Culinary Arts Department - Student Requirements

Uniforms

The Culinary Arts Department, in cooperation with our Campus Bookstore at Alfred State, have made available specially imprinted chef coats for culinary arts and baking students to wear while attending classes and lab. We are requiring students to have 10 long-sleeved chef coats, six (6) pairs of pants, and six (6) chef hats.

The department has a contracted laundry service and student participation is mandatory. This allows one set of uniforms to be professionally cleaned while the other set is in use by the student.

You will be receiving a letter from the Campus Bookstore during the summer with details of methods of purchasing these uniforms. When you receive this information, it is important that you order as soon as possible to assure you have the uniforms for the first day of class.

We require plain, white undergarments to be worn under uniforms. Aprons are recommended, but if worn, must be white and clean. Non-porous, black, non-skid work shoes are required - no sneakers. Backless clogs are not acceptable.

Dining Room Service (both baking & culinary arts students)

Dress clothes are required for dining room and special events service for "front of the house" rotations.

• White, oxford-style long-sleeved dress shirt with button-down collar
• Black loose-fitting dress slacks
• Black belt, black bowtie, dark socks, and black dress shoes (flat)

Grooming & Hygiene

• Hair must be properly restrained and well groomed. Facial hair must be well trimmed or faces must be clean-shaven.
• Only one pair of studded earrings and a wedding band will be allowed in the labs. (No other hardware or adornments are acceptable.)
• No eyebrow, nose, tongue or lip jewelry (in the ear lobe only)
• Students must shower daily.
• Uniforms must be clean at the beginning of each day.
• Fingernails should be: clean, trimmed, short, and free from polish.

Instructors for the lab will be the final judge of acceptable standards in uniform, hygiene, and grooming. If a student is not in acceptable compliance with uniform, hygiene, and grooming standards, he/she will be dismissed from the lab until corrected.

Classroom/Lab Accessories

• Calculator
• Decorating tips (Baking students)
• Probe thermometer
• Pen and pencil

Freshmen Books

Culinary Arts

• Profitable Menu Planning, Drysdale
• ServSafe course book with exam sheet
• Professional Chef, Culinary Institute of America, 9th edition, John Wiley & Sons Publishing, ISBN # 978-0-470-42135-2
• Thought Patterns, Pacific Institute

Bakery, Production & Management

• Professional Pastry Chef
• ServSafe course book with exam sheet
• Professional Chef, Culinary Institute of America, 9th edition, John Wiley & Sons Publishing, ISBN # 978-0-470-42135-2
• Professional Baking, Gisslen
• Thought Patterns, Pacific Institute

Inexpensive "anti-slip" shoes are available at Keuka Footwear, Inc., Penn Yan, NY, 1-877-566-7547