New Zealand Certificate in Cookery (Level 3)

Summary

Strong basic culinary skills are the foundation that cooks and chefs build their professional reputation on.

During this hands-on programme food preparation and cookery techniques are central to your learning, and you will gain valuable instruction from highly-skilled teachers. Develop your theoretical knowledge with topics such as food safety, health and safety legislation, and catering for specific dietary requirements, and benefit from gaining commercial and kitchen experience in our training restaurant.

If you're an Otago senior secondary school student, you may be able to study this programme through our Otago Secondary-Tertiary College (OSTC).

Skills required:

• Creativity
• The ability to work well under pressure
• To be motivated and have a good work ethic
• A willingness to try new things and constantly update your skills.

Further study options:

Upon completion of this certificate, further your learning and skills with our New Zealand Certificate in Cookery (Level 4).

Your workload:

This programme is hands-on and involves a lot of practical work to intensively develop your kitchen skills in a commercial facility.