Central Campus Culinary Arts

08/19/2026

08/19/2026

Please consider helping us clear our Culinary Department Teacher Wish List! 👨‍🍳👩‍🍳

These items will help us create an even better hands-on learning experience for our culinary students this school year. Every donation—big or small—goes directly toward supporting our students and giving them the tools they need to learn, create, and succeed.

We truly appreciate the support of our families, friends, community partners, and everyone who believes in our students. ❤️

Thank you for supporting Central Campus Culinary!

06/16/2026

One of our of soon to be third year students . Congratulations Joanna!

We’re thrilled to announce that Joanna Miramontes-Portillo is the first student to officially complete our inaugural Brewing Bright Futures Job Shadow program! 🎓✨

Shoutout to Jeremy Graves for masterminding this idea, and to the Talent Collective and Central High School for collaborating to make it happen. Joanna spent 6 shifts learning the ropes of front of house, back of house, marketing, events, and merch. She did an amazing job and is moving on to interview for a position with the team! Way to go, Joanna! 👏

06/15/2026

Big things always happen at Central Campus.

Des Moines Public Schools’ Central Campus has a winning team at the national and international levels. We visited with the cybersecurity students, who include both Des Moines Public students …

06/10/2026

Happy Birthday Chef Sarah Winchell

05/14/2026

05/07/2026

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04/22/2026

Senior Spotlight:

This is Rayna Stilwell, a senior 2nd year student in the culinary program. After high school she plans to attend Drake for pre-law. Her hobbies include: Baking and reading.

04/22/2026

Senior Spotlight:

Kyan plans to attend DMACC to be a surgical tech and buy three motorcycles. Kyan enjoys to skateboard and race during his free time.

04/22/2026

Senior Spotlight:

Sam plans to attend DMACC for culinary, Sam loves to play the guitar and is currently in a band!