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Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts Certificate Program




Do you have a taste for cooking? Want to learn the basics to becoming a professional chef using hands-on techniques? The Certificate in Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts can help you turn your passion for cooking into an exciting career.

Begin your culinary arts training with this rewarding Certificate program at The Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago (CHIC), teaching you the skills necessary for entry-level work in a restaurant, hotel or private household. This challenging career field can offer a creative and artistic work environment – where you can continually upgrade and perfect your skills.

The Certificate Program in Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts is designed to provide the principles and techniques necessary for success in the food service industry. Students can gain the knowledge, experience and confidence for a rewarding career taught by skilled chefs in professional kitchens. If you’ve always dreamed of becoming a chef or working in a restaurant, contact CHIC today.

Want to learn more about the Certificate in Le Cordon Blue Culinary Arts?

In as little as 30 weeks of taking full-time courses, students can earn their Certificate in Le Cordon Blue Culinary Arts. If you want to learn hands-on culinary training to help boost your career as a cook or pastry chef, this program could be for you. Developed in response to student interest and industry demands, the program gives students the opportunity to:

  • Develop an array of basic and advanced culinary skills
  • Learn classic cooking fundamentals and food preparation
  • Demonstrate the principles of kitchen safety and sanitation
  • Learn how to operate a restaurant and its various work stations
  • Use proper culinary language and terminology

Le Cordon Bleu's affiliation with The Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago combines classical French techniques with modern American technology and a contemporary philosophy.

In the program, students can learn sanitation and public health requirements, knife skills and basic cooking techniques, and baking and pastry concepts. By working in our student-run restaurant, the CHIC Café, culinary students gain real-world experience and hone their cooking skills.

Courses in the Le Cordon Blue Culinary Arts Certificate Program include:

  • Principles of Garde Manger
  • International Cuisine
  • Foodservice Sanitation
  • Introduction to Baking and Pastry
  • Advanced Baking and Pastry
  • Introduction to Culinary Skills I & II
  • Meat and Seafood Identification and Fabrication

Learn more today! Contact us for additional information about the Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts Certificate Program.

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