FSM35: Food Services, Sanitation, Safety and Equipment (2 credits)
Mexico City and Puebla, Mexico
June 8 - 16, 2024

State Center Community College District

Contact for more information: Margaret Hiebert, margaret.hiebert@scccd.edu


Deadline to register: March 15, 2024 April 1, 2024





Program Summary

The SCCCD Culinary and Food Systems Management Program in Mexico City and Puebla is a 5-day immersive academic experience in Mexican hospitality and culture. Students will explore Mexico's history,  traditions, art, and gastronomy. Students will also meet with leaders in the hospitality industry, including a restaurant manager. Students will gain firsthand insight into Mexican hospitality in both professional and casual contexts. 

Itinerary

Days 1 - 4 (June 8-11)  SCCCD programming in Toluca with university partner

Day 5 (June 12) Included Meals: Dinner

  • Afternoon transfer from Toluca to CDMX (2 hours)

  • Mexico City Walking Tour: the first cathedral built in America, the Great Temple of the prehispanic city of Tenochtitlan, and the National Palace

  • Welcome dinner

Day 6 (June 13) Included Meals: Breakfast

  • National Anthropology Museum - one of the most amazing museums in the world

  • Chapultepec Park - one of the largest urban parks in the Western Hemisphere

Day 7 (June 14)    Included Meals: Breakfast

  • Light hike in Parque Nacional Iztaccihuatl - Popocatepetl - one of the oldest protected areas in Mexico surrounding Mexico's second - and third-highest peaks, the stunning Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl volcanoes.

  • Transfer to Puebla

Day 8 (June 15)    Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

  • Free time to explore Puebla

  • Learn about unique artisanal ceramics production with a guided tour of a local workshop and museum

  • Conversation with management and farewell dinner at the amazing El Mural de los Poblanos, one of the most traditional restaurants in Puebla whose recipes have been inherited by Puebla families for several generations.

Day 9 (June 16)    Included Meals: Breakfast

  • Return to Mexico City and transfer to the airport for departure



Additional Details

Registration deadline:

Cost:

Approximately $3000 (dependending on the final number of participants and flight costs.)

Includes:

  • International airfare

  • All lodging in multiple occupancy

  • All ground transportation in private van or minibus

  • Meals as listed in the itinerary, including one free non-alcoholic drink per student

  • All activities as listed in itinerary, including entrance fees when applicable

  • Carbon offset for air travel 

  • Guide/translator with the group the entire time

  • 24-hour emergency support 

Excludes: 

  • Tuition

  • Some meals

  • Travel medical insurance (required)

  • Travel interruption and cancellation insurance (recommended)


Payment Timeline

  1. A non-refundable $300 deposit upon registration

  2. An additional non-refundable $400 deposit due April 1

  3. Balance (approximately $2300) is due May 1

Cancellation Policy

  • 91 or more days prior to departure - Refund excludes $300 deposit

  • 90-61 days prior to departure - Refund excludes $700 deposit

  • 60-31 days prior to departure  - 50% of program fee refunded

  • 30 of fewer days prior to departure - 0% of program fee refunded

    Deposits will be refunded if cancellation is made by Learn from Travel due to low enrollment. Deposits are non-refundable if the participant cancels.

    We recommend all participants to purchase travel insurance with cancellation coverage.



Course Information

FSM35 Food Services, Sanitation, Safety and Equipment (2 credits)
BA-12—Introduction to Hospitality Business (3 credits)



Deadline to register: March 15, 2024 April 1, 2024

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