Culinary Institute Of Cape Town

General information

What Chefs Training and Innovation Academy (CTIA) is about.

Hoping to pursue a career as a chef or wanting to improve your prospects in the food industry? Look no further than CTIA.

Being a trained chef can lead you down an exciting culinary path flanked with opportunities. You could be a chef, a food critic or a stylist; work in catering, a hotel or a cruise liner; run a restaurant or diversify into retail. You could even opt to teach, train, lecture or consult – the world is your oyster with a chef’s qualification.

But how to get started? The Chefs Training & Innovation Academy (CTIA), a 2016 City & Guilds Centre of the Year nominee, offers industry-relevant skills that will help you get into the workplace faster and sustain your career longer. With three campus, one each in Centurion, Durban and Cape Town, there’s no reason to hold back from achieving your dream.

In addition to our standard courses, we offer a variety of specialised programmes. Our Applied Pastry and ProChef courses address topics at the cutting-edge of culinary innovation; from charcuterie to cheese-making, micro-breweries to the development of your own production line. We also cover the heritage and diversity of cultural food preparation while experimenting with molecular gastronomy and how to coordinate a chef’s table, among many other exciting modules.

For students looking to diversity into business, CTIA has partnered with TriVersita School of Hospitality and Business, opening up plentiful opportunities for business-minded students to complement their culinary know-how with an ICB-accredited qualification in New Venture Creation. For students with global ambition, our partnership with the Business Hospitality Management School in Lucerne, Switzerland, allows for enrolment into a Bachelor’s Degree in Culinary Arts once an International Advanced Management Diploma in Culinary Arts and Patisserie with CTIA has been completed.

CTIA knows what chefs need to succeed in the global hospitality environment, and starting your career with a strong foundation will stand you in good stead as you grow into this industry. Welcome to our world.

~ The CTIA TEAM