Online Certificates in Culinary Arts

California Culinary Academy - Certificate in Culinary Arts

Culinary Arts Certificate Program

Hands-on Training for Aspiring Culinary Professionals

You want nothing less than to work in a profession where you can cook and create every day. Our Certificate in Culinary Arts offers you the chance to gain a solid foundation in culinary arts through a certificate program that can help you start or open up more career opportunities in the restaurant and food-service industry.

At Le Cordon Bleu, our experienced chef instructors teach by demonstration and encourage our students to apply the classic foundational techniques on which they can build their own style. The hands-on training you can receive in our professional kitchens and student-run campus restaurant can prepare you to master challenges and develop the confidence to pursue a career you’ll love. Ideal for beginners or those currently working who wish to hone their skills for advancement opportunities, this innovative culinary certificate program delivers far more than a cooking certificate, it offers you the opportunity to develop your real-world experience. The Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts certificate program culminates with an off-campus externship where you can practice your skills alongside industry professionals in a real-world restaurant.

Primary Program Objectives

Offered by: Le Cordon Bleu Schools of North America

Art of Cooking (C)

In the Art of Cooking program, you'll focus on cooking skills, baking, pastry, and American regional cuisine. You'll learn plating and presentation, as you build upon your cooking experience. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment, such as line cook or pantry cook.

Offered by: The Art Institutes

Culinary Arts

The Culinary Arts Certificate Program prepares students for exciting careers in food service preparation. From the beginning, the students are engaged in food preparation and educational courses in both classroom and laboratory settings. These courses provide the essential foundation for the food service techniques required of the industry. The program aims to develop professionalism and excellence in students. The combination of academic, laboratory, and hands-on classes will develop the skills need in food production methods, cost control, nutrition, sanitation, and food marketing.

Offered by: Salter College

Commercial Cooking

This commercial cooking school focuses on "learning by doing" in areas such as food preparation, catering, skills development and quantity food production. Students are provided with uniforms and a complete knife set. A special externship helps you prepare for an exciting position in the culinary arts after graduation. The program prepares graduates for entry-level employment as a prep cook's assistant, line cook, short-order cook, pantry person, baker, garde manger, or sous chef in culinary establishments including restaurants, corporate dining rooms, hospitals, hotels, and catering companies. Join Star Career Academy at one of its many locations in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Long Island to learn more about our commercial cooking school.

Offered by: Star Career Academy

Culinary Arts

This comprehensive program includes hands-on instruction at a four-star restaurant and professional instruction in the areas of: food preparation skills, the science of food and nutrition, front-of-house business, back-of-house business operations, international cuisines, computer applications, bakeshop, beverages, spa cuisines, and much more.

Offered by: Branford Hall Career Institute

Other Culinary Certificate

• Certificate in Catering
• Certificate in Culinary Arts
• Certificate in Culinary Management
• Certificate in Hotel Restaurant Management

Other Top Culinary Schools

• The Art Institutes
• Le Cordon Bleu Schools of North America
• Ashworth College
• Culinary Institute of America
• Branford Hall Career Institute