Culinary Arts Diploma is a diploma in Culinary Arts programme taught at Red Deer Polytechnic in Red Deer, Canada. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 32,319 per year (CAD 11,970 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Culinary Arts
Duration: 2 years
Delivery: On Campus
Local tuition: CAD 11,970 / year
International tuition: CAD 32,319 / year
We have no an application deadline on record for this programme yet — see the official programme page.
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Last checked September 2026 · Source: rdpolytech.ca ·
Program details
Overview
The Culinary Arts Diploma at Red Deer Polytechnic is a two-year, full-time, on-campus program covering professional kitchen skills and food service management. First-year courses include Kitchen Fundamentals and Safety, Integrated Food Services, Meat Production and Saucier, Bakeshop Production, Workplace Preparation, and Management Controls and Nutrition, building through Integrated Lunch and Dinner Service in the second year. Students complete a 480-hour paid Industry Work Placement alongside Advanced Management Skills coursework. Training takes place in RDP's teaching kitchens and in the student-run Cornerstone Dining Room, open to the public from October to May. To graduate, students must pass all courses and achieve a cumulative GPA of 2.0.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Applicants must have 50% in ELA 10-1 or 60% in ELA 10-2, and 50% in Math 10C or Math 10-3; or completion of the Accuplacer Test, within two years of the program start date, with a minimum score of 225 on Reading and 225 on Writing for English, and/or 225 on the Arithmetic component for Math. Equivalent courses are accepted to meet admission requirements.
