Train to Become a Chef at VIU!
Love food? Love to cook? Want to be part of a team that shares your passion for culinary excellence? Look no further than VIU.
- Get started on your career path through our 10-week co-op paid work practicums. Students work at location of choice including five-star hotels and resorts, restaurants, care facilities, and camps, across Canada and beyond.
- Options include a 1-year Culinary Arts Certificate and a 2-year Culinary Management Diploma.
- Earn training hours towards your Red Seal qualification by completing Professional Cook 1 and 2.
- Culinary Arts Certificate program is offered in Nanaimo, Cowichan (Duncan) and tiwšɛmawtxʷ.
- Culinary Management Diploma program is offered in Nanaimo.
- Work with our talented chefs in three commercial kitchens, the Birch Tree cafe in tiwšɛmawtxʷ, or our fine-dining restaurant, the Discovery Room in Nanaimo.
- Opportunity to be involved in competitions, locally and nationally.
Jarrett Beaulieu, Culinary Programs
“I have a lot of respect for the industry and the professionalism, dedication, discipline and sacrifice one needs in force to climb as a chef (and especially in the international scene).
For me success in this industry is about two things - hard work and belief in self.”
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