Truist Culinary and Hospitality Innovation Center (CHI) has several styles of classes featuring different delivery methods.
COVID-19 REMINDERS
- Facemasks covering nose and mouth are required for all college visitors, students and employees.
- Please do not bring extra guests.
- When you arrive, proceed to the restrooms to wash your hands properly for 30 seconds. Hand sanitizer is throughout the building, however, washing hands is the best way to remove and kill pathogens.
- For updated information, please check reopening plans and guidelines to the college’s response to COVID-19.
ARRIVAL
Please arrive 15 to 20 minutes early to class so that we can start on time.
DRESS CODE
Classroom
No special attire is needed. Dress comfortably in casual attire.
Studio - Demonstration / Tasting Classes
No special attire is needed. Dress comfortably in casual attire.
Personal Interest - Kitchen - Hands-on
- Closed-toe non-slip shoes
- Appropriate attire includes long pants and clothing that is neither flammable nor excessively loose.
- Participants should be able to stand for an extended period of time.
- If you choose, you may bring your own knives, safely wrapped in a thick towel or encased in a knife kit. Please wash and sanitize your knives thoroughly before you leave your home and again when you arrive.
- Aprons will be provided for use during class.
Professional/Industry-Related - Kitchen - Hands-on
- All professional development and industry-related students, including Quick Jobs program students, are expected to be clean and neat and follow all local and state food service handler health regulations. Personal hygiene, including daily showering and oral hygiene, must be followed.
- Jewelry – No jewelry of any kind should be worn. The ONLY exception is one plain and smooth wedding band with no stones, no filigree, no raised impressions, etc.
- No anniversary bands or engagement rings
- No earrings – (hoop, dangle, post, etc.)
- No necklaces
- No bracelets
- No visible body jewelry
- No watches of any kind (wrist, necklace, buckle, etc.)
- No wallet chains, no key chains from the belt, lanyards, etc. Nothing hanging from the belt, belt loops, pockets, etc.
- No items are to adorn the body as if to be considered jewelry or decoration. This includes hair bands that are worn on the wrist.
Reason = Safety and sanitation - Earrings and earring backs can fall into food products; piercing jewelry can be caught on pieces of equipment or fall and cause a slip hazard; all jewelry can harbor food and germs causing unsanitary and unsafe conditions.
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- Hair Restraints – Permitted restraints include unadorned hair elastic bands, unadorned bobby pins or barrettes, and headbands.
- All hair restraints must be a solid color of black. Hairnets will be provided.
- NO clips, clamps, beads, bows, ribbons, buttons, tassels, gems, feathers, strings, sequins, pins, flowers, sticks, rollers, cullers, combs, picks, pens, pencils, writing instruments, etc. will be permitted.
Reason = Sanitation – These measures prevent pieces of hair and other foreign objects from falling into food.
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- Nails and Nail Polish – No nail polish and no false nails of any kind should be worn. All-natural nails must be trimmed to finger length or shorter.
Reason = Sanitation - Polish can chip and fall into the food; false nails can fall off into the food.
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- Fake Eyelashes – No fake eyelashes should be worn.
Reason = Sanitation – Fake eyelashes could fall into the food.
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- Sunglasses – Neither prescription nor non-prescription sunglasses of any type. Fashion glasses of any kind are not permitted.
- Professional/Industry-related Student Uniforms*
- Shirts – Chef Coats (Note: These will be provided for all Quick Jobs students.)
- Pants – Long Pants must be worn in the kitchen at all times. Pants must be worn at the waist and pants MUST be hemmed, ankle-length but not touching the ground. Black pants are preferred.
Reason = Safety - This uniform is designed to protect students from spills and burns.
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- Black Work Shoes – Shoes must be all black, all leather, closed-toe, closed-heel, with an oil-resistant top and slip-resistant sole (must be indicated on the shoe), no straps, holes or decorations. Shoes must be clean and in good repair.
Reason = Safety - These requirements are designed to protect students from slips, spills and falls.
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- Socks – Socks should be solid color (no decorations) black or white socks (no hose or tights).
- Hair Covering – All hair must be covered (when working in the kitchen or studio) with a hairnet, including bangs which must be secured off the face or under a hairnet.
Reason = Sanitation - Coverings are required to prevent pieces of hair from falling into food.
* Contact the Chef if you have any questions about the uniform policy.
