Diploma · Initial professional preparation
Elite Diplôme in Culinary Arts
Culinary Institute Lenôtre (CIL) · Houston campus, Houston · United States
- Official award
- Elite Diplôme in Culinary Arts
- Duration
- 60 weeks, four hours a day, four days a week
- Delivery
- On campus · Full-time
- Tuition
- USD 357see costs below
Award and recognition
Fundamentals of cuisine, master chefs and international cuisine courses with 10 weeks of baking and pastry fundamentals and a 10-week externship.
- Qualification category
- Diploma
- Award status
- Provider-issued awardIssued by the training provider itself. Check separately whether any authority or employer recognises it.
- Awarding body
- Culinary Institute Lenôtre
- Issued by the school
- Yes: the provider issues this award itself
- On completion
- An Elite Diplôme in Culinary Arts.
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Subject
- Culinary arts, Professional cookery
- Entry level
- Entry level not stated
No recognition record is attached to this program. See the school’s recognition section.
Structure and practical training
- Duration
- 60 weeks, four hours a day, four days a week
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the campus.
- Teaching language
- English
Internship and placement
Required internship
An internship or externship is part of the program requirements.
- Published duration
- 10 weeks of externship
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
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 per credit hour, diploma programsTuition · mandatory | USD 357per credit, Catalog Volume XVII | All 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)