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Professional Culinary courses

The best formative experience of your life

Culinary arts training programs for those who want to create, innovate and transcend the gastronomic challenges of the 21st century. #CookingTomorrow

Professor teaching cooking to a student in a professional cooking course at the CIB

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UNIQUE METHODOLOGY

Specifically created to develop your creativity and boost the skills and attitudes of the 21st century.

+150

PROFESSORS

The best, most passionate and active teachers in each specialty that will become lifelong mentors.

+80%

INTERNATIONAL PROFILE

You’ll live the best formative experience of your life with a multitude of entrepreneurs from around the world.

Culinary courses

Choose your path

Student to be a chef cooking a dish in the kitchen

I want to start

PCAC

Haute Cuisine Chef Diploma

For people who want to work in professional kitchens, develop their creativity and innovate with an eye to the future.

1,352

Hours

11

Months

Full

Time

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Student of the CIB professional pastry and confectionery course making bombons

I want to start

PEC·D1

Professional Pastry and Baking Course

First level of our master PCD · Pastry Chef Diploma

For the next generation of professionals who want to learn about pastry, baking and chocolate to complete their chef’s training, or enter the world of 21st century sweet cuisine.

230

Hours

3

Months

Part

Time

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Student of the postgraduate course in healthy cooking plating

I want to specialize

PEC·H

Integrative Healthy Cooking

For those who want to lead kitchens and break the conceptual barriers surrounding diets from a healthy eating perspective.

230

Hours

3

Months

Part

Time

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Chef cooking with in the Advanced Culinary Technique Course

I want to specialize

PEC·T

Advanced Culinary Techniques

Molecular Cuisine, Fire and Low Temperatures

For chefs who want to take a leap in their gastronomic career by mastering the technique and technology of avant-garde cuisine.

330

Hours

3

Months

Part

Time

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Pastry chef professional pastry postgraduate CIB

I want to specialize

PEC·D2

Advanced Pastry and Chocolate Postgraduate Course

Second level of our master PCD · Pastry Chef Diploma

For chefs who want to apply advanced techniques to pastry and chocolate making and boost creativity and innovation.

230

Hours

3

Months

Part

Time

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Two executive chef students debating

I want to lead

ECD

Executive Chef Diploma

For chefs who want to take their professional career to the next level by specializing in managing multiple kitchens in international restaurants and hotels.

160

Hours

6

Weeks

Full

Time

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Two executive chef students debating

I want to start a business

DCS

Enterpeneurchef Program

Design, Creation and Strategy of restaurant businesses

For all people who want to create, design and/or update their restaurant proposal.

410

Hours

3.5

Months

Full

Time

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Candidate chef presenting a gastronomic elaboration.

I want it all

GDC

Gran Chef Diploma

This combined program includes the Haute Cuisine Chef Diploma, a culinary specialization and a directive postgraduate, which allows you to obtain a 360º vision and professional mastery of cooking in the 21st century.

2,150

Hours

20

Months

Full

Time

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Student with a cake in the CIB pastry chef course.

I want it all

PCD

Pastry Chef Diploma

Our most ambicious pastry program. For anyone who wants to kick start their career in professional pastry making, learning everything from the basics to the highest level of specialization.

988

Hours

9

Months

Full

Time

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Student plating in the CIB professional healthy cooking course.

I want it all

SCD

Specialist Chef Diploma

For those who want to be a professional chef and specialize in a particular technique or trend in order to increase their professional opportunities.

2,156

Hours

17

Months

Full

Time

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Students of the executive chef course making a presentation CIB

I want it all

MCD

Manager Chef Diploma

For those who are oriented to combine the job of a professional chef with the creation or management of restaurants. Depending on whether you want to start or lead a gastronomic business, you can choose the itinerary that best suits your professional goals.

2,070

Hours

15.5

Months

Full

Time

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Alumnos del curso de chef ejecutivo haciendo una presentación CIB

I want it all

MTC

Metachef Diploma

Our largest combined program that includes EVERYTHING

4,512

Hours

41

Months

Full

Time

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CIB Methodology

In our style

We love difference, because we know that in order to make things better, first of all they need to change.

Students in a creativity and innovation workshop at the Culinary Institute of Barcelona
  • Student-centered

    Everything at the CIB is designed with you in mind. Our facilities, methodology, content, teachers and even our selection of students.

  • Goal Based

    Product, technique and context are the three cornerstones of your culinary training. Your evaluation is based on how you overcome the periodic challenges that you will set as your objectives.

  • Teamwork

    You will work alongside students of different nationalities, cultures and personal goals in rotating and diverse groups.

  • Experiential

    Not only will you learn about culinary art and techniques, at the CIB you will also receive training to enhance your attitudes and develop the skills that will increase your chances of success in the 21st century.

If you think that a culinary school should teach you how to reproduce recipes, this isn’t the school for you. If we did that, we would simply be teaching you to copy what other chefs have already created.

At the CIB, we believe that chefs should know how to incorporate products using different techniques that suit the context at hand. That’s why we apply our own teaching methodology to our on-site culinary arts courses, providing you with knowledge from these three perspectives: knowledge of the product, technology and context, so that any student trained at the CIB knows how to handle and manage any situation.

This new way of teaching allows our students to learn much more. Our aim is for them to be able to think, create, develop and innovate in order to transform 21st century gastronomy into a responsible sector.

Benefits of being a CIBerSon

CIBer

Cibers, students of the Culinary Institute of Barcelona cooking.

[ Attitude ]

CIBers

Being a CIBer means being ready for tomorrow. They are united by this forward-thinking attitude and their goal of impacting the future by enhancing their surroundings.

The CIB is just the beginning

  • Job opportunities

    CIB alumni have access to our job bank called "I want a CIBer". The CIB is a guarantee of talent for restaurants, hotels and food companies.

  • Entrepreneurship

    We nurture the talent that comes from our classrooms. We are surrounded by great professionals who will know how to accompany you in the initial stages of your projects.

  • Events

    The CIB organizes and hosts many events, and you, as a student or alumnus, will always be more than welcome.

  • Networking

    When you finish your course, besides the knowledge you will have acquired, you’ll also have gained countless contacts of talented students from across the world, as well as your teachers. It will be up to you to make the most of them.

  • The next generation of teachers

    We keep an eye out for talent and nurture that which emerges from our classrooms. Sometimes we have the honor of incorporating this talent into our team.

  • Your continuous education

    CIBers will always have privileged access to our continuous education programs under the best conditions, including our postgraduate programs.

  • Use of the facilities

    The CIB will be available for you to accelerate your ideas, give your presentations or propose an activity whenever you need it.

Culinary Campus

Designed to be the best formative experience of your life.

One of the 3 culinary classrooms of the Culinary Institute of Barcelona.

[ Learning by doing ]

3 Cooking Classrooms

Three kitchens equipped with the latest technology

[ Participative inspiration ]

2 Amphitheatres

Two digitized theaters where you can download content directly onto your mobile device.

One of the two digitized amphitheaters at the Culinary Institute of Barcelona.
Students working on lateral skills in the active classroom.

[ Creative Colaboration ]

Active Classroom

A work space with capacity for 64 people with the objective of being a symbiotic tool between the activity, the people and the context.