CEBU, Philippines - The Philippine School of Culinary Arts’ new offering is a delicious way for friends to bond. Starting this summer, PSCA will conduct culinary workshop for groups of at least six. The Barkada, prepare and enjoy eating what they prepare. Cooking modules are flexible and may be customized according to interest of the group. Example of modules are: Baking (Cupcakes and Muffins, Cookies, Chocolates, Breads) .Pasta and Pizza; Country Cuisines, (Italian, Moroccan, Filipino, Chinese; themed dinner menu, Vegetarian, etc.
The barkada can be family, teens, couples, busy professionals (bankers, doctors, lawyers, call center agents) or any group interested in cooking and eating great food.
The Philippine School of Culinary Arts, a professional culinary school, opened in 2003 at Good Shepherd Road in Banawa, Cebu City . Just before Christmas of 2009, the school moved to its present location at The Maxwell Hotel Annex Building at Escario Street, Cebu City, a bigger and more accessible location. The school occupies 3 floors of the building. The kitchens are all on the 5th floor, while the reception and offices are on the 3rd floor and the classrooms on the 4th.
The main course offering of PSCA are the professional career courses: the ladderized two-year program for Diploma in Culinary Arts and the 10 month Certificate in Baking and Pastry Arts. The ladders for the Diploma in Culinary Arts are: five-month Certificate in Basic Culinary Arts, seven- month Certificate in Intermediate Culinary Arts and the 12-month Certificate in Advance Culinary Arts.
PSCA also offers professional development short courses such as the 20-session Commercial Cooking Skills Upgrading Course meant for cook practitioners who had no formal culinary classroom classes and teachers who intend to teach commercial cooking classes; the 10-session course on Commissary Cooking, specially designed for cooks/chefs/food technologists/ nutritionists currently working or about to start commissary cooking and Culinary Techniques for Product Development, specifically intended for food technologists and other professionals involved in product development departments of food establishments.
PSCA also gives group and private lessons in Filipino Cuisine to tourists. The Philippine School of Culinary Arts contact numbers are: 032-5054645, 032-4163265, 09228322541 to 43; email pscachef_psca@yahoo.com.ph and info@pscaculinary.com; website www.pscaculinary.com