Culinary Careers
The information on this program page is based on the 2012-13 Academic Calendar. This page will be updated on June 1 with 2013-14 Academic Calendar information.
Important: The complete 2013-14 Academic Calendar is now available in print format at the Lethbridge College Bookstore and can be downloaded from our Publications page.
Add spice to your future
Embrace your love of food and cook up your future with the Culinary Careers program. Our compressed 16-month diploma will ready you for an exciting career creating cuisine’s best tummy teasers and pleasers. You’ll learn all there is to know about this tantalizing industry, from restaurant production to dining room cuisine while gaining the opportunity to prepare meals for real customers, create menus, work in teams and explore your creativity. During our paid industry placement, you’ll have the chance to wow employers with your skills while earning some dough. It’s a pretty sweet deal.
Culinary Careers is right for you if you:
- possess a keen sense of taste and smell
- have excellent hand-eye co-ordination
- hold a good memory for details
- possess artistic and creative talent
- have excellent communication, interpersonal and team-building skills
- can remain calm in hectic circumstances
- are organized.
Whip up your dreams
If you’re already a seasoned pro, you can advance your career with our apprenticeship program. Our diploma is equivalent to Weekly Apprenticeship Training Level 2 for cooks. If you choose, you can then continue on to journeyman and finally, Red Seal designation to give you that extra edge in a vital, leading industry. By the way, our grads have a virtually 100 per cent employment rate; why should you be any different?
Students will be required to attend Hospitality Recruitment Day where employers from Alberta and beyond come to the College to interview for summer work placements. Past students in our program have achieved 100 per cent employment. Summer work place locations vary from resort areas along the Rocky Mountains to local hotels, restaurants and catering companies.
Our 16-week Dining Room Cuisine section starts after the first week of October and again at the end of January each year, allowing resort area work schedules to be fully complete prior to returning to Lethbridge College. Our Culinary Department has an excellent association with over 50 employers in Alberta who have regularly offered paid employment to our cooking students.
PRACTICUM EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
There is a required practicum component to this program. The College dictates the legal terms and conditions governing the practicum experience. Failure by the student to accept by way of legal contract and abide by these terms and conditions will result in non-completion of the program.
Prepares grads to write first- and second-year apprenticeship exams in WATS.
| Tuition | Fees | Books & Supplies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | $4,108 | $1,355 | $1,000* |
| Year 2 | $2,370 | $924 | $400* |
