St'uxwtews Education Centre

Culinary Arts Professional Cook Level 1

This a 28-week program. When students enter the program, they will be registered as Professional Cook 1 apprentices and will then accrue apprentice hours while gaining technical training.

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Culinary Arts Professional Cook Level 1

At the beginning of the certificate program, students will spend three weeks in our state-of-the-art food laboratory, where they will focus on learning basic cooking skills and habits, with no pressure for production. Students will then move on to rotating through five separate sections, which are held in the main kitchen, where they will learn how to safely prepare breakfast dishes, vegetables, starches, and proteins. Students will also study cold kitchen, pastry, and meat cutting.

Admission Eligibility Requirements

  • Grade 12 or equivalent, or 19 years of age and out of secondary school for at least one year as of the first day of the program.
  • One of the following courses: English 10, English First Peoples 10: Composition, Creative Writing 10, Literary Studies 10, New Media 10, or Spoken Language at an equivalent Provincial Level Adult Basic Education English course.
  • One of the following courses: Workplace Math 10, Foundations of Math and Pre-Calculus 10, or an equivalent Provincial Level Adult Basic Education.
  • FoodSafe Level I certificate

Certificate Courses

  • CHEF 100 – Occupational Skills
  • CHEF 101 – Stocks, Soups and Sauces
  • CHEF 102 – Vegetables and Fruits
  • CHEF 103 – Starches
  • CHEF 104 – Meats
  • CHEF 105 – Poultry
  • CHEF 106 – Seafood
  • CHEF 107 – Garde-Manger
  • CHEF 108 – Eggs, Breakfast Cookery, and Dairy
  • CHEF 109 – Baked Goods & Desserts
  • CHEF 110 – Beverages