Cert in Hospitality Operations - Food And Beverage is a certificate in Hospitality Management programme taught at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 2,750 per year for local students.
Hospitality Operations - Food and Beverage is a one-year (two-term) Ontario College Certificate delivered in hybrid format at Conestoga's Waterloo campus. Blending theory with hands-on training, the program prepares students for entry-level roles in restaurants, hotels, catering and food-service operations through essential skills in food preparation, service and control. Students gain practical experience in customer service, food and beverage handling and operational procedures for both front-of-house and behind-the-scenes roles.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or mature-student status at 19 years of age or older, plus Grade 12 compulsory English at the C or U level or equivalent, or Conestoga's Preparatory Communications course (COMM1251). The program page does not itself state a language-test score; it defers to Conestoga's institution-wide English Language Proficiency Requirement, which for certificate programs sets IELTS Academic 6.0, TOEFL iBT 80, PTE Academic 53, or Duolingo 110, while separately noting that a sound English background is considered during selection and that minimum cut-offs apply without quoting a figure. Applicants with non-Canadian transcripts must obtain a course-by-course credential evaluation from an approved service such as ICAS or WES. Prior industry experience and strong communication skills are listed only as assets, not admission conditions.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca (college code CONS): for the Fall 2027 intake the online application opens 26 September 2026, the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027, offers may be issued from 1 November 2026, and accepted offers must be confirmed by 1 May 2027; most oversubscribed programs stop accepting applications after 1 February 2027, though many programs remain open afterward. Conestoga does not publish a separate equal-consideration date for its January intake. International applicants apply directly to Conestoga and are assessed on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis until each program fills; no fixed international closing date is published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
