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1. The Culinary Arts School Of Ontario

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Situated in Mississauga, ON, just west of Toronto and minutes from the communities of Brampton, Etobicoke and Oakville, The Culinary Arts School of Ontario gives you a superb start to your Culinary Arts career. Our Chef Training Diploma & Workshop programs immerse you in the essential skills that form the building blocks of all classic cuisine. In addition to our adult courses, we also provide fun Kids & Teens classes for the Chefs of the future!

The School's proven approach to learning encompasses a series of modules, each comprised of approximately 5 - 10 hours of textbook, workbook and projects along with 20 - 30 hours of practical kitchen exercises.

With a class sizes of 10-12 students to one chef-instructor, the Culinary Arts School can ensure that you develop confidence with your understanding and skill development. Whether your goal is to become a personal chef, run a five-star restaurant, or open your own catering business, our programs are an intense career and goal-directed, yet affordable, way to achieve that dream in just months.

Culinary Arts / Chef Training Diploma Programs:

- Culinary Arts Diploma (18 weeks)
- Sous Chef Diploma (34 weeks)
- Professional Chef Diploma (51 weeks)

Recreational Cooking Classes:
- Knife Skills
- Foodie Series
- Seasonal Classes
- Team Building Cooking Classes

Kids & Teens Cooking Classes:
- Summer Camp (Ages 8-16)
- March Break (Ages 8-16)
- Teen Chef

2. Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts, Vancouver

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Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts (PICA) in Vancouver, BC is the city's most progressive centre for culinary & baking & pastry arts education for Canadian and international students. Since 1997, our accredited institute has offered highly regarded career programs in Culinary Arts & Baking & Pastry Arts, with the option of expanding your career training with a 1-Year Dual Diploma program.

Our culinary programs are designed for students who wish to be productive immediately in a professional environment upon graduation. Instruction from Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts includes job-search training and a lifetime placement assistance service for every graduate. We are proud to have over 2,400 successful alumni working around the world in over 30 countries.

Small class sizes (15 students maximum to 1 chef instructor in Culinary Arts & 12 to 1 in Baking & Pastry Arts), 90% hands-on training and dedicated internationally experienced chef instructors give each student the personal attention they need to master the “art” of cooking and baking and pastry.

We also offer a range of short programs to inspire 'the chef within'. In addition, we provide short career programs, workshops and more.

Professional Culinary Programs:

- Dual-Diploma program - Culinary & Baking & Pastry Arts (12 months, full-time, 7 hours per day): Offered twice daily, Monday - Friday (15 students to 1 Chef Instructor)

- Culinary Arts program (6 months, full-time, 7 hours per day): Offered twice daily, Monday - Friday (15 students to 1 Chef Instructor)

- Baking & Pastry Arts program (6 months, full-time, 7 hours per day): Offered twice daily, Monday - Friday (12 students to 1 Chef Instructor)

- Short programs

3. Liaison College Of Culinary Arts

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With campuses throughout the Greater Toronto Area and across Ontario, Liaison College Of Culinary Arts is a private career college focused solely and exclusively on career training in cooking and the culinary arts.

Our chef training programs are meticulously designed by professionals in the hospitality industry, to provide students with the skills they need in today’s demanding restaurant and food services operations. Our graduates work in some of the most prestigious restaurants in Canada.

If you have a passion for food and for cooking, being a professional chef is a fun and rewarding career. All you need are a solid culinary education and some hands-on experience - which we can provide at Liason. Campus locations are in Toronto, Kingston, Kitchener, Brampton, & Oakville, ON.

Professional Culinary Arts Training Programs:

- Personal Chef Diploma
- Cook Basic - Level I
- Cook Advanced - Level II
- Culinary Management
- Specialist Chef
- Chef De Cuisine
- Hospitality Administration

4. Vancouver Community College

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Vancouver Community College (VCC) has two campus locations in Vancouver; one in East Broadway, and another in the Downtown area of the city. VCC is the oldest publically-funded college in the province of British Columbia (BC), and we provide a wide range of hospitality-based programs including a variety of Culinary Arts courses.

VCC's Culinary Arts programs are some of the most highly respected industry training programs in the country, led by experienced chefs who routinely win medals in regional, national and international competitions.

Our “learn by doing” approach trains you to acquire practical skills that can be applied in the exciting world of culinary arts.

We are the first and largest government accredited College in BC. For more than 40 years, we have been helping students improve their lives, their job opportunities and their career prospects.

Culinary Arts Courses:
- Asian Culinary Arts
- Culinary Arts (Cook) Apprentice
- Culinary Arts (Professional Cook 1)
- Culinary Arts (Professional Cook 2)
- Culinary Arts - High School ACE-IT Program
- Tea Sommelier
- Wine Sommelier

Specialized Baking Courses:
- Baking Foundation - High School
- Baking and Pastry Arts - Apprentice
- Baking and Pastry Arts - Artisan Baking
- Baking and Pastry Arts - Pastry