1st Year Certificate Course (Silwood Cordons Bleus Certificate)

Classic cooking methods and techniques for professional kitchens (hot kitchen, pastry kitchen, confectionery and sugar craft), plus baking, nutrition, wines of South Africa, food purchasing and costing, hygiene and safety, and workplace training.

Qualification category

Certificate

Award status

Provider-issued awardIssued by the training provider itself. Check separately whether any authority or employer recognises it.

Awarding body

Silwood School of CookeryStudents also sit City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Food Preparation and Culinary Arts units listed on the course page.

Issued by the school

Yes: the provider issues this award itself

On completion

Silwood Cordons Bleus Certificate and the City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Food Preparation and Culinary Arts units listed (8064-241, 8064-207, 8064-240); eligibility to continue to the Silwood Diplome year.

Purpose

Initial professional preparation

Subject

Culinary arts, Professional cookery, Baking & pastry · French, International cuisine

Entry level

Beginners welcome

• Stated by the schoolDHET / QCTO (Occupational Certificate: Chef, SAQA ID 101697)Qualification listing

  Reference: SAQA 101697

  Scope: School states DHET registration and QCTO accreditation for NQF Level 5, ID 101697. SAQA register record 101697 (Occupational Certificate: Chef, NQF Level 05) was fetched and shows registration end date 2025-12-30, last date for enrolment 2026-12-30, last date for achievement 2029-12-30; Silwood's own accreditation to offer it was not found on a register.

• Verified in official recordSouth African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)Qualification listing

  Reference: SAQA 101697

  Scope: The qualification the school cites exists on the SAQA register (NQF Level 05, OQSF, CATHSSETA originator). This confirms the qualification record only, not that Silwood is accredited to deliver it.

• Stated by the schoolCity & Guilds (London)Quality mark

  Scope: City & Guilds qualification units listed on the course page; no City & Guilds centre record was fetched.

Duration

One year, full-time

Delivery

On campusTaught at the campus.

Teaching language

English

Prior education

School leavers certificate (grade 12 or equivalent), no specific subjects; applicants over 18 without grade 12 but with significant industry experience may be considered

Minimum age

18

Experience

No specific experience stated

Entry route

Enquiry form, application form and fee structure by request; no closing date for applications, but only 56 first-year students are accepted each year and a waiting list follows. Non-South African residents must obtain a student visa; foreign applications close at the end of September each year.

Intakes

• 2027 intake (Apply NOW for 2027!)

Official application

Application and instructions

Source quote partly matched; being reviewed.

The school does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask the school for current fees, what they include and the fee category that applies to you.

• Student finance via Student Hero Loan

  Basis not stated

  Subject to eligibility with the finance facilitator

  Source

Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, internship arrangement, teaching and practical hours.