This programme provides the first year of cookery and culinary skills to enter an exciting and ever changing industry. Gain complex culinary techniques through workshops from industry professionals. Keep up with industry trends from campus visits from Nestle and real industry experience in the Aoraki Polytechnic Starz restaurant. Gain internationally recognised City & Guilds qualifications which are embedded into this certificate, these can take you to work anywhere in the world. Students will get the opportunity to gain a National Qualification, Certificate in Cookery Level 3. Follow your education pathway from this Certificate in Cookery to a second year of study and have the chance to gain travel and training experiences in an exchange to the polytechnic Notre Dame du Roc, in the heart of France.

* Cook in cafés, restaurants or hotels. * Catering. * Food industry professional.