Public Service Occupations | AAS Programs: Culinary Arts

The ACF offers both written and practical culinary certifications. Find an online registration form and fee information on their website

Whether you’re an aspiring chef, restaurateur or educator, a stamp of approval from one of these industry-recognized experts can help to validate your experience and drive your career forward.

Find information on an array of different culinary and baking/pastry arts national certification exams.

The Academy represents more than 100,000 credentialed practitioners — registered dietitian nutritionists, dietetic technicians, registered, and other dietetics and nutrition professionals holding undergraduate and advanced degrees in nutrition and dietetics, and students. The Academy is committed to improving the nation's health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy.

AIB International provides food safety audits, inspection, certification, and educational seminars worldwide to the food manufacturing and distribution industry and its suppliers, including finished foods and beverages products, ingredients, fresh produce, packaging production, and distribution facilities.

Chefs Collaborative is a national nonprofit network with a mission to inspire, educate, and celebrate chefs and food professionals building a better food system.

a vibrant, engaged and engaging organization of next-level food media, culinary instructors, chefs, restaurateurs, artisan food purveyors, cookbook authors, food influencers, and cutting-edge food companies.

Meals on Wheels of North Carolina is a nonprofit statewide network of senior nutrition providers allied in passion to end senior hunger. In partnership with Meals on Wheels America, Meals on Wheels of North Carolina was created to strengthen communication between nutrition programs and enhance knowledge of issues within the aging population.

The National Restaurant Association is the largest foodservice trade association in the world. We represent and advocate on behalf of more than 500,000 restaurant businesses. We work with our state associations, industry leaders and suppliers to help restaurateurs increase profitability and develop employees

USPCA provides a one-stop shop for everything you need to effectively and efficiently manage your Personal Chef business with day to day support from the association as well as the NETWORK with other Personal Chefs to help you grow your Personal Chef business.