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Cooking, Cake Decorating & Culinary Courses

Guilford Technical Community College is pleased to offer a variety of cooking and culinary courses. Whether you are interested in enhancing your skills or turning your skills into an entrepreneurial opportunity, GTCC has a course that is perfect for you.

Current Courses

FREE NUTRITION CLASS
Cooking Matters^® with Second Harvest Food Bank

Cooking Matters has developed custom resources that make eating healthier, fast, and affordable for families everywhere. This six-week series will cover:

Week 1: Let’s Get Cooking
Week 2: Choosing Fruits, Vegetables, and Whole Grains
Week 3: Healthy Starts at Home
Week 4: The Power of Planning
Week 5: Shopping Smart
Week 6: Recipe for Success

You must be able to attend five of the six classes. Space is limited.

Name	Dates	Days	Hours	Campus	Room	Register
Cooking Matters	4/9/24- 5/14/24	Tu	6-8:30 p.m.	Greensboro	W2 117	Reserve Now

Basics of Nutrition and Food Safety

This course will provide students with the basic facts and principles of human nutrition. Students will learn the physiological and psychological factors of food intake and use. Topics will include nutrition education, food safety guidelines, and macronutrient education. Special emphasis is placed on the science of nutrition, the study of nutrients and their ingestion, digestion, absorption, food groups, dietary guidelines, Recommended Dietary Allowances, and food and kitchen safety.

Tuition Cost: $85

Course	Name	Dates	Days	Hours	Campus	Room	Register
CSP-4000-NF11	Basics of Nutrition and Food Safety	5/16/24- 7/11/24	Thu	1-3:30 p.m.	Greensboro	W2 203	Register Now

Cookie Decorating

In this course, you will learn the basics of using royal icing to pipe, flood, and decorate rolled cookies. You will also learn two methods to stencil your cookies. You will receive recipes used in the class, and since this is a hands-on class, you will decorate and take home your creations to enjoy. There will be an extra cost for supplies, please contact our office for a supply list at communityeducation@gtcc.edu.

Tuition Cost: $40

For more information, contact Personal and Professional Enrichment at (336) 334-4822, ext. 55021 or communityeducation@gtcc.edu.

Cupcake Decorating

Learn the basics of frosting cupcakes like a pro. In this hands-on class, you will learn how to use various tip styles to top your cupcakes. After each class, you can take home your decorated cupcakes. There will be an extra cost for supplies. Contact our office for a supply list at communityeducation@gtcc.edu.

Tuition Cost: $50

Cake Decorating – Beginners

Learn how to ice a cake evenly; how to make decorative borders; how to create icing flowers, roses, and pansies; and how to do simple writing techniques. At the end of the class, your cake will look professionally finished. There will be an extra cost for supplies, please contact our office for a supply list at communityeducation@gtcc.edu.

Tuition Cost: $60

Cake Decorating – Intermediate

In this class, you will learn intermediate techniques for working with buttercream and fondant. This class also will focus on the proper stacking of a multi-tiered cake. At the end of the class, you will have learned how to create a professional-looking multi-tiered custom cake.

Prerequisite: Cake decorating – Beginners or mid-level cake decorating skills. There will be an extra cost for supplies, please contact our office for a supply list at communityeducation@gtcc.edu.