This new LEED Gold 2-story Culinary Arts building is located on the LA Trade Tech campus. This 60,964 sf state-of-the-art facility enhances the study of culinary arts with specialized teaching/ demonstration labs, general classrooms, faculty offices, fresh herb garden, and dining hall for the campus community, as well as for special public events.

The design and construction of a new Student Union Building is included as part of the larger SAILS project (Student Union, Astronomy, Infrastructure, Landscape Site Improvements, and Security) as a comprehensive design-build project. The new 2-level 59,500 square foot student union consolidates a wide range of student life programs, bookstore, and offices, as well as the culinary arts program, into a centralized location on the commuter campus.

The newly constructed Mathematics and Technology Building houses the new Culinary Arts Department and includes extensive daylighting and views into more than 90 percent of the spaces. The culinary-arts department includes several instructional kitchens: Restaurant, Production, Skills, Baking, Pastry, Multi-Use, and Demonstration. The average kitchen size is 1,760 square feet, with the four main Kitchen Labs measuring more than 2,000 square feet each. All kitchens have TV monitors for students to get a close-up view of faculty members as they demonstrate culinary techniques. Fully operational glass walls allow for a visual connection to the exterior. The facility also includes a functional student-run restaurant, lecture hall/demonstration kitchen, and a bakery counter serving artisan breads and pastries that is open to the public.