Certificate · Initial professional preparation
Professional Cook 1 Plus
Vancouver Community College - Culinary Arts · Canada
- Official award
- Certificate
- Duration
- 32 weeks
- Delivery
- On campus · Full-time
- Tuition
- CAD 4,288see costs below
Award and recognition
A 32-week certificate in professional cooking delivered in service kitchens and classrooms covering stocks, soups, meat, seafood, poultry, garde manger, baking techniques, butchery, catering and cafe service.
- Qualification category
- Certificate
- Award status
- Vocational qualificationA vocational qualification listed in a national system or issued by a national awarding body.
- Awarding body
- Vancouver Community College
- Issued by the school
- No: awarded by another body
- On completion
- A VCC Professional Cook 1 Plus certificate.
- 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
- 32 weeks
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the campus.
- Teaching language
- English
Admissions
- Prior education
- Composition 10 and Workplace Math 10 (or equivalent); valid Food Safe Level 1 certificate.
- Minimum age
- 16
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition (domestic, approximate)Tuition · mandatory | CAD 4,288for the whole program | Domestic 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)