Chef Academy students learn the art of cooking from a professional platform to gain experience in the field. We offer bespoke, practical and effective courses that focus not only on teaching the main cooking techniques, but also teach the meaning of what it is like to be a chef working in a professional kitchen.
Our students have the chance to train alongside London's best chefs, from top level fine dining to Michelin star level, in the kitchens of their restaurants. They will be ready to start working immediately after the successful completion of the course. They will have all the practical and theoretical skills to confidently enter a professional kitchen.
Chef Academy is a prestigious school that is internationally recognised. The Academy was founded in Italy and due to huge success, another school was opened shortly afterwards in London, which is amongst the most reputable in the UK. Graduating at Chef Academy will give you access to the professional world of cooking. Our school is also internationally recognized by ASIC (Accreditation Service for International Colleges).
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Check out our brand new course Hospitality Management and Advanced Food Science! Learn to become a professional chef and how successfully and efficiently manage your own kitchen.
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Chef Academy London is a prestigious and internationally renowned educational institution. Every day more and more candidates are keen to enrol for one of our highly professional courses, Chef Academy London is one of the most acclaimed educational establishments in London. We are proud to provide quality courses and prepare the best professional chef's in the industry!
Our school is internationally recognised by ASIC (an accreditation service for international colleges) this enables our students to pursue a career throughout the national or international territory.
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Chef Academy London was founded in 2007. After huge success in Italy, we opened our first school in the UK, located in central London. Our aim is to train our students to become professional chefs.
We offer an effective practical training scheme that gives our students all the tools and skills to start a career as a professional chef. During the course you will be training in one of our partner restaurants with one of our chef trainers. You will be experiencing working in a live professional kitchen and getting an inside view of the restaurant business. You will deal with every aspect of a chefs routine, from the choice of fresh produce to the balancing of food costs. You will be learning all the techniques required to start working right away. The most important aspect and why we believe we teach in the most effective form, is that you are learning from the professionals in a professional environment. We are the only school that offers this kind of training and this is the reason that our students have such a high success rate.
We are currently offering the following courses: Hospitality Management & Advanced Food Science Course, Professional Chef Course, Advanced Professional Chef Course, Michelin Star Chef Course, Professional Italian Cuisine Course, Professional Patisserie and Confectionery Course, Professional Basic Patisserie and Bakery Course, Professional Patisserie Intermediate Level and Advanced Level. You can find more information about these courses on our courses page. What makes us unique is that we can discuss what you would like to achieve and skills that you may already acquire and create a customised course that suits you perfectly.
After completing one of our courses, you will have all the tools needed to start your career immediately. You will be HACCP certified, have your diploma from Chef Academy London that is internationally recognised and accredited by ASIC (Accreditation service for international colleges). You will know your way around the kitchen with confidence and have all the techniques to allow you to enter a kitchen as an active member of the Brigade.
ere at Chef Academy, we want the best for the future of our students. When you finish your course, a member of our careers team will find the perfect job for you and arrange interviews for you to attend. We currently have an 100% employment rate.
Hospitality Management and Advanced Food Science (600 hours)
Chef Academy London offers students the chance to become a professional chef and also have all the skills and knowledge required to successfully and efficiently manage a kitchen.
All students will start by training for 75 hours in our development kitchen, where our executive chef will teach students all of the basics of a professional kitchen and prepare them for the live training. Once the development training has finished the students will then go on to train for 200 hours in one of our restaurant partner kitchens, they will follow our training programme that will cover all sections of the Kitchen, the training is supervised by the Head Chef. The next stage will be to study advanced cooking techniques, this will prepare the students for the Michelin Star training in one of our Michelin star training partners for 200 hours.
Once the practical training has finished, students will then begin their Management training, this programme covers all you will need to know to successfully manage a kitchen.
We are the only cooking school in London that can give you this fantastic opportunity. This will prepare you to enter a professional environment and enable you to start your career at a senior level or if you are thinking to open your own business, this is the course for you.
Location: London
Duration: 600 hours / 6 months
Fees: £ 12900
Advanced Professional Chef Course (550 hours)
With this course students will first receive training in our development kitchen, where our qualified chef trainer will cover basic knowledge as well as advanced techniques, which will cover every subject of our program in depth.
After this part of the course is completed, students come away with the practical skills of a working member within a professional kitchen. This prepares them for the next part of the course: 400 hours in the kitchen of one of our restaurant partners. Students have a chance to pick two of our partners in order to benefit from a full formation of different chefs, offering different styles and even different kinds of cooking techniques. This really is the ultimate professional training program!
Location: London
Duration: 550 hours / 6 months
Fees: £ 10340
Michelin Starred Chef Course (300 Hours)
This course is dedicated to working professionals that want to boost their careers.
Chefs who are already working in the business know just how important it is to gain experience within a Michelin Starred kitchen, and that it can also help improve their skills, knowledge and earning potential. After training in our development kitchen, we give students the opportunity to enter any of the kitchens of our Michelin Starred partners.
Here, during the 225 hours of live training, they will broaden their culinary imagination and gain the necessary experience, which will help students enhance their desire to be as successful as they possibly can be.
Location: London
Duration: 300 hours / 3 months
Fees: £ 8690
Professional Chef Course (325 Hours)
Students receive 75 hours training in our development kitchen with our qualified chef trainer. This intense course equips students with all the basic knowledge they need to know in order to enter any restaurant. This is closely followed by 250 hours inside the kitchen of one of our restaurant partners. Here students will have a chance to train as a member of the team, learn from real professionals in a structured environment and receive the training which will allow them to enter the cooking business straight away.
Location: London
Duration: 325 hours / 3 months
Fees: £ 6490
Kosher Professional Chef Course (400 Hours)
We are very proud to announce the launch of our Professional Kosher Chef course. This course will be taught in a Kosher Kitchen using kosher ingredients. The course will be meat and parve focused and will follow all jewish dietary laws. We are also working around the jewish calendar. we are appealing to all audiences wanting to learn real professional kosher cooking.
Location: London
Duration: 400 hours / 4 months
Fees: £ 11900
Halal Advanced Professional Chef Course (550 Hours)
With this course, Chef Academy of London provides 100 hours of training in our Development Kitchen with our qualified Chef Trainer.
The students will learn and improve the skills needed, using only Halal meat, to jump into a professional environment with one of our partners for the next 450 hour of the course.
At the end of the program, the student will accomplish all the necessary experience to start his or her career into a professional Chef's World.
Location: London
Duration: 550 hours / 6 months
Fees: £ 9400
Professional Chef Course - Italian cuisine (325 hours)
This course is designed for students who want to become professional chefs specializing in Italian cuisine. The objective of the course is to prepare students through practice into the kitchen. During the first 75 hours of the course, students learn and improve their knowledge and skills in all aspects, from the basics to the more advanced techniques. The program will cover all aspects of Italian cuisine, including traditional and innovative cuisine.
The second step is 250 hours of training that will take place in one of our Italian partner restaurants. Here, students will broaden their culinary imagination, and particular attention is given to the nutrition, taste perception, developement of the recipes and presentation of the dishes. This course is a fantastic opportunity for students who want to gain the necessary experience that will strengthen their desire to be a successful chef in an Italian kitchen.
Location: London
Duration: 325 hours / 3 months
Fees: £ 6490
Professional Patisserie and Confectionery Course (840 Hours)
This unique full time hands on programme focuses on all aspects of pastry, baking and confectionery art. It offers intensive instruction, advanced equipment and high quality ingredients to our students. This intensive programme is designed to meet the needs of students wishing to obtain broad and thorough foundation in the art of pastry and baking from viennoiseries to chocolate and everything in between. You will receive training from our highly acclaimed pastry chef in the well equipped pastry laboratory.
For career changers, professionals and beginners, the patisserie programme is the ideal one of a kind course to build a solid foundation of knowledge and skills necessary to achieve a successful career. It is essential to be well driven, have a focused attitude and high motivation to complete this course. Once successfully completed, students will be prepared to excel in the pastry industry.
Location: London
Duration: 840 hours / 6 months
Fees: £ 16300
Introduction to the Professional Chef Course (80 hours)
This is course is ideal for candidates that have an interest in Professional Chef training but aren't sure whether to commit to a 3-6 month course. Whether you have little or no experience in a professional Kitchen. You will learn Knife skills, Meat & fish classification, various cooking techniques, how to use the most up to date equipment used in a professional kitchen and much more....
Location: London
Duration: 80 hours / 2 weeks - Monday to Friday 9am till 5pm
Fees: £ 4000
Advanced Cooking Techniques (80 hours)
This course is designed for experienced Chef's wanting to improve their skills using the most up to date techniques in the industry. It can also be a starting point to decide whether or not to take the Michelin Star Course, if you are unsure if you want to commit to a 3 month course.
Location: London
Duration: 80 hours / 2 weeks - Monday to Friday 9am till 5pm
Fees: £ 4000
Intensive Professional Pastry Programme (80 Hours)
This unique & intensive hands on programme focuses on all aspects of pastry, baking and confectionery art. It offers intensive instruction, advanced equipment and high quality ingredients to our students. This intensive programme is designed to meet the needs of students wishing to obtain broad and thorough foundation in the art of pastry and baking from viennoiseries to chocolate and everything in between. You will receive training from our Executive pastry chef in our well equipped development Kitchen.
For career changers, professionals and beginners, the patisserie programme is the ideal one of a kind course to build a solid foundation of knowledge and skills. It is essential to be well driven, have a focused attitude and high motivation to complete this course.
Location: London
Duration: 80 hours / 2 weeks - Monday to Friday 9am till 5pm
Fees: £ 6500
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Chef Academy London
Registered Office: 17 Hanover Square, Mayfair - London - W1S 1BN
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