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MADERA, Calif. (KFSN) -- The saccharine odor of freshly baked snickerdoodles filled the aerial wrong the Culinary Arts people astatine Madera High.
The sugary snacks were being scooped, tossed and baked to perfection by students.
Across the room, Itzel Rodriguez was adding caller effect to the strawberry barroom cups earlier cautiously topping them with buttercream.
"This is thing I privation to bash each azygous day," Itzel said.
This is her 3rd twelvemonth successful the class.
The skills she's built successful that clip person helped hole her to make and merchantability her ain desserts.
"I benignant of implemented the skills I got successful this people into the tiny concern I have," Itzel said.
Career Technical Education Teacher and Chef Martin Sanchez says the people is meant to physique assurance and skills.
"Regardless of if you guys privation to beryllium a cook -- oregon if they privation to beryllium a cook -- they're ever going to cook. Everybody cooks," Sanchez said.
The beginner's people teaches basal information and weapon skills.
Intermediate works connected plating food, advertizing and marketing.
The precocious people learns astir the commercialized nutrient industry.
Students besides signifier moving their ain concern connected campus.
"Overall, it's conscionable fun," Sanchez said.
Each pupil receives their nutrient handlers certification and the precocious people indispensable walk the ServSafe manager course.
Most importantly, they're moving arsenic a squad and learning skills they'll request successful the nutrient industry.
"You person to communicate. Vendors, customers, lawsuit service, suppliers, you're going to usage those brushed skills," Sanchez said.
Students cater events.
That includes appetizers, dinners and dessert.
They besides trial their skills successful competition.
Itzel precocious took location 3rd spot successful a barroom decorating contest.
She says everything she's learned has solidified what she wants for her future.
"I conscionable cognize that I'm going to beryllium successful the nutrient industry," Itzel said.
Sanchez says helium wants each pupil to locomotion distant with skills they tin usage for life.
"I anticipation they instrumentality that information home. They're capable to navigator for themselves, they don't person to spell retired to eat, they tin marque it home, they tin marque it for the parents, family, whoever it whitethorn be," Sanchez said.
For their final, students volition beryllium tested connected wide production.
They'll person to marque 80 cookies and they'll beryllium judged connected ordering the close magnitude of ingredients and cooky uniformity.
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