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New Zealand Certificate in Cookery (Level 3)

This course is available

On-Campus

Level of Study

Certificate

Duration

19 weeks

Next start date

Expected Feb 2027

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Summary

Is food your passion? This programme is an essential introduction to professional cookery and will prepare you to work as a junior chef in a commercial kitchen.

You will learn to:

  • Apply health and safety, food safety and security practices to ensure own safety and minimise potential hazards for customers.
  • Communicate effectively and behave in a professional manner with colleagues, managers and customers.
  • Follow standard operating procedures to deal with familiar problems in a commercial kitchen.
  • Apply fundamental cookery skills to prepare, cook and present a range of basic dishes employing commodities commonly used in industry.

Career opportunities and pathways include any role within the hospitality industry that requires chefs in junior positions producing basic dishes in a professional kitchen.

This qualification leads on to the New Zealand Certificate in Cookery (Level 4).

Entry criteria

Entry Requirements

All applicants must:

  • be at least 16 years old at the time the programme commences.
  • be able to read, write, and communicate in English at a basic level.
  • be physically able to complete the programme-specific outcomes.

Applicants for whom English is not a first language must have an IELTS score of 5 with no band score lower than 5; or an accepted international equivalence.

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