About Culinary Business Operations Diploma in North Island College

The Culinary Business Operations diploma combines theory and practice to prepare you for entry and mid-level positions in the culinary industry.

The program is available to students who chose to pursue an apprenticeship and complete their Red Seal and prepares students to continue their training through NIC’s Culinary Business Operations Advanced diploma.

The program includes 18 credit courses, totaling 51.5 credits, 1275 hours of theory and lab and 430 hours of co-op.

Students will have the opportunity to register as an apprentice while completing the required technical training and work-based training hours to achieve their Red Seal.

Skills and knowledge developed through the program include:

• Culinary, food and beverage industry occupational skills and standards
• Professional cook short order preparation and service
• Professional cook soup and sauce specialties
• Professional cook vegetables, starches, and fruits
• Professional cook protein cookery
• Professional cook baked goods
• Professional cook desserts and artisan breads
• Regional products and procurement
• Front of house and technology
• Customer service and industry engagement
• The Restaurant – service and operations
• The Bistro – service and operations
• Applied computer and mathematics skills for industry
• Equipment set-up, safety, operation and maintenance
• Business communications
• Essential work-place skills
• Career planning

Academic qualification equivalents

• Class 12 passed students from a recognized board including CBSE, CISCE or a state board
• All India Senior School Certificate or Higher Secondary Certificate/Standard 12 or Indian School Certificate (Year 12) as recognized qualifications

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS: Academic IELTS overall score of 6.0 (no band lower than 5.5).
• TOEFL iBT: 80 overall with no subsection less than 19.
• PTE:  Academic 54 overall with no component less than 46.

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North Island College Cost of Attendance

Students can save over 10,000 CAD by taking admission for the first year in NIC and then transferring to another university. The fees for international students differ from that of domestic students, the breakdown of the estimated cost of fees is given below.