Diploma in Culinary Management (Apprenticeship Optional ) Vancouver Island University - Nanaimo Campus, Canada

Calling all foodies who dream of running a kitchen or opening a restaurant. VIU’s Culinary Management Diploma will train you in advanced culinary and pastry techniques, as well as important management, accounting and beverage skills. Learn what it takes to launch a culinary career, with work opportunities close to home and around the world.

At the end of the  program, you can write the inter-provincial Red Seal exam. You also receive advanced credit when applying to the VIU Bachelor of Hospitality Management degree.

The Culinary Management Program :-

The Culinary Institute of Vancouver Island (CIVI) at VIU provides students with certificate and diploma program options that provide students with culinary training and management skills, giving them the leading edge to advancement in the culinary profession and in institutional settings such as hospitals, schools and care facilities

The Culinary Management Diploma program provides students with advanced culinary and pastry training as well as the management skills needed to obtain higher positions within the industry.

Upon entering the Culinary Management Diploma program, students are registered as apprentices with SkilledTradesBC, allowing them to accrue apprentice hours while they complete their technical training.

The first year of the Culinary Management Diploma program is VIU’s Culinary Arts Certificate program, which consists of 28-weeks Professional Cook 1 (PC1), 14-weeks Professional Cook 2 (PC2) and a ten week (300 hours) paid work experience. As part of the program, students study Japanese cuisine and obtain a Bronze Certification in Japanese Cooking Skills through CIVI’s affiliation with the Government of Japan. The Bronze Certificate is recognized world-wide and is a valuable addition to our graduates’ resumes.

Students who successfully complete Year 1 of the Culinary Management Diploma receive the Culinary Arts Certificate before progressing to Year 2 of the Culinary Management Diploma program. Additional high school courses may be required for admission.

The second year of the diploma builds on the foundations learned in first year and teaches culinary students the advanced skills they will need for a management position in the food industry. Topics covered in the second year include advanced culinary techniques, advanced pastry arts, and artisan baking in our wood burning brick oven. Students will also learn important management, accounting, and beverage skills delivered by instructors from the VIU Hospitality department.

After completing the Culinary Arts Diploma program, and having completed SkilledTradesBC work-based training hours, which are the industry’s standard for apprentice hours, students may write the inter-provincial Red Seal exam.

Students who successfully complete the Culinary Management Diploma program can apply for admission to bridge into the VIU Bachelor of Hospitality Management degree.

The Culinary Management Diploma provides students with the following credentials:

• VIU Culinary Arts Certificate
• Japanese Ministry of Agriculture’s Bronze Certification in Japanese Cooking Skills
• SkilledTradesBC Professional Cook 1, 2, and 3 apprenticeship technical training
•  SkilledTradesBC apprenticeship hours
•  VIU Culinary Management Diploma