Diploma · Initial professional preparation
Corso Superiore di Cucina Italiana
Advanced Course in Italian Cuisine
ALMA - Scuola Internazionale di Cucina Italiana · ALMA - Reggia di Colorno, Colorno · Italy
- Official award
- Diploma di Cuoco Professionista di Cucina Italiana
- Duration
- 5 mesi in ALMA+5 mesi di stage
- Delivery
- On campus · Full-time
- Tuition
- EUR 22,000see costs below
Award and recognition
Intensive classroom and kitchen training in Italian cuisine, fine dining, restaurant pastry and bread, wine pairing and kitchen management/food cost, followed by a stage.
- Qualification category
- Diploma
- Award status
- Provider-issued awardIssued by the training provider itself. Check separately whether any authority or employer recognises it.
- Awarding body
- ALMA (school-issued diploma)The page also states a regional Certificato di Qualifica Professionale "Tecnico della produzione pasti" is obtained, issued after formal request to the public administration once a minimum number of participants is reached.
- Issued by the school
- Yes: the provider issues this award itself
- On completion
- ALMA diploma for professional cook of Italian cuisine after the final exam; a regional professional qualification certificate is described as obtainable.
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Subject
- Professional cookery, Cuisine-specific · Italian cuisine
- Entry level
- Some experience expected
Stated by the schoolRegione Emilia-RomagnaAccreditation
Scope: Accredited body for higher training (formazione superiore), as stated by the school
Structure and practical training
- Duration
- 5 mesi in ALMA+5 mesi di stage
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the campus.
- Teaching language
- Italian
- Published teaching hours
- 320 hours
- Note on hours
- Regional qualification relates to 320 hours of classroom training plus 180 hours of stage, as part of the overall course hours.
- Final project or exam
- Final exam (Esame Finale) required to receive the diploma.
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Internship and placement
Required internship
An internship or externship is part of the program requirements.
- Published duration
- 5 mesi di stage
No placement is guaranteed unless the school states so. Restaurant names or logos on a school’s site do not prove a current training partnership.
Admissions
- Experience
- At least one of: hotel-school diploma (cookery), 3rd-year hotel-school qualification plus 2 years kitchen experience, 4th-year vocational-centre qualification (entry test), minimum 2 years kitchen experience, or ALMA Tecniche di Cucina course.
- Intakes
- 72ª Edizione - 24 Novembre 2026
- Official application
- Application and instructions
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Costs
Original currency is authoritative. Tuition, mandatory extras and accommodation are shown separately and never converted or added together for you.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course fee (taxes and tool kit included)Tuition · mandatory | EUR 22,000for the whole program, 72nd edition, starts 2026-11-24 | All studentsTaxes and charges and the tool kit are included. | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
No mandatory extras (uniform, knife kit, ingredients, equipment, examination fees) are published for this program. Ask the school what is not included in the tuition.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: funding.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 16 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. How verification works.
Sources (checked 16 October 2026)