At Canadore College in North Bay, Canada, Cert in Culinary Skills - Chef is offered as a certificate in Culinary Arts programme. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 16,014 per year (CAD 2,775 per year for local students).
This one-year certificate develops food preparation, presentation and kitchen management skills within a real-world training setting, aimed at work as a professional chef or cook. Subjects include wine knowledge, restaurant food production, general food preparation technique, food, beverage and kitchen management, and baking and pastry arts. Successful graduates can progress directly into the second year of the college's Culinary Management diploma. The training relates to roles such as line cook, chef de cuisine, sous chef, first cook, and chef de partie.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires an OSSD (Ontario Secondary School Diploma) or equivalent, with ENG4C or ENG4U English, per the program's own page. Graduates may progress directly into the second year of the Culinary Management program. As a Certificate, Diploma or Advanced Diploma-level program it falls under Canadore's Certificate/Diploma/Advanced Diploma tier: IELTS Academic 6.0 with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 72 or above with no section below 18 (or, for tests taken on or after January 21, 2026, 4.0 overall with no section below 4), PTE Academic 53 with no section below 47, Duolingo English Test 110 with no band below 95, Cambridge English 169 or above, CELPIP 7, or Oxford ELLT 6.0, taken within two years of application. Domestic applicants need an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or Mature Student status (19 or older, via Accuplacer testing) if they lack one, and apply through Ontario Colleges.
Application Details
Start Date:Monthly
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through OntarioColleges.ca: for programs starting in Fall 2027 the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027; Canadore states applicants may apply at any time, with the deposit for accepted Winter 2027 offers due 16 November 2026 and term tuition due 30 November 2026. Canadore's own how-to-apply page separately cites a generic, undated "applications open November 1 / competitive consideration date February 1 for Fall term, October 1 for Winter term" notice that names no specific cycle year, so its October 1 figure is not confirmed as the Winter 2027 deadline. International applicants apply through Canadore's international portal and are assessed on a rolling basis, with programs closing early once capacity is reached; no fixed international opening or closing date is published, and payment deadlines appear only on the individual letter of admission. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
