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Diploma in Professional Cookery (Level 5)

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On-Campus

Level of Study

Diploma

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Summary

Graduates of this programme will be able to
  • Manage staff and service delivery, including interactions with colleagues, managers and customers, to meet performance requirements in a commercial kitchen.
  • Plan and manage workflow, resources, supplies, and standard operating policies and procedures to ensure compliant, efficient commercial kitchen operations.
  • Apply and progressively advance cookery skills to prepare, cook and present a broad range of dishes — including cold larder, hot kitchen and patisserie items — employing complex to advanced preparation and presentation techniques.
  • Plan, develop, and design advanced dishes suitable for implementation in a commercial hospitality environment.
Students who complete this qualification will receive
  • New Zealand Certificate in Cookery (Level 4)
  • New Zealand Diploma in Cookery (Advanced) Level 5 with strands in Cookery and Patisserie*

Entry criteria

IELTS Academic: Overall 5.5.

Applicants should demonstrate an ability to succeed in tertiary study, shown by the completion of any of the following qualifications or courses of study:

  • 48 or more credits at NCEA Level 2 including NCEA Level 1 literacy and numeracy requirements or
  • Equivalent NZQF standards or
  • Other suitable equivalent level 1 or 2 qualification and

Any applicants whose first language is not English may be required to provide evidence of an overall IELTS (Academic) band score of 5.5 (with no score below 5 in speaking, reading, writing and listening) or equivalent.

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