Vancouver Cooking Schools, Directory of Culinary Schools in Vancouver

Courses and/or Programs Sample*: Cooking (C), Culinary Arts (C,A), Desserts (C), Hospitality Management (C), Pastry (C), Production (C), Restaurant Management (C,A), Wine (C)

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Courses and/or Programs Sample*: Appetizers, Baking (C), Barbecue, Basic Food Production, Bread Making (C), Buffet, Cajun, Cake Decorating, Catering, Chinese, Chocolates, Cooking (C), Costing, Culinary Arts (C), Design, Desserts, Dining Room Service, Ethnic Cuisines, European Style, Food Safety, Food Service, Food/Beverage Mgmt, French, Garde Manger, Gourmet Foods, Hospitality, Italian, Japanese, Meats, Menu Planning, Pantry Skills, Pastry (C), Poultry, Production, Recreational Cooking, Restaurant Management, Safety, Salads, Sanitation (C), Sauces, Seafood, Spanish, Sushi, Thai, Vegetarian, Wine (C), à La Carte

Introduction: The Northwest Culinary Academy of Vancouver is a Chef owned and designed culinary school. Based on student feedback and what we know as ex-students, apprentices, professional chefs and experienced chef instructors, we designed our contemporary curriculum from the student's perspective. We offer Professional Chef's training in 3 independent 15 week intensive programs: Culinary, Pastry/Bread and Practicum. Progressive attitude and new restaurant/hotel equipped facilities. All-in-one concept ensuring seamless learning environment; Chef's demonstration station, Chef's table, culinary kitchen and Pastry lab. Cook in groups of 2, change partner weekly. European designed Island cooking configuration ensures that you never face a wall. Fully accredited Chef Instructors, with each minimum of 20 years of broad North American and European experience, 5 as Chef Instructors. Members of the Canadian Culinary Federation and the Restaurant Association, registered with the Private Career Training Institutes Agency of BC. Referrals supplied for housing, ESL & hospitality/management partners. Check our website for detailed information (www.nwcav.com).
Also offered: Wine/Sommelier training, Home Chef cooking classes, Kids & Teens classes and more...

Courses and/or Programs Sample*: Baking (C), Bread Making, Cake Decorating, Catering, Chocolates, Cooking, Culinary Arts (C), Desserts, Ethnic Cuisines, Food Service, Food Styling, French, Gourmet Foods, Sanitation

Introduction: Great Chefs are a blend of passion and commitment -- to food, to excellence, and to life-long learning. So is Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts. We prepare culinary professionals for the careers of their lives. Our intense, hands-on programs are delivered under close, demanding supervision from European-trained Chef Instructors. Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts offers two diploma-granting programs. Our programs are designed for students who wish to be immediately productive in a professional environment upon graduation. Our students -- never more than 15 in a class -- receive instruction in the fundamentals of classic French and International cuisine, including nutrition, kitchen efficiency, stocks and knife skills. Students also operate the Institute's on-site fine-dining restaurant, catering division and bakeshop. Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts is pleased to provide job search and lifetime job placement assistance to every graduate.