Diploma · Initial professional preparation
Grand Diplôme (Mutfak + Pastacılık)
Grand Diplôme (Cuisine and Pâtisserie)
Le Cordon Bleu Istanbul · Özyeğin University Çekmeköy Campus, Istanbul · Türkiye
- Official award
- Grand Diplôme
- Duration
- 3 terms, 33 weeks
- Delivery
- On campus · Full-time
- Tuition
- TRY 2,150,000see costs below
Award and recognition
Classical training in both cuisine and pâtisserie; the Diplôme de Cuisine and Diplôme de Pâtisserie can be completed simultaneously within about nine months.
- Qualification category
- Diploma
- Award status
- Provider-issued awardIssued by the training provider itself. Check separately whether any authority or employer recognises it.
- Awarding body
- Le Cordon Bleu
- Issued by the school
- Yes: the provider issues this award itself
- On completion
- The Le Cordon Bleu Grand Diplôme, awarded to students who complete both the Diplôme de Cuisine and Diplôme de Pâtisserie.
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Subject
- Culinary arts, Baking & pastry, Pâtisserie · French cuisine
- Entry level
- Beginners welcome
No recognition record is attached to this program. See the school’s recognition section.
Structure and practical training
- Duration
- 3 terms, 33 weeks
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the campus.
- Teaching language
- English
- Published teaching hours
- 900 hours
- Note on hours
- 30 hours per week.
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Internship and placement
Optional internship
An internship is available but not required.
- Geographic restrictions
- Only Turkish citizens with a diploma grade of 85 or higher are offered internships; no placement guarantee is given.
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
- No kitchen experience required
- Language requirements
- English at a level to follow classes is required; no English proficiency exam is mandatory.
- Entry route
- Applications are reviewed by an admissions committee.
- Intakes
- Winter term: 1 February 2027 (orientation and hygiene training 29 January 2027)
- Start terms listed: Winter - Spring - Summer - Autumn
- Deadlines
- Ödemeler eğitim programının başlamasından en geç 6 hafta önce tam olarak yatırılmalıdır. (2027)
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Diplôme, Turkish citizensTuition · mandatory | TRY 2,150,000for the whole program | Domestic studentsT.C. (Turkish) citizens' tuitionScholarship price for eligible Turkish citizens is 1,612,500 TL. | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
| Grand Diplôme, foreign nationalsTuition · mandatory | USD 51,000for the whole program | International students | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
| Pre-registration payment (Grand Diplôme)Deposit · mandatory | TRY 40,000one-time | All studentsPayment to reserve a place; non-refundable, valid for the next term. | 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.
Funding
Le Cordon Bleu Istanbul scholarship (Turkish citizens only) Scholarship
Competitive · Scholarship prices published per programme
Turkish citizens only; scholarship request on the detailed application form, interview, and admissions committee decision. The scholarship price excludes knife and kitchen equipment sets and chef uniforms.
Instalment options Payment plan
Basis not stated
Credit card instalments (2-12) via iyzico, and Fibabanka overdraft or loan options, as listed
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)