Culinary Arts courses

About Trainee Chef in Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology

Take your first steps towards becoming a professional chef in a region renowned for its food and artisan producers.

This menu focused programme allows you to immerse yourself in all aspects of the culinary arts.

Learn from tutors who have gained their experience from all over the world, in many diverse roles, to deliver you the most up-to-date industry knowledge. Our commercial training kitchens and restaurant facilities are “top rate”, spacious and learner friendly.

You will benefit from NMIT's strong relationships with local businesses and renowned experts - from restaurants and cafes to global food producers and world class chefs.

Graduate skills

After successful completion of this programme, graduates will have the skills, knowledge and attributes to be able to:

• Monitor and maintain health and safety, food safety and security practices to ensure own safety, and minimise potential hazards for colleagues and customers;
• Communicate, interpret, respond and interact effectively with colleagues, managers and customers in a commercial food production and hospitality service environment;
• Monitor and maintain the application of standard operating policies and procedures to work roles in a commercial kitchen including applying knowledge of costs and food costing calculations associated with food production operations;
• Apply knowledge of culinary terminology and commodities;
• Interpret and adjust recipes using measurements and calculations;
• Apply culinary skills to prepare, cook and present a range of cuisine employing complex preparation and presentation techniques, including cold larder and hot kitchen dishes, patisserie and desserts;
• Apply knowledge of food-related health issues, special dietary requirements and healthy food options; and
• Design, plan, cost, prepare and produce basic menus.

Career opportunities and pathways

When you have completed this qualification you will be able to pursue intermediate-level employment and career opportunities as chefs in food production operations within the hospitality industry.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Higher Secondary Certificate / Standard 12. 

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS        :       overall academic score of at least 6.0 (with at least 5.5 in each band)
• TOEFL      :       Score of 60 (with a writing score of 20)
• PTE           :      Academic) score of 50

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