certified food associate (CFA)®

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CFA is designed for high school students or recent graduates, and those new to the hospitality industry. The training and test are intended to get students ready for real life experiences in a food service establishment.

Subject materials include: Food Safety/HACCP, Management, Customer Service, Nutrition and culinary terminology.

Questions are randomly selected from a database with twice as many questions as will be asked for each subject.

Included for the student's study is the textbook, Restaurant Manager’s Guide by Edward Manley, published by Pearson Learning Solutions.

Questions were developed by professors at SUNY Morrisville, as well as from Pearson text question databanks which are used for our higher level certifications on each subject, selecting those we believe fit the entry level, and by having this fundamental knowledge would be impressive and useful to an employer.

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PLEASE READ PRIOR TO PURCHASING.

Examinee must read and agree to the EXAMINEE CODE OF ETHICS AND CHEATING POLICY by filling out the Integrity Form prior to purchasing the training and exam.

1. Read the EXAMINEE CODE OF ETHICS AND CHEATING POLICY

2. Fill out and electroically sign the Integrity Form.

Printable Integrity Form

This is someone who will watch you take the test to ensure its integrity.

Find out more about who you should ask to proctor your exam by clicking here. After you decide who will proctor your exam, copy and send this code to them via text or email to read the Protoring Standards Guide & fill out the Proctor Form - https://www.ifsea.org/examproctors.html

Once you purchase your certification by clicking "BUY NOW," you will recieve your exam access code within 24 hours. If you don't recieve your exam code after 48 hours please email ed@ifsea.org.

You have 60 days after purchasing to go through the training and take the exam.

INFORMATION FOR EDUCATORS.

Build a robust curriculum to fulfill the requirements of your school system using our five PowerPoint training programs.

The programs include 600 slides from our partner Global Foodservice Institute test back for Food Safety, Foodservice Management, Culinary, Culinary Nutrition and Customer Service.

CFA Candidate Handbook

Guidelines for educators administering the test.

I'm part of a school and I'm interested in bulk pricing? Contact us at ed@ifsea.org.

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