Cooking
Begin your journey from home cook to professional chef. A cookery qualification will open the doors to a range of job opportunities in restaurants, bars, cafés, catering companies, vineyards, or hotels.
Our Cooking qualifications will give you hands-on experience in our campus restaurants, learning the latest techniques, tastes and flavours.
The essential kitchen, supervisory and business skills you'll gain will allow you to hit the ground running in hospitality roles.
At our Dunedin campus, you’ll get to cook with fresh produce from the Campus Living Gardens. We also provide you with opportunities to take part in student-led hospitality events and cook in our unique Food Truck on campus.
Cooking qualifications
Food & Hospitality
Learn essential food preparation and cookery techniques and gain valuable commercial and kitchen experience in our café and training restaurant. In this entry-level programme, you will learn about health and safety, food safety, and how to interact with customers. This programme provides a great pathway into our Level 4 qualification.Duration
17 Weeks Full-time
Delivery
On campus
Location
Dunedin
Career potential
Kitchen Hand, Kitchen Prep, Trainee Cook
Food & Hospitality
Get stuck into some hands-on learning during this programme with loads of practical cooking in our training kitchens and a work placement in a local business. Build your range of cooking skills so you can prepare, cook and present a variety of dishes, develop your hospitality management skills, learn how to create a safe workplace, and discover how to develop communication, leadership, and critical thinking skills.Duration
1 Year Full-time
Delivery
On campus
Location
Dunedin
Career potential
Business owner, Caterer, Cook
Food & Hospitality
Learn to design your own advanced dishes and menus, to manage workflow, staffing and supplies in a commercial kitchen. Develop a deep understanding of sustainable practice, and ensure you’re current with regional, national and global cuisine trends.Duration
1 Year Full-time
2 Years Part-time
Delivery
On campus, Work-integrated delivery option
Location
Dunedin
Career potential
Business owner, Food Entrepreneur, Menu Designer, Senior Chef
Study Culinary Arts
Gain the cooking, design and business skills to work in the ever-evolving world of food
Contact us
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