Certificate · Initial professional preparation
Core Certificate
Leiths School of Food and Wine · Leiths, Wendell Road, London · United Kingdom
- Official award
- Core Certificate
- Duration
- Full-time 6 weeks; part-time 12 weeks; accelerated 4 weeks
- Delivery
- On campus · Flexible
- Tuition
- GBP 6,950see costs below
Award and recognition
The first of the three certificates of the Leiths Culinary Diploma, covering fundamental kitchen skills, fish and shellfish, bread and baking, meat and poultry, desserts and plant-based cooking.
- Qualification category
- Certificate
- Award status
- Provider-issued awardIssued by the training provider itself. Check separately whether any authority or employer recognises it.
- Awarding body
- Leiths School of Food and Wine
- Issued by the school
- Yes: the provider issues this award itself
- On completion
- The Core Certificate, which leads on to the Professional and Diploma Certificates.
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Subject
- Professional cookery
- Entry level
- Beginners welcome
No recognition record is attached to this program. See the school’s recognition section.
Structure and practical training
- Duration
- Full-time 6 weeks; part-time 12 weeks; accelerated 4 weeks
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the campus.
- Teaching language
- English
Admissions
- Intakes
- Part-time 4 January to 1 April 2027
- Full-time 22 February to 2 April 2027
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Certificate 2026-27Tuition · mandatory | GBP 6,950for the whole program, 2026-27 | All studentsCore teaching, ingredients and some uniform and equipment are stated as included. | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
| Core Certificate September 2027Tuition · mandatory | GBP 7,295for the whole program, September 2027 | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
| Deposit per certificateDeposit · mandatory | GBP 1,000one-time | 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: internship arrangement, 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)