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PCAC

Haute Cuisine Chef Diploma

This diploma in culinary arts is for those with a creative and innovative vision of the future, who want to turn their love for everything culinary into a profession.

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Introduction to the professional chef course

It's not enough to be a chef.

Here we train chefs for the 21st century.

The gastronomy sector is changing and evolving at an unstoppable pace.

New market trends, respect for the product, entrepreneurship, leadership in restaurant businesses, a forward-thinking outlook and our responsible impact on sustainability make up the DNA of the program that trains the next generation of chefs.

People from around the world decide to transform their lives by taking the haute cuisine chef diploma for all different reasons, whether they are starting out in their culinary career, re-training after years of working in the industry, or changing career paths to become a chef or culinary entrepreneur.

The Culinary Institute of Barcelona's chef course is arguably the most up-to-date and impactful culinary arts program in the world and offers our students a radical transformation of their professional trajectory. In just a few short weeks, our students are capable of creating things that no one has ever done before, not just because of the in-depth knowledge they acquire about the product, the technology or the context, but because we focus our entire educational model on inspiring creativity and culinary innovation.

The program fosters the development of lateral skills, such as managing oneself, others and businesses; it teaches students how to lead, communicate and use storytelling to create memorable dining experiences; it enhances their social and professional attitudes to strengthen their leadership in the kitchen, all of which is taught in an evolutionary and cross-disciplinary way through challenges that put our students and their skills to the test. It is an intensive and focused program that prepares you to enter the professional world after just eight months of classes and three or six months of supervised internships in restaurants. An educational experience within the CIB's characteristic international ecosystem in the city of Barcelona, one of the gastronomic capitals of the world and the number one choice for studying cooking.

Taught by more than 70 renowned leaders in international cuisine, this program is the gateway to the CIB's combined programs. This diploma in professional culinary arts will help you lay the foundations of professional cooking upon which you can continue your build your training and enjoy incredible results.

The following combined programs include the PCAC - Haute Cuisine Chef Diploma:
  1. GDC - Grand Chef Diploma: Our 2-year most demanded career to become a chef with a global understanding of how kitchens operate by choosing from a variety of specialization courses and management options.
  2. SCD - Specialist Chef Diploma: For those who want to start their career in culinary arts and specialize in the technique or trend of their choice in order to increase their professional opportunities.
  3. MND - Manager Diploma: For those who want to lead professional kitchens with a 360º understanding of the gastronomic business.
  4. MTC - MetaChef Diploma: Our 4-year diploma for those who not only want to lead kitchens, but also want to redefine the paradigms of the global gastronomic industry. Only available for the best candidacies.
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Learning objectives

Prepare for 21st century cooking

How you will learn to become a haute cuisine chef

1,326 hours designed to transform

every day of your learning into a show

We don’t teach you recipes, that would be copying

You'll learn to create and innovate for the 21st century

Content

Methodology

International internships in restaurants where
you can continue learning with CIB

For three or six months you will put into practice much of what you have learned while you continue your training in one of the many national and international restaurants with which the CIB has a collaboration agreement under the criteria of educational quality and we monitor your progress.

Experiences you'll remember
as a professional chef

Being a chef also means discovering raw materials and how they are consumed and transformed responsibly and sustainably

Who is the haute cuisine chef diploma for?

For future chefs who want
to transform the gastronomic future and their own

Who chooses the professional chef course?

Entrepreneurial people from all over the world
who want to revolutionize the industry

The CIB is for you if...

YOU BELIEVE THAT

  • Current culinary training programs are outdated

  • Education is an investment in your future

  • Education in general fails to reflect the realities of the 21st century

  • Education should be international

  • Education should allow for a positive work-life balance

  • Barcelona is a gastronomic hub

YOUR GOAL IS

  • To start your own business

  • To change your career

  • To gain the best education

  • To become a great chef

  • To stand out from the crowd

YOU ARE

  • An entrepreneur

  • Passionate

  • Creative

  • A leader

  • A non-conformist

  • Defiant

Opinions on the professional chef course

The CIBers, our students, talk

Upcoming calls and prices

Your time is now

Early enrollment offers

The sooner you enrol, the less you pay

Next admission call

January 2025

€ 24,200

FULL

Upcoming admission calls

May 2025

€ 24,200

LAST PLACES

September 2025

€ 23,958

Offer valid until 11/07/2024

€ 26,620

-10%

LAST PLACES WITH OFFER

What the price includes

Absolutely everything

Benefits of being a CIBer

The CIB is just the beginning

Cibers, students of the Culinary Institute of Barcelona cooking.

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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.

  • 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.

Potential career paths for chefs

For whatever your future holds

Here we teach you how to stand out

Careers:

  • Chef

  • Head of production

  • Sous chef

  • Co-owning in the culinary industry

  • Head of innovation (R+D)

  • Executive chef

  • Head of gastronomy in the food production and restaurant industries

  • Head of development for new projects

  • Gastronomic consultant

  • Head of food quality and safety in the restaurant industry

  • Head of gastronomic events and activities

Your competitive edge:

  • You will have gained an in-depth understanding of products, unlike that from any other school.

  • You will have developed cognitive and leadership skills that allow you to lead a world-class culinary team.

  • You will be prepared to successfully join any multidisciplinary and international culinary team.

  • Your 360º vision of gastronomy, the culinary world, its products, technology and all contexts will shine though.

  • You will have developed cognitive skills that will help you stand out with your team, your customers and suppliers.

  • You will be able to create, innovate and achieve your objectives faster than the rest.

How do I submit my application to the CIB?

Our admissions team will walk you through each of these simple steps

  • Step 1

    Fill in the form

    The first step is as simple as filling out the contact form for one of our advisors to contact you.

  • Step 2

    Hear from one of our Advisors

    We will assign you a personal advisor who will call you as soon as possible and will guide and support you throughout the process to answer all your questions.

  • Step 3

    Submit your admission form

    It is time to complete the admission form. This step is crucial to successfully reaching the next stage of the application process.

  • Step 4

    Pass the evaluation interview

    If your admission form impressed us, you will move on to the interview phase with the Admissions Committee. This online interview will be set at a specific time depending on availability.

  • Step 5

    Get accepted into the CIB

    If you pass our evaluation interview, our Admissions Committee will send you an email with the exciting news that you have been accepted into the Culinary Institute of Barcelona.

  • Step 6

    Complete your enrollment

    You will have to reserve your place the same week you receive the acceptance email, and pay the rest of the registration fee within 15 days (30% of the total amount of the course you have chosen).