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Pioneer Pacific College

Pioneer Pacific College - Portland

About

Pioneer Pacific College makes the admissions, enrollment, and financial planning process simple. It has streamlined its curriculum so you can complete your educational program as quickly as possible.

The school offers programs in Healthcare, Paralegal, Business, and Culinary Arts. Its programs begin to provide students with the necessary skills from day one. Many offer hands-on experience through externships with local businesses. The school works hard to ensure its graduates can transition smoothly into new careers.

Pioneer Pacific College is continually striving to improve its programs and student experience. It works with local companies on a regular basis to find out what skills they need future employees to have so that it can help our graduates be well equipped. The school also strives to keep class sizes small because it knows students who have more time with their instructors do better in school.

Culinary Arts

The Culinary Arts Diploma program is designed to prepare graduates for an entry-level position in a variety of food service industry work settings. The program emphasizes safety, sanitation, the understanding of ingredients, flavors, and cooking methods, and the development of basic skills. Students learn through a combination of lecture, demonstration and extensive practice in kitchen labs, and also work in the school’s open-to-the-public restaurant which gives them valuable practical experience prior to their externship and graduation.

Hospitality Management

The Hospitality Management Associate of Occupational Science program is designed to prepare graduates for a management career in a wide variety of food-service industry work settings. The core curriculum covers safety, sanitation, the understanding of ingredients, flavors and cooking methods, professional cuisine, culinary artistry, food and beverage service, wine studies, dining room management, computer applications, marketing principles, human resource management, and the development of essential communication skills. Related business management studies and general education rounds out the program. Students learn through a combination of lecture, demonstration, extensive practice in the schools’ kitchen labs and open-to-the-public restaurant, and gain valuable experience during their externship at a school-approved industry property. Students choose between a major in Baking & Pastry or Culinary Arts.

Baking and Pastry

The Baking & Pastry Diploma program is designed to prepare graduates for an entry-level position in a variety of food-service industry work settings. The program emphasizes safety, sanitation, the understanding of weights and measures, ingredients, baking methods, and the development of basic skills. Students learn through a combination of lecture, demonstration and extensive practice in kitchen labs. They also produce breads and desserts for the school’s open-to-the-public restaurant which gives them valuable practical experience prior to their externship and graduation.

In the intensive, hands-on Baking & Pastry programs at Oregon Culinary Institute, we offer a methodical approach to classic principles and techniques. You’ll have the opportunity to learn product identification, weights and measures, how leavening agents work; the function of ingredients and how they behave under different temperatures; the mechanics of kneading and the art of blending; mixing methods and how they’re applied; the principles and idiosyncrasies of chocolate tempering and sugar work; the technique of cake formulas and assembly; and the delicate artistry of decorative showpiece work, such as wedding cakes. You will also have the opportunity to gain valuable practical experience, prior to your externship and graduation, by producing breads and plated desserts for OCI’S open-to-the public restaurant.

Location

1701 SW Jefferson Street

Portland,

OR
97201

Source

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