Fulcher, and NMC admissions specialist for the program. “On a ship, you only have electric.”