Cert in Culinary Skills is a certificate in Culinary Arts programme taught at Centennial College in Toronto, Canada. The programme runs for 2 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 18,005 per total (CAD 2,775 per total for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Culinary Arts
Duration: 2 semesters
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 2,775 / total
International tuition: CAD 18,005 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Note: This course is also offered online. The Culinary Skills program is designed to prepare graduates for a career in a multitude of food-service industry settings. Instruction will be both theoretical and practical. Students will have the opportunity to prepare food in our ‘living lab’ restaurant, preparing food in real-time for customers. Successful graduates should find entry-level employment opportunities in a variety of foodservice environments, ranging from private to commercial and institutional. Those could include restaurants (family and fine dining), hotels, resorts, hospitals, retirement homes, caterers, food processors and manufacturers. The Ocean Wise Program The School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts and The Local Cafe and Restaurant use delicious and ocean-friendly Ocean Wise products. Ocean Wise is a conservation and education program that works with chefs, restaurants and seafood suppliers to help them with sustainable seafood sourcing. Feast On® Certification Centennial College's School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts has become the first academic institution to receive Feast On® certification for its sourcing of local food and beverage products used in the academic programs and the School's experiential-learning foodservice operations. The Culinary Tourism Alliance established Feast On as a certification program that recognizes businesses committed to sourcing Ontario-grown and -produced food and drink.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or mature-student status at 19 or older, plus Grade 12 English at the C or U level (or equivalent); applicants may instead pass the Centennial English Admission Test in place of the English course. The page otherwise defers to Centennial's institution-wide English Language Proficiency requirement for certificate programmes: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 67 (minimum 16 Reading, 23 Writing), PTE Academic 51 or higher, CAEL 60, or Duolingo 105-114. No portfolio, interview, or work-experience component is stated. The certificate admits in January and May for both domestic and international applicants.
Application Details
Start Date:January and May
Application Deadline:Centennial publishes no application deadline for this program; what follows is the Ontario college cycle that governs it. Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for a program starting in Fall 2027 the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, and applications arriving after it are still assessed, but first-come first-served while places remain. Across the Ontario college system the application opened on 26 September 2026, offers may be issued from 1 November 2026, and an offer must be accepted by 1 May 2027. One $150 fee covers up to five program choices. International applicants apply directly to Centennial through its own international application process and are assessed on a rolling basis across the Fall, Winter and Summer intakes; the college publishes no fixed international closing date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
