Diploma · Initial professional preparation
Culinary Management (Co-op)
Conestoga College · Waterloo Campus, Waterloo · Canada
- Official award
- Ontario College Diploma
- Duration
- 2 years
- Delivery
- Hybrid · Full-time
- Tuition
- CAD 2,749.92see costs below
Award and recognition
A two-year hybrid-delivery culinary diploma covering kitchen operations, baking, menu costing and food entrepreneurship, with a paid four-month co-op term.
- Qualification category
- Diploma
- Award status
- Vocational qualificationA vocational qualification listed in a national system or issued by a national awarding body.
- Awarding body
- Conestoga College
- Issued by the school
- No: awarded by another body
- On completion
- An Ontario College Diploma from Conestoga College.
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Subject
- Culinary arts, Culinary management
- Entry level
- Beginners welcome
No recognition record is attached to this program. See the school’s recognition section.
Structure and practical training
- Duration
- 2 years
- Delivery
- HybridPart online and part in person. A hybrid program is never described as fully online.
- Teaching language
- English
Internship and placement
Optional internship
An internship is available but not required.
- Published duration
- four-month co-op term
- Paid or unpaid
- Paid
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.
Admissions
- Intakes
- September 2027 (Waterloo, listed open)
- January 2027 (Waterloo, listed suspended)
Source quote partly matched; being reviewed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TuitionTuition · mandatory | CAD 2,749.92per year, 2026-27 | Domestic students | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
| TuitionTuition · mandatory | CAD 15,476.78per year, 2026-27 | International students | 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: teaching and practical hours, 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)