Fifty-One O One Restaurant

About

Chef de Cuisine Joseph Cosenza
Chef de Cuisine Joseph Cosenza

Nothing brings me more joy than developing the next generation of Detroit’s great chefs. Sharing the experience is at the heart of why we opened the FiftyOne O One. Our new menu draws its inspiration from local farms and markets, focusing on exceptional ingredients at the peak of their season.

The path from earth to plate remains clear and the cuisine reflects the complex layers of subtle craft beneath a simple decorative style. I invite you to come as you are and participate in the education of the next generation of Detroit’s great chefs.

Joseph Cosenza, C.E.C., CHE
Instructor, Chef de Cuisine

About Our Student Culinary Artists

The restaurant provides a fast paced, realistic environment to practice the crafts of cooking, baking, pastry and guest service. Many guests enjoy the progression of the students’ confidence and professionalism as the semester progresses. Your interaction with the students is key to the learning and the students’ progression.

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For your dining pleasure, please call 313-206-5101 for reservations or carry out.
Please park in the campus safety parking lot and use the intercom for access if unattended.

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Located in the Student Center (M)
313-206-5101

5101 is closed for the Summer semester. Please check back in September for our Fall menu and reopening information.

Culinary Arts + Hospitality Management

The individuals you will see working here are students learning to be future hotel and restaurant managers, chefs, and key staff people in the global Hospitality Industry. Students are assigned and rotated through the various stations in the kitchen and restaurant as they progress through the nine core lab classes in the one of the following programs:

Press

Eight tenured instructors' photos

Eight HFC instructors achieve the career milestone of tenure

In the spring of 2026, HFC awarded tenure to faculty members from eight different academic disciplines.
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Fifty-One O One restaurant hosts International Cuisine luncheons on summer Thursdays

Fifty-One O One will host its popular International Cuisine series on Thursdays from May 21 to June 25 during the Summer 2026 semester. Reservations recommended!
Dora's Donuts freshly baked!

Join us for “Meet the Entrepreneur,” featuring Dora’s Donuts

“Meet the Entrepreneur” features a local entrepreneur who will speak about her successful business. Join us for this free event April 21. (Free donuts to the first 100 people who stop by!)
Chef Richard Teeple in ice carving gear.

Spring 2026 Courses XXIX Chefs’ Dinner honors Chef Richard Teeple

HFC's Spring 2026 Courses XXIX Chefs’ Dinner will support the HFC Hospitality Scholarship Fund and honor Chef Richard Teeple.