B.S. Culinary and Community Nutrition 

Promote Healthy Living Through Food 

Turn your passion for food into a career that improves lives. Lehman College’s Culinary and Community Nutrition B.S. prepares you to become a nutrition expert ready for careers in community nutrition, public health, and nutrition-focused food service. 

Learn how food science, culture, and nutrition work together to support health. Through hands-on experiences, you’ll develop the skills to design meals and nutrition programs that support diverse lifestyles, health conditions, and communities. 

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Making Brownies with the Chemistry Club

Learn by Doing in Our Industrial Culinary Lab

Gain hands-on experience planning and preparing nutritious meals in Lehman’s state-of-the-art industrial culinary lab. Explore food from cultural, scientific, and nutritional perspectives while learning how to design meals that support health and wellness.

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Lehman Professor in the Lehman Food Lab

Join a Growing Career Field

Prepare for a variety of careers in nutrition and food service. Graduates are eligible to become a Certified Dietary Manager (CDM) through the Association of Nutrition & Foodservice Professionals (ANFP) and pursue roles across healthcare, community programs, and food service organizations. 

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Career Paths Include

  • Community Nutrition Educator 
  • Dietary Manager 
  • Nutrition Program Coordinator 
  • Public Health Nutrition Assistant  
  • Food Service Manager 
  • School Nutrition Program Manager  
  • Wellness Program Coordinator  
  • Culinary Nutritionist Educator   
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Mario Landaverde

Lecturer, Undergraduate Program Director - DFN, Health Promotion and Nutrition Sciences (HPNS)