Get your culinary career
Cooking
We'll get you the kitchen skills and confidence you'll need to become a professional chef or baker.
Welcome to The Culinary Collective, NZMA’s culinary school.
Inspired by New Zealand's vibrant food culture, The Culinary Collective is built around the ways people like to eat, drink and be entertained today.
If you love to cook or bake, have a dream to work for yourself or want to share your passion for food with others, you can choose from an exciting range of culinary and bakery courses with a unique kiwi flavour.
Learn in small classes
You'll be taught by passionate tutors up to speed with the latest trends in the food industry and will enjoy small classes with one to one support throughout your studies.
Gain real world experience
When you train with us, you’ll get to see how the professionals do it first hand. Our courses include internships where you’ll gain invaluable work experience.
Get creative in our kitchens
You’ll be studying cooking or baking in the kitchen and not from a textbook. Our campuses include commercial training kitchens and bakeries that you'll train in as part of your course.
GET INSPIRED
EXPLORE OUR COURSES
Cooking courses
If you love to cook, take the first step with one of our cookery courses where you'll learn the latest cookery techniques, how to prepare and cook delicious food and gain confidence working in a commercial kitchen environment.
Bakery courses
Is baking your happy place? With one of our bakery courses you’ll get hands-on training in an array of baking techniques and gain the foundation skills to become a baker or to train further as a patisserie chef.
Fees free study
Get a head start in your cooking or baking career with FEES FREE STUDY. If you’re planning to start tertiary study or training for the first time you may be eligible for your first year fees-free.
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We’re Part of the NZMA Family
The Culinary Collective is New Zealand’s premium culinary school located in Auckland and Hamilton. We are a member of the NZMA family, a Category One Provider, and form part of the largest vocational education group in New Zealand, UP Education.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Our culinary courses range in duration, from 35 to 40 weeks.
Our course costs can be found on the course page, including all fees. In addition to the NZ Certificate in Cookery, you’ll also gain a Food Safety Certificate.
We will teach you different cooking techniques, food safety, kitchen management, menu planning and more led by experienced tutors. We will prepare you for a rewarding career in the culinary industry.
Not only will our experienced tutors teach you the necessary skills to thrive, but also provide valuable insights into the industry as well as networking opportunities and experiences.
The chef courses, similar to our baking courses, can take between 1 to 2 years to complete.
The Culinary Collective is one of the trading names for the registered Private Training Establishment New Zealand Management Academies Ltd (NZMA). Your enrolment is with NZMA and your qualification is issued by NZMA. © 2024