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).
The certificate combines theoretical and practical instruction, with students preparing food in a live-service training restaurant for real customers. It prepares graduates for entry-level roles across food-service settings ranging from private to commercial and institutional, including family and fine-dining restaurants, hotels, resorts, hospitals, retirement homes, caterers, and food processors and manufacturers.
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.
