Students are flourishing at the College of DuPage Culinary & Hospitality Center. The 60,000 square foot LEED certified facility is home to our acclaimed Hospitality Program as well as our ACF accredited Culinary and Pastry Programs. The building houses a boutique hotel, two restaurants, a retail outlet for student made product and state of the art instructional kitchens. The restaurants and hotel raise the “living laboratory” concept to a whole new level. COD culinary students work and learn at both restaurants, acquiring real-life training alongside talented faculty members and top-notch chefs.
The kitchens and bake shops have all the ingredients and equipment to give students the best culinary training in the Midwest. All students begin in our state of the art Skills Kitchen, featuring individual cooking suites, and then advance to the Wheat Café casual dining kitchen and complete their training in the Waterleaf fine dining kitchen.
The Culinary & Hospitality Program currently offers Associates degrees in Culinary Arts, Baking and Pastry Arts, Culinology, Meeting and Event Planning, Hospitality Management and Restaurant Management. Certificate programs are also available in the Culinary, Hospitality, and Travel fields
The kitchens and bake shops have all the ingredients and equipment to give students the best culinary training in the Midwest. All students begin in our state of the art Skills Kitchen, featuring individual cooking suites, and then advance to the Wheat Café casual dining kitchen and complete their training in the Waterleaf fine dining kitchen.
The Culinary & Hospitality Program currently offers Associates degrees in Culinary Arts, Baking and Pastry Arts, Culinology, Meeting and Event Planning, Hospitality Management and Restaurant Management. Certificate programs are also available in the Culinary, Hospitality, and Travel fields
Christopher Thielman CEC,CCE, Nancy Carey CMB