Certificate · Initial professional preparation
Holistic Chef Program (online with externship)
Bauman College · United States
- Official award
- Holistic Chef Program
- Duration
- 12 months
- Delivery
- Online · Flexible
- Tuition
- USD 17,950see costs below
Award and recognition
Culinary techniques, alternative and health-supportive ingredients, pastry and alternative baking, and business skills, with live interactive lessons and an externship.
- Qualification category
- Certificate
- Award status
- Provider-issued awardIssued by the training provider itself. Check separately whether any authority or employer recognises it.
- Awarding body
- Bauman College (National Holistic Institute)Page states Bauman College partnered with National Holistic Institute in 2020 and its programs are approved through NHI's accreditation.
- Issued by the school
- Yes: the provider issues this award itself
- On completion
- A Holistic Chef program completion (certificate programs per the site).
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Subject
- Culinary arts, Plant-based
- Entry level
- Entry level not stated
Stated by the schoolAccrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET), via National Holistic InstituteAccreditation
Scope: Holistic Chef and Nutrition Consultant programs approved through ACCET as part of NHI (as stated by the school)
Structure and practical training
- Duration
- 12 months
- Delivery
- OnlineCoursework is delivered online. Practical kitchen work may still need your own kitchen, equipment or a campus visit; see the online details.
- Teaching language
- English
- Published teaching hours
- 800 hours
- Note on hours
- Total hours to complete, as published.
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Internship and placement
Required internship
An internship or externship is part of the program requirements.
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.
How the online or hybrid delivery works
Online coursework does not mean no physical practice. These are the published practical requirements.
- Coursework
- Online coursework with live interactive lessons and small classes; kitchen courses include knife skills and culinary techniques.
- Teaching format
- Live and recorded
- Home-kitchen practical work
- Kitchen courses completed by the student; a Specialty Ingredient Pantry Kit of hard-to-find items is supplied.
- Equipment you need
- A digital device is required; an optional device can be bought through tuition.
- Ingredient costs
- Common ingredients sourced locally by the student.
- Internship
- Externship is part of the program.
Admissions
- Prior education
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Intakes
- Holistic Chef Program start 11.17.26 (last 2026 start per the site banner).
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition (100% online + industry externship)Tuition · mandatory | USD 17,950for the whole program | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
| Registration feeMandatory extra · mandatory | USD 200one-time | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
| Books & suppliesMandatory extra · mandatory | USD 993for the whole program | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
| ServSafe certification feeMandatory extra · mandatory | USD 15one-time | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
| Digital device included in tuition (optional)Optional extra · optional | USD 850one-time | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
Funding
Sources and verification
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)