Name: Kitchen Management Training (April)
Start: 2026-04-23T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-23T15:00:00-04:00
Location: University of the District of Columbia Community College (UDC-CC)

Master how to manage a food service business. Gain hands-on experience and expert-led training to operate a commercial kitchen safely.
About this Event

The UDC College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability, and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES) offers this in-person introductory course to equip food service vendors with the essential tools to operate commercial kitchen equipment. This certificate course explores the competencies every foodservice professional should possess: proper management and maintenance of a food service business and its equipment.

Who Should Attend: This training is designed exclusively for individuals who intend to operate within a UDC commercial kitchen facility, including vendors and UDC partners involved with farmers markets and/or commercial kitchen operations.

When: Thursday, April 23, 2026 | 10 A.M. - 3 P.M.

Location:

UDC Lamond-Riggs Campus, Commercial Kitchen

5171 South Dakota Avenue, NE

Washington, DC 20017

Cost: $10.00

Payment Options:

By Mail in advance: UDC Cashier’s Office, c/o CAUSES, 4200 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

Please mail the money order and payment form provided by the instructor. Add the Course Name and Detail Code: P083 to the form.

At the Cashier’s Office in advance: Building 39, 2nd floor, Room 201, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Please take the payment form provided by the instructor with you. Add the Course Name and Detail Code: P083 to the form.

Payments must be received on or by the first day of the training.

Credential Earned: This is a non-credit-bearing course. A certificate will be issued to participants who complete the training session.

Course Instructor: Dr. Carlton Crockett, Senior Program Coordinator Food Systems, Center for Nutrition, Diet and Health.

If you are unsure whether this training is the right fit, please contact Dr. Crockett at [email protected] before registering.

For all other inquiries: [email protected] | 202-274-7124

About UDC-CAUSES: The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) is an urban land grant university that offers associate, baccalaureate, graduate, and professional degrees, as well as community education and certificate programs. The College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability, and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES) embodies the land grant tradition of UDC. In addition to offering innovative academic programs in urban architecture and community development, urban sustainability, nursing, nutrition and dietetics, urban agriculture, and urban leadership, we offer a wide range of community education programs through our three land grant centers: (1) The Center for Urban Agriculture and Gardening Education, (2) The Center for Urban Resilience, Innovation, and Infrastructure which includes the Water Resources Research Institute, (3) The Center for Nutrition Diet and Health, which includes the Institute of Gerontology, and 4H.

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