Diploma · Initial professional preparation
Leiths Culinary Diploma
Leiths School of Food and Wine · Leiths, Wendell Road, London · United Kingdom
- Official award
- Leiths Culinary Diploma
- Duration
- Not published
- Delivery
- On campus · Flexible
- Tuition
- GBP 24,850see costs below
Award and recognition
A three-certificate pathway (Core, Professional, Diploma) in professional cookery and food, available full-time, part-time or accelerated.
- Qualification category
- Diploma
- 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 Leiths Culinary Diploma on completion of all three 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
- Not published
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the campus.
- Teaching language
- English
Internship and placement
School-arranged placement
The school arranges the placement for students.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full Culinary Diploma (all three certificates) 2026-27Tuition · mandatory | GBP 24,850for the whole program, 2026-27 | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
| Full Culinary Diploma September 2027Tuition · mandatory | GBP 25,885for the whole program, September 2027 | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
| Deposit for the full DiplomaDeposit · mandatory | GBP 3,000one-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.
Funding
Bursaries for January 2027 Culinary Diploma Bursary
Basis not stated
Details to be confirmed by Leiths
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: teaching and practical hours.
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)