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7 courses

Hospitality, Culinary & Tourism

Vancouver Island’s tourism season demands trained hospitality staff every year. Our teaching kitchen, bakery and mock hotel desk let you practise service under realistic time pressure.

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Choose your hospitality & culinary course

All 7 courses run for 12 weeks and are delivered in-person training at our Nanaimo campus.

Commercial Cookery

Knife skills, stocks, sauces and line cooking in a working teaching kitchen.

  • Execute core cooking methods to a consistent professional standard
  • Run a kitchen station through a timed service
  • Produce mother sauces and derivative sauces from scratch
  • Cost a menu item and calculate food cost percentage

Leads to roles like

  • Line cook
  • Prep cook
  • Kitchen assistant

Baking & Pastry Arts

Breads, viennoiserie, pastry and desserts in a dedicated bakery workshop.

  • Produce a range of yeast-raised and laminated products
  • Work confidently from a formula using baker’s percentage
  • Prepare and finish cakes, tarts and plated desserts
  • Plan a morning bakery production schedule

Leads to roles like

  • Baker’s assistant
  • Pastry commis
  • Café bakery staff

Hotel & Front Office Operations

Reservations, check-in, guest recovery and property management systems.

  • Process reservations, arrivals and departures on a PMS
  • Resolve a guest complaint using a structured recovery approach
  • Coordinate with housekeeping and maintenance effectively
  • Complete daily front-office reporting

Leads to roles like

  • Front desk agent
  • Reservations agent
  • Guest services associate

Food Safety & Kitchen Management

FOODSAFE-aligned hygiene, HACCP principles, ordering and cost control.

  • Write a basic HACCP-based food safety plan
  • Run a stock control and rotation system
  • Calculate food cost percentage and identify waste
  • Train and supervise staff on hygiene routines

Leads to roles like

  • Kitchen supervisor trainee
  • Food safety coordinator
  • Catering supervisor

Barista & Café Operations

Espresso craft, milk texturing, latte art and running a café shift.

  • Dial in a grinder and pull consistent espresso shots
  • Texture milk and pour standard latte art patterns
  • Open, run and close a café shift independently
  • Maintain and clean espresso equipment correctly

Leads to roles like

  • Barista
  • Café supervisor trainee
  • Coffee shop assistant

Culinary Arts

Technique, flavour and presentation across classical and modern cooking.

  • Execute classical techniques to a consistent standard
  • Build and balance flavour deliberately
  • Plate to a professional visual standard
  • Develop and cost an original menu

Leads to roles like

  • Commis chef
  • Chef de partie trainee
  • Private chef assistant

Professional Chef

Running a section, leading a brigade and managing a kitchen to profit.

  • Run a kitchen section through a full service
  • Cost a menu to a target gross profit
  • Lead and train junior kitchen staff
  • Own food safety compliance for a section

Leads to roles like

  • Chef de partie
  • Sous chef trainee
  • Kitchen manager

Applications are open for October 2026

Twelve weeks, in person, on the tools. Submit your application in about fifteen minutes — no documents to upload.

12 weeks · In-person training · Study permit not required — attend on a visitor visa