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Culinary Skills

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Credential
Ontario College Certificate
Location
Whitby
School
Centre for Food (CFF)
Length
Two semesters
OCAS Code
CSK
Next Intake
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Program Overview

The Culinary Skills program will provide you with the foundation for an exciting career in the food service industry. Sharpen your skills in classic and contemporary à la carte cuisine, baking and pastry arts, flavour and cooking methods, understanding ingredients, food service principles, and safety and sanitation, while also developing essential communication and computer application skills. You will accomplish all of this through a combination of activity-based classroom instruction and practical application in our state-of-the-art culinary and pastry labs, and Bistro ‘67, our award-winning restaurant, where you will gain practical experience serving customers from the community.

Creativity
Creativity
Culinary
Culinary
Field-to-Fork
Field-to-Fork

Admission Requirements

  • Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or Mature Student Status
  • Grade 12 English (C or U)

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Intakes and Availability

Date Domestic Availability International Availability
January 2020WaitlistedClosed
September 2020OpenClosed
January 2021Open 

Tuition

Year one domestic: $2,848 (CDN)
Year one international: $13,448 (CDN)

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Semester 1 Courses

  • Communications For Business I (COMM 2204)
  • Computers For Hospitality (COMP 1210)
  • Culinary Theory I (CULI 1200)
  • Culinary & Baking Techniques (CULI 1201)
  • Food Safety And Sanitation (FOOD 1200)
  • Introduction To Global Cuisine (GLOB 1202)
  • Culinary Nutrition (NUTR 2200)
  • Professional Development Strategies I (PDST 1200)

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Career Options

What you could be:

  • Assistant baker
  • Banquet or catering cook
  • Chef de partie
  • Entrepreneur
  • Pastry chef
  • Sous chef
 

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Program Details

The Culinary Skills program is designed to prepare you for a career in a wide variety of food-service industry settings.

Areas of study include:

  •     Baking and pastry arts
  •     Classic and contemporary a la carte cuisine
  •     Computer applications
  •     Development of essential communication skills
  •     Flavours and cooking methods
  •     Food service principles
  •     Safety
  •     Sanitation
  •     Understanding of ingredients

In addition, related business management studies and general education courses round out the program. You will learn through a combination of activity-based classroom instruction and practical application in our culinary, pastry and restaurant labs. You will also gain practical experience through our student-run, open-to-the-public restaurant and a field placement at a school approved industry property.

Upon successful completion of this program, you may qualify for advanced standing in Year 2 of Durham College’s Culinary Management program. The Culinary Skills program is offered at the Whitby campus, home of the college’s new W. Galen Weston Centre for Food. This incredible new learning centre provides access to a full-service green certified teaching restaurant and lounge; a demonstration theatre; and state-of-the-art labs, classrooms and meeting spaces, all designed to offer you the best possible learning experience.

Students in this program will benefit from working and learning in Bistro ’67, a full-service, green-certified teaching and learning restaurant operated by staff and students.

In The News

  • Durham College celebrates fall’s bounty with fifth-annual Harvest Dinner
  • Durham College Centre for Food named 3 Star Certified Green Restaurant®
  • DC culinary and hospitality students give back to community at maple syrup festival
  • DC’s Centre for Food Shows Off Kitchen Hacks for Daily Planet’s Seriously?!
  • Students show off their skills at 8th annual culinary arts golf classic
  • Brighton students cook up a winning recipe at DC’s first ever Epic Mac N’ Cheese Competition
  • DC student wins Culinary Competition
  • Durham College student cooks up gold medal meal
  • DC students win four medals at Ontario Technological Skills Competition

Admission Requirements

  • Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or Mature Student Status
  • Grade 12 English (C or U)

 

Courses

Semester 1

  • Communications For Business I (COMM 2204)
  • Computers For Hospitality (COMP 1210)
  • Culinary Theory I (CULI 1200)
  • Culinary & Baking Techniques (CULI 1201)
  • Food Safety And Sanitation (FOOD 1200)
  • Introduction To Global Cuisine (GLOB 1202)
  • Culinary Nutrition (NUTR 2200)
  • Professional Development Strategies I (PDST 1200)

Semester 2

  • Cuisine A La Carte (CUIS 2201)
  • Culinary Theory II (CULI 2201)
  • Food Service Operations (FOOP 2200)
  • Field Placement-CSK (FWK 2201)
  • Field Placement Workshop-CSK (FWKW 2000)
  • General Education Elective (GNED 0000)
  • Menu Planning (MENU 2200)
  • Principles Of Kitchen Management (PKM 2200)

Courses and course descriptions are subject to change.

Costs

YEAR ONE FEES Domestic International
Tuition $2,848 $13,448
Compulsory Ancillary

$1,337

$1,812
Program Incidental $1,197 $1,197
Total Fees: $5,382 $16,457

Please note: fees are based on the 2019-2020 academic year and do not include textbooks. For more information please see Other fees to consider.

Career Options

What you could be:

  • Assistant baker
  • Banquet or catering cook
  • Chef de partie
  • Entrepreneur
  • Pastry chef
  • Sous chef
 

Where you could work:

  • Banquet hall
  • Catering company
  • Country club
  • Golf course
  • Hotel
  • Resort
  • Restaurant

Experiential Learning

Field Placement

Your learning experience will be complemented by an 80-hour field placement opportunity in the culinary industry. Students work at restaurants, hotels, long-term care homes, banquet and golf course facilities and more, applying their skills from the classroom on the job. 

On-campus activities

From student-focused special events, to employment in Bistro ’67, to special projects, there are countless opportunities for students to further their learning beyond the labs. 

Program Transfer, Degree Completion and Additional Credentials

Graduates may be eligible to apply their academic credits towards further study through Durham College and partner Canadian and international colleges and universities. These include:

  • BBA/MBA Strategic Management - Davenport University
  • Bachelor of Business Administration (Management) - Davenport University
  • Bachelor of Arts in International Hotel Management - Royal Roads
  • Institute of Technology Tralee Bachelor of Arts in Culinary Arts
  • Limerick Institute of Technology Bachelor of Arts in Culinary Arts

For more information, please visit our pathways page.

Culinary Skills in the news

Durham College celebrates fall’s bounty with fifth-annual Harvest Dinner
Durham College Centre for Food named 3 Star Certified Green Restaurant®
DC culinary and hospitality students give back to community at maple syrup festival
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