Improve your microbiome for better digestion
Gut Health and Digestive Wellness
Nearly 70 percent of your immune system is housed in your gut, so ensuring your digestive system is functioning optimally is the key to good health.
About This Program
Your gut health – how well you digest, absorb and metabolise nutrients, and eliminate waste – is essential to your overall health and vitality. This workshop is aimed to provide an understanding of digestion, give you an overview of different digestive conditions, and teach you how to incorporate foods to specifically address such conditions. You will also gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between gut bacteria and health, and show you how to incorporate fermented foods into your meals.
Your Culinary Career In 90 Days
In 90 days of intensive hands-on, industry-centered, and outcome-driven training, you’ll gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence necessary to take the real culinary world by storm.
About Placement
The ICCA Professional Diploma Program doesn’t just teach—it transforms.
The ICCA Way of training that inculcates the 5 Ps for success – Passion, Perseverance, Performance, Perfection, and Persistence, ensures that you are international industry-ready with the information, knowledge, skills, exposure, experience, discipline, and the attitude to seamlessly integrate, effectively deliver and excel.
With 100% placement upon graduation, ICCA graduates are ahead by over two years compared to their peers.
Qualifications and Outcome
Industry Work Experience Placement (IWEP) Program
The IWEP Program is separate and in addition to the intensive on-campus guided learning and training.
The IWEP arrangements are in the form of either regular employment to begin with, or an industry internship generally of 6 to 12 months’ duration, successful completion of which would lead the student chef to a regular work placement.
Course Delivery
Workshop comprises theory and hands-on practical sessions, delivered over eight (8) guided learning hours held over one (1) day from 08.30 am to 04.30 pm.
What You’ll Learn In This Program?
ICCA’s outcome-driven technical vocational educational training (TVET) programs are delivered in state-of-the-art world class training kitchens.
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Why Choose ICCA for This Program?
State-of-The-Art Facility
A purpose-built campus set for worldclass culinary learning with designs that resonate with a sense of harmony, balance, identity, and absolute attention to detail are aimed to make your experience at ICCA truly memorable.
Multi-Award Winning
As the leading culinary school in the Middle East, ICCA Dubai is internationally renowned as an icon for worldclass culinary education with several prestigious national, international awards and recognitions to its credit.
International, All-Star Faculty
A diverse and international industry-experienced academic faculty certified by the City & Guilds, UK, focus on providing personalized attention for an enhanced education and training experience.
Partnerships With the World’s Best
Strategic partnerships with world-leading original equipment manufacturers and ingredient suppliers for international industry standard learning.
Distinct Cutting-edge Delivery
Learning delivered by top-of-the-line Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Student Management System (SMS) based on the proprietary ICCA ought-to-know and industry-relevant knowledge.
Industry Internships and Work Placements
Get assured job opportunities with leading hospitality brands from the UAE and around the world with ICCA’s IWEP program, offering seamless industry integration.
Fees & Payment
ICCA Dubai’s IWP (Industry Internship / Work Experience Placement) Program is an industry integration initiative specially designed for students wishing to join the industry as Professional Chefs by way of regular employment or an internship leading to work placement.
The IWP Program is separately conducted in addition to the 620 hours of intensive on-campus guided learning and training, which comprise our Professional Program.
The IWP arrangements are in the form of either regular employment to begin with, or an industry internship generally of 6 to 12 months’ duration, successful completion of which would lead the student chef to a regular work placement.
Fees may be paid in AED by Cash, Cheque, Credit / Debit Cards, by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) or through the Secured Payment Gateway provided in this website to ICCA Dubai, as convenient and applicable
Convenient Installment Plan is available for Local / UAE Admissions.The first installment is to be paid at the time of admission and the balance installment payment is required to be secured by a Post Dated Cheque (PDC).
International students are required to pay fees in advance to secure admission, hostel reservation and the UAE Visa.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Health and Wellness Workshops serve as general primer to understand different health conditions and how to cook with whole foods and unprocessed ingredients. We do not dispense any medical advice and recommend you discuss with your healthcare provider prior to making dietary changes. We also do not recommend stopping any prescribed medications or replacing them with other foods/recipes without the advice of a qualified doctor, medical practitioner or healthcare provider.
The Health and Wellness Workshops are not exclusively vegetarian or vegan. However, they are focused on showcasing plant-forward recipes.
Yes, the following are the minimum entry requirements more specifically for the Professional Program -
English Language - You are required to have a working proficiency in the English language, (equivalent to an IELTS score of 5.5) as it is the medium of instruction is in the English language.
Minimum Education - Should have Passed Year 12 or equivalent.
Minimum Age - 16 years for Residents of the UAE and 18 years for international student admissions.
Medical Fitness - Must pass a medical examination for Hepatitis B, Tuberculosis (TB), AIDS / HIV, Leprosy, and Syphilis.
The classes are a combination of classroom lectures and demonstrations in ICCA Dubai’s award-winning training kitchen.
The practical component of the workshops takes place in our central kitchen lab. Therefore, we regret that we cannot accommodate students with severe food allergies at this time, due to the possibility of cross-contamination.
The Health and Wellness Workshops are for anyone looking to build their confidence in the kitchen and learn new skills in crafting healthy recipes and making nutritious diet plans. These classes can serve as a preventive health measure and are also suitable for caregivers.
