Catering Professional

Catering has evolved into an experience-driven service industry that blends hospitality, logistics, team management, design aesthetics, marketing, and compliance. This online catering course will help you build skills to coordinate complex events, produce safe, consistent food at scale, and adapt your offerings across weddings, corporate events, and social functions.

You will progress through seven scaffolded modules, reinforced by applied case studies and module quizzes to learn the foundational skills you need to succeed in the high-demand and rewarding catering and events industry. From event and function management to collaborating with other catering services, you will be able to plan and execute successful food preparation and beverage management requirements with ease—while differentiating through sustainability and technology-enabled operations.

This online catering training program will also teach you best practices for marketing your catering business, provide insights into contract preparation and execution, and cover effective human resource management and basic accounting principles. Your catering training culminates in a final exam and a capstone project which requires a complete, client-ready catering plan from concept through service execution.

Upon successful course completion, you will be fully prepared to pass the Certified Professional in Catering and Events (CPCE) exam offered by the National Association for Catering and Events (NACE) and earn your CPCE certification.

Chef Brooke Preston

Chef Brooke Preston is a pioneer in nutrient-dense, healing cuisine, with more than three decades of experience transforming familiar comfort foods into deeply restorative meals that support the body's innate intelligence. Her work began in 1992 with Tita's Kitchen, one of the Bay Area's first meal delivery services focused on whole, healing foods, well ahead of the wellness movement becoming mainstream. As her work evolved, so did her mission: to empower people with practical, delicious ways to reclaim their health.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 10 or later.
• Mac: macOS 12 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Any word processing application (not included in enrollment).
• Microsoft Word Online
• Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.