A Fun-filled Introduction to the World of Culinary Arts
School Culinary Program
This foundational program is a great way to learn skills that will stay with you for life, enabling you to support yourself at every stage.
About this Course
Learn how to work with ingredients and flavours, and explore a variety of exciting recipes, from delicious appetisers and main courses to mouth-watering desserts. Our experienced chefs will teach you all about various cooking techniques with a series of hands-on and do-it-yourself lessons.
Experience ICCA Dubai’s pioneering world-class culinary training and discover a new way of learning to cook. This one-of-a-kind program gets you learning in a state-of-the-art professional training kitchen of international industry standards and could open up a whole new world of opportunities for the future.
The School Culinary Program is especially designed to meet the requirements of the CAS (Creativity
Activity Service) and Duke of Edinburgh programs for high school learners, while teaching you essential life skills and paving a pathway to further education in this field. At the end of the course, you will be awarded an ICCA Dubai Certificate in ‘Home Kitchen Skills’.
What you’ll learn
1. Basic knife skills
2. Kitchen hygiene and food safety
3. Understand food and learn various cooking methods
4. Quick and easy recipes for soups, appetisers, main courses and desserts
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
Upon successful completion of the course, all students will receive an ICCA Dubai School Culinary Program – High School Life Skills Program Certificate.
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
The School Culinary Program will cover sixteen (16) lessons of two (2) hours each, to be held every Sunday evening.
These 16 classes comprise 2 classes in Kitchen Essentials + 14 classes in Food Preparation.
Classes will be held every Sunday from 03.00 PM to 05.00 PM.
All classes and training will be conducted in English only.
What You'll Learn
ICCA’s outcome-driven technical vocational educational training (TVET) programs are delivered in state-of-the-art world class training kitchens.
Soups, Appetisers and Sandwiches
Soups, Appetisers and Sandwiches
Eggs, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Eggs, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Poultry, Meat and Seafood
Poultry, Meat and Seafood
Cookies, Biscuits, Cakes, Tarts and Pies
Cookies, Biscuits, Cakes, Tarts and Pies
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Why Choose ICCA for this Course ?
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.
Partnered 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.
Meet the Faculty
Sergio Freitas is known for his love for fusion to create new tastes, flavours and textures, that are not widely expected to be seen or experienced in a surprisingly complementing way. In his over 16 years of honing his knowledge and skills in culinary, he has risen from being a premier emerging chef to becoming a new-age culinary entrepreneur and a seasoned Chef Instructor of repute.
With over eight years of extensive experience in South American Cuisine and Fusion Cuisine, Chef Samuel Momoh has a track record of setting trends beyond the horizon and providing a world-class dining experience.
He is proficient in various cooking techniques and cuisines, with an innate talent for working with ingredients from countries around the world.
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