Diploma · Initial professional preparation
Curso de Chef de Alta Cocina (Diploma Chef de Alta Cocina)
High Cuisine Chef Diploma (PCAC)
Culinary Institute of Barcelona (CIB) · Culinary Institute of Barcelona, Barcelona · Spain
- Official award
- Diploma Chef de Alta Cocina
- Duration
- 1.326 horas (11 o 14 meses), Full Time
- Delivery
- On campus · Full-time
- Tuition
- EUR 26,620see costs below
Award and recognition
Intensive professional cookery programme covering product, technology, creativity, lateral and leadership skills, followed by supervised restaurant placements.
- 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 of Barcelona
- Issued by the school
- Yes: the provider issues this award itself
- On completion
- CIB diploma (private provider qualification) and entry to its combined programmes such as the two-year Gran Diploma Chef.
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Subject
- Professional cookery, Culinary arts
- Entry level
- Beginners welcome
No recognition record is attached to this program. See the school’s recognition section.
Structure and practical training
- Duration
- 1.326 horas (11 o 14 meses), Full Time
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the campus.
- Teaching language
- Spanish
- Published teaching hours
- 1,326 hours
- Note on hours
- Total hours as published; includes the 3 or 6 month placement according to the 11 or 14 month options (not itemised).
Source quote partly matched; being reviewed.
Internship and placement
School-arranged placement
The school arranges the placement for students.
- Published duration
- 3 o 6 meses de prácticas tuteladas en restaurantes
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
- Minimum age
- 18
- Experience
- Previous academic preparation is not considered; admissions committee evaluation after an application form and interview.
- Language requirements
- Classes mostly in Spanish with English support and live-translation visual aid; free Spanish classes.
- Interview
- Yes, evaluation interview with the admissions committee.
- Application materials
- Admission form
- Intakes
- Enero 2027
- Mayo 2027
- Septiembre 2027
- Official application
- Application and instructions
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Programme price, January 2027 intakeTuition · mandatory | EUR 26,620for the whole program, January 2027 intake | All studentsPrice includes knife set, uniform and equipment, all raw materials, activities and graduation ceremony. | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
| Programme price, May 2027 intake (early-enrolment -10%)Tuition · mandatory | EUR 23,958for the whole program, May 2027 intake, early-enrolment offer | 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: 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)