Programs and Courses

The food safety systems program acts as a business incubator with efforts towards providing entrepreneurs and local small businesses access to fully equipped commercial kitchens at a reduced rate. We offer kitchen management training, which supports efforts to improve food processing technologies that advance food safety and improve the safety of individuals utilizing commercial kitchen equipment daily.

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Kitchen Management Training

UDC food safety systems program seeks to reduce the number of accidents caused by inappropriate use of kitchen equipment by offering kitchen management training for potential users of UDC commercial kitchen facilities. The kitchen management course is designed to teach clients, vendors, food service entrepreneurs, hospitality/culinary art students, food truck operators and community base organizations how to properly manage a commercial kitchen and equipment.

This course is an exploratory and introductory course that leads to commercial kitchen operations. It covers three common competencies that a food service professional should possess:

  1. How to properly manage and maintain a commercial kitchen and its equipment
  2. Proper way of cleaning commercial kitchen equipment
  3. Practicing Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) procedures

LOCATION:

Lamond-Riggs Campus
5171 South Dakota Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20017

COST: $10.00; Payments can be made in the form of a check or money order. Payments must be received in person on the first day of the training. Also, participants may pay by cash at the Cashier’s Office in advance of class during hours of operation.

  • If paying by cash, please use the coding: CAUSES CommK 3901K-P083.
  • CASHIER’S OFFICE LOCATION: 4200 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20008 / Building 39, 2nd Floor (directly in front of the elevators)
  • HOURS OF OPERATION: Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (except holidays)

CREDENTIAL EARNED: This is a non-credit bearing course. A certificate will be issued to participants who successfully complete all three training sessions.

Schedule

Future kitchen management course dates are as follows:

Contact Us

For more information about the shared commercial kitchens at UDC contact us at  commercialkitchen@udc.edu

Shared Commercial Kitchen Application

Thank you for choosing UDC shared commercial kitchen as your food and beverage production location. This application will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. Before starting the application, please have an electronic copy of your business license available. You will be required to upload a valid business license. Also, please have available in electronic form, your food handler certificate and kitchen management certificate, as you will be required to upload both certificates before submitting your application.

Kindly note that this application includes questions that requires an answer/response therefore, you will not be allowed to move forward unless you provide an answer or response to said questions. If you forget to include information to a question that you previously answered, DO NOT PANIC! You will be allowed to go back. Simply just click the back error key and you will be allowed to return to previous questions.

After starting the application, you are not required to complete the application in one sitting. However, you must complete the entire application within 72 hours. If you do not complete the application within 72 hours, when you return to the application, you will be required to start at the very beginning. Also, after 72 hours, information that was previously added to the application will not be saved.

We look forward to receiving your application. Bon appétit!

Shared Commercial Kitchen Application

Shared Kitchen Terms and Conditions Agreement

Thank you for choosing UDC shared commercial kitchen as your food and beverage production location. These terms and conditions agreement will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. Please thoroughly read each section of this agreement before agreeing.

Before starting, please have an electric copy of your business insurance available, as you will be required to upload a copy before submitting your agreement.

Please note that all sections of this agreement require you to acknowledge and agree. Therefore, if you fail to click “I acknowledge and agree” you will NOT be allowed to move to the next section of the agreement.

Kindly note that you will be allowed to go back and review each section before signing and submitting. Simply just click the back error key and you will be allowed to return to previous sections.

After you access the terms and conditions agreement, you must complete the agreement in one sitting. You will have 24 hours to complete the entire agreement. If you do not complete the agreement within 24 hours, when you return to the agreement, you will be required to start at the very beginning.

After your application and agreement has been fully executed, you will be provided with a copy of your signed agreement.

We look forward to working with you. Bon appétit!

Shared Kitchen Terms and Conditions Agreement