New Zealand Certificate in Cookery
Level 4

New Zealand may be at the bottom of the globe, but when it comes to cuisine we are top shelf. With a buzzing restaurant and café scene, outstanding produce, and more than our fair share of internationally acclaimed chefs, New Zealand is the ultimate foodie destination. If you’re an international student wanting to launch your cookery career, this qualification is the ideal starter.

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Fire-up your career with this Level 4 Certificate in Cookery. Master hot and cold larder dishes, make mouth-watering patisserie and desserts, and gain the food and kitchen knowledge you need to start working in a commercial kitchen. Build your culinary skills in a friendly environment, supported by professionally qualified chefs who love what they do. It’s the ideal stepping stone to a Diploma in Cookery.

This course entails training in

  • A New Zealand Certificate in Cookery – Level 4
  • The City and Guilds International Advanced Diploma in Culinary Arts 8065-01 and 02
  • A Food Safety Certificate

This programme qualifies you to:

  • Provide competent employees for the hospitality sector who are able to work as chefs in intermediate positions producing complex dishes in a commercial kitchen.
  • Provide for those individuals who are employed as chefs in intermediate positions, a credential that will enhance their employment opportunities in a commercial kitchen across the hospitality sector.
  • Establish standards of professional practice for complex cookery that can provide customers with confidence in a range of hospitality environments.

On completion of this programme, graduates will be able to:

  • Monitor and maintain health and safety, food safety and security practices to ensure own safety and minimise potential hazards for customers.
  • Monitor and maintain interactions between colleagues, managers and customers.
  • Monitor and maintain the application of standard operating policies and procedures to work roles.
  • Apply cookery skills to prepare, cook and present a range of cold larder dishes employing complex preparation and presentation techniques.
  • Apply cookery skills to prepare, cook and present a range of hot kitchen dishes employing complex preparation and presentation techniques.
  • Apply cookery skills to prepare, cook and present a range of patisserie and desserts employing complex preparation and presentation techniques.

This programme is open to anyone aged 18 and over.

International students

If you are coming from overseas, to be eligible for this course you must be 18 years of age or older

English language requirement

  • IELTS
    provide evidence of an IELTS overall band score of at least 5.5 (Academic), with no individual band less than 5.0
  • Pearson Academic Test
    have a Pearson Academic Test score of 42 and above with no individual band score less than 36
  • LanguageCert
    have a B2 Communicator Test HIGH PASS and above with no less than a pass in each skill

First year fees (New Zealand Certificate in Cookery Level 4):

  • Tuition:$17250
  • Resource: $2500
  • Registration: $250
  • Insurance (14 months): $550
  • Bank fee: $50

Total 1st year: $20600

Second year fees (New Zealand Diploma in Cookery Level 5):

  • Tuition: $12500
  • Resource: $1000
  • Insurance: $450

Total 2nd year: $13900

Total fees for two years: $34550

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Diploma
Level 4
120 credits
1 academic year
Henderson (Auckland)

Intake Dates

  • 17 Feb 2021
  • 17 Mar 2021
  • 16 Jun 2020
  • More 2021 dates coming soon!
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