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Diploma in Cookery (Advanced)
Diploma in Cookery (Advanced)

Diploma in Cookery (Advanced)

  • ID:SIT640170
  • Level:2-Year Undergraduate Diploma
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Admission Requirements

Entry requirements:

  • Entry into the New Zealand Diploma in Cookery (Advanced) (Level 5) with strands in Cookery will be granted to applicants who:
  • Have successfully completed the New Zealand Certificate in Cookery (Level 4), or
  • The National Certificate in Hospitality (Cookery) (Level 4), or
  • An equivalent programme of study
  • Applicants may be required to attend an interview, or if they live some distance from the campus, complete a telephone interview. Applicants must produce copies of applicable supporting certificates and/or evidence of prior achievements prior to interviews.

English requirements:

  • Applicants from countries with an annual student visa approval rate of at least 80 percent, whose first language is not English, or who come from a country where the language of instruction in schools is not English, are required to provide evidence of having passed an NZQA approved English Proficiency Assessment, or one of the following tests of English language competence in accordance with the NZQA rules below:
  • IELTS test - Academic score of 5.5 with no band score lower than 5
  • TOEFL Paper based test (pBT) - Score of 550 (with an essay score of 5 TWE)
  • TOEFL Internet based test (iBT) - Score of 46 (with a writing score of 14)
  • Cambridge English Examination - B2 First or B2 First for schools with a score of 162. No less than 154 in each skill
  • OET - Minimum of Grade C or 200 in all sub-tests
  • NZCEL - a) Expiring Level b) Current: a) Level 4 (General) or (Workplace) b) Level 4 (General) or (Employment)
  • Pearson Test of English (Academic) - PTE (Academic) score of 42 with no band score lower than 36
  • Language Cert - B2 Communicator IESOL (LRWS) with HIGH PASS and no less than Pass in each skill
  • Trinity ISE - ISE II with no less than merit in any band

Course Information

Enhance your employment opportunities in commercial kitchens with the New Zealand Diploma in Cookery (Advanced) Level 5. 

This qualification will give you the credentials needed to advance into senior positions in the kitchen and develop your impressive culinary capabilities further.

You will learn:

  • Kitchen Management
  • Larder production
  • Food Preparation
  • Menu Design and Delivery

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Compulsory

  • 16895 Demonstrate knowledge of purchasing and stores management in a hospitality environment.
  • 22032 Develop a maintenance schedule in the hospitality industry
  • 27935 Apply staffing strategies to achieve service delivery outcomes for operational roles in a service delivery organisation
  • 27936 Manage operating procedures and compliance requirements to meet service delivery outcomes.
  • 27938 Manage staff to meet service delivery outcomes.
  • NDC501 Larder Production
  • NDC502 Food Preparation
  • NDC503 Menu Design
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Pre Courses

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

The purpose of this qualification is:

  • To provide competent employees for the hospitality sector who are able to work as chefs in senior positions producing advanced dishes in a professional kitchen
  • To provide for those individuals who are employed as chefs in senior positions, a credential that will enhance their employment opportunities in a professional kitchen, across the hospitality sector
  • To establish standards of professional practice for advanced cookery that can provide customers with confidence in a range of hospitality environments

The strand in this qualification allows graduates to have advanced general cookery skills.

This programme leads to employment opportunities in the hospitality industry in fine dining restaurants and commercial kitchens, including specialist and commercial catering. Graduates may also progress to further study in hospitality management at degree level.

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

Medical insurance - NZD $600 per year

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