Governor Phil Murphy • Lt. Governor Tahesha Way

Culinary Arts Certificate

Endorsement Code: 4128

Note: This information is for self-evaluation. It does not determine or validate eligibility to apply. Requirements, passing test scores, and fees are subject to change without notice.

Authorized to Teach

The Culinary Arts Certificate #4128 endorsement entitles the holder to teach in New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE)-approved career and technical education (CTE) courses in the following programs, and programs of study under the following Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) codes.

CTE Program CIP Code
Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef 12.0501
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General 12.0500
Culinary Arts/Chef Training 12.0503
Culinary Science/Culinology 12.0509
Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant 12.0505
Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager 12.0504
Restaurant/Food Services Management 52.0905

Option 1: Bachelor's Degree or Higher

Approved Degree Subject Area for Endorsement:

  • Chef
  • Cooking and Baking
  • Culinary Arts
  • Culinology
  • Food Science
  • Pastry Arts

Option 2: Associate Degree with Employment Experience

Approved Degree Subject Area for Endorsement:

  • Chef
  • Cooking and Baking
  • Culinary Arts
  • Pastry Arts

Option 3: Employment Experience Only

Employment experience requirements can be met using one of the following:

  • Full-time or part-time employment, or both (not self-employment)
  • Self-employment
  • Military qualifications and training

  • Advanced principles of service management in hospitality
  • Baking and pastry skill development
  • Baking ingredients and equipment technology
  • Basic and classical cakes
  • Café operations
  • Café savory foods production
  • Chocolate and confectionery technology and techniques
  • Confectionery art and special occasion cakes
  • Contemporary cakes and desserts
  • Culinary fundamentals
  • Food and beverage customer service
  • Food physical systems
  • Food process engineering
  • Food processing technologies
  • Food product development
  • Food service sanitation
  • Garde manger
  • Hearth breads and rolls
  • Individual and production pastries
  • Introduction to food systems
  • Introduction to gastronomy
  • Introduction to À La Carte cooking
  • Laws of the hospitality industry
  • Meat identification, fabrication, and utilization
  • Microbial food safety and sanitation
  • Modern banquet cookery
  • Non-commercial foodservice and high-volume production
  • Principles of food-service management
  • Principles of menus and managing profitability in foodservice operations
  • Purchasing and cost controls for the hospitality industry
  • Quality service in food and restaurant operations
  • Science of food and cooking
  • Seafood identification and fabrication
  • Sensory evaluation of foods
  • Service and beverage management
  • Techniques and traditions of culinary arts
  • Wine and beverage studies

No state-issued occupational license or credential is required at this time.

Employment experience is only required if the candidate is obtaining certification using one of the following:

Candidates using option 1 without the GPA exception are not required to have employment experience.

Employment Experience (not self-employed)

The following job titles (Table 1) will be accepted as eligible employment experience as identified in the federal Occupational Information Network (O*NET) job descriptions.

Table 1: Eligible Job Titles for Employment Experience (not self-employed)
Job Title Job Code
Bakers 51-3011.00
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-1011.00
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012.00
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014.00
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012.00

Self-Employment Experience

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) U.S. Census Bureau codes applicable to filing federal taxes for eligible self-employment experience are as follows (Table 2).

Table 2: Eligible Census Bureau Codes for Self-Employment Experience
Job Title Job Code
Restaurants and Other Eating Places 7225

Candidate Information