Professional Cook Certification + Cooking Club

The Cooking Club is a ten-week virtual program for aspiring cooks seeking to develop their skills in the kitchen and culinary knowledge. Partnered with the world’s leading online culinary school — Rouxbe, we provide mentorship, live cooking demonstrations, a modularized program, and globally recognized certificates by the end of the program. All of these, with an awesome community.

About ROUXBE

Rouxbe is a team of world-class chef educators and former culinary school executives dedicated to teaching culinary technique to our students – completely online. With an online learning platform that optimizes the learning experience through video, assessments, and instructor interaction, students are able to advance their culinary skills and knowledge any time, anywhere and on any device.

What Do You Get

  • A Life-Long Community
  • Delicious Recipes For Business or Home
  • 10 Week of Zoom Classes
  • Mentorship with CCA Instructors and Alumni
  • Private FB Group

What You Will Learn

CURRICULUM

Schedule

Lesson & Recipe

Session 1

Introduction to Culinary: Food Safety & Sanitation and Knife Skills

Session 2

Cooking Methods

Session 3

Seasoning & Basic Nutrition

Session 4

Vegetables, Salads & Vinaigrettes

Session 5

Soups & Eggs

Session 6

Sauces

Session 7

Rice, Grains, Legumes & Pasta

Session 8

Fish & Seafoods

Session 9

Poultry

Session 10

Meat

Class Schedule

Saturdays, 3pm - 6pm

Accreditation & Credibility

American Culinary Federation & World Association of Chefs Societies
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Chef Kerwin Funtanilla

Program Manager, Academic Department

Success Stories

“Being in the Cooking Club is fun and educational. speaking with professional chefs is invaluable specially for someone starting to learn how to cook. Learning to incorporate ingredients, make a dish, learning new skills and know-how give you the motivation to create and experiment new and exciting dishes.”

Annie Inciong

"Cooking runs in my blood coming from a family of great cooks. However, I did not have formal training, which is why I enrolled at CCA and joined the cooking club. And it proved to be one of the best decisions in my life. I learned techniques I wouldn’t have known otherwise. By understanding the why behind the what makes me appreciate cooking more than ever. Cooking is my love language. Seeing my family’s and friends’ reaction, hearing them exclaim with delight make me very happy. Joining the Cooking Club ties it all together. Watching Chef Jasper and Chef Ker execute seemingly intimidating recipes inspires me to give them a try. I enjoy learning together with my classmates who are equally enthusiastic. I look forward to photos of how they brought to life the recipes we are taught. Thanks to the Cooking Club for reminding me of the joy of cooking.”

Maureen De Leon Estiandan

“Our online Cooking club is one of the best activity I now enjoy this pandemic time, it is something I look forward to each week ❤️ In this class I get to practice my passion in cooking and at the same time learn new techniques and recipes every week ❤️ It changed my life because I can now cook with confidence knowing that I am guided by a professional Chef together with all the basic principles that we learned in this course ❤️”

Diane Gaddi-Castaneda

Get Started

Duration
10 weeks
Campus
Zoom
Payment Options
Full Payment: P50,000; For installment plan: P25,000 – Reservation Fee, P25,000 – 5th Session
Full Payment
P50,000
Dates of Intake
Quezon City:
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