This professional 2-month hands-on program is designed to equip students, Aspiring chefs and food entrepreneurs with strong foundations in continental cuisine, traditional cuisine, breakfast mastery, seasoning, sauces, pasta, local cuisine, Food costing, Afro fusion, Modern Food presentation, and menu development.
Duration: 2 months
Classes: Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Mode of learning: Physical, Hands on training
INVESTMENT FEE
One-time payment: 830,000 Naira (Best option for students paying in full)
Instalment payment: 850,000 Naira (Available in 2 instalments)
What Your Fee Covers
• Food safety certification (LPTC)
• Professional culinary training
• Professional chef culinary diploma certificate awarded upon completion
• Registration
• Student uniform and Starter kit
• Ingredients throughout the program
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The course combines practical and theoretical learning, helping students develop professional culinary techniques, kitchen confidence, food presentation skills, and industry-standard training required in today's world.
The 8-Week Professional Culinary Diploma Program is also designed for those who want to pursue a professional career in the food industry, open a restaurant, run a food business, or gain deeper knowledge of food costing, menu planning, and kitchen management. It includes everything in the 6-week program plus advanced culinary and business training.
*Come to school, learn properly, and focus on building your skills and career.
FIRST MONTH: ORIENTATION, KNIFE SKILLS - BREAKFAST AND CULINARY FOUNDATIONS.
MODULE 1 - INTRODUCTION TO THE CULINARY WORLD
• Kitchen hygiene and food safety
• HACCP Training
• Culinary terms and mise en place
• Knife skills and vegetable cuts
• Basic cooking methods: boiling, sauteing, blanching, braising, steaming
MODULE 2- Stocks, Soups, and Sauces.
• French stock and broth (white, brown, fish and vegetable)
• Hot and cold Appetizers: lentil soup, fish cake, chicken and corn soup, gazpacho
• Mother sauces: Bechamel, Veloute, Espagnole, Hollandaise and Tomato
• Sauce consistency and finishing.
MODULE 3- GARNISHING TECHNIQUE
• Making different types of puree
• Making different types of Tuile
• Fine Dining Plating Techniques
MODULE 4- CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
• Understanding egg structure and cooking principles
• Breakfast: Continental, English Breakfast 
Pancakes, waffles, French toast, crepes.
MODULE 5 - SALADS AND DRESSING
• Types of salad: vegetable, protein salad and mixed salads.
• Caesar salad, Waldorf , Cobb salad, Pasta salad
• Salad dressing: Vinaigrette, Thousand Island,
MODULE 6- SANDWICHES AND BURGERS
• Making different types of toast and sandwiches: club sandwich, chicken sandwich, veg sandwich
• Different types of wraps and tacos, chicken wraps, and salsa
• Chicken and beef burgers
MONTH 2: AFRO-FUSION, ASIAN, ITALIAN, FOOD BUSINESS
MODULE 7: ASIAN CUISINE
• Making varieties of Asian cuisine, such as Chinese rice, Crispy chicken Bao Bun, Singapore noodles, sweet and sour sauce,
• Shredded beef sauce, General Tso chicken
• Sautée veggies
MODULE 8: GRILLS
• Different types of marinade and spice rub for proteins
• Whole grilled spicy chicken, barbecue fish, crispy chicken kebab, corn on cob,
MODULE 9: POULTRY
• making chicken in different ways
• Chicken roulade, chicken fabrication, chicken nuggets, crispy chicken, Honey-glazed chicken/ lollipop
MODULE 10: AFRO-FUSION
• combination of traditional African ingredients, flavours, and techniques with influences from other global cuisines such as French, Italian, Asian, Mediterranean, and American cooking.
• Yam croquettes with suya aioli, Seared fish fillet with mashed potato or plantain with uziza oil, Ofada risotto with seasonal veggies and chicken
MODULE 11: SMALL CHOPS FROM SCRATCH
• making small chops from scratch
• Puff puff, prawn mayo spring rolls, samosa, mosa, money bag, corn dogs, sticky chicken wings, vegetable spring roll
MODULE 12: ITALIAN CUISINE
• Pasta dishes: Alfredo, carbonara, lasagna, pesto genovese, Bolognese, stir fry pasta
MODULE 13: FOOD COSTING AND BUSINESS
• Learning how to cost your food for customers and clients , How to plan your menu, How to start and grow a profitable food business . Menu Design.
• Pricing strategy