The DCE program starts with your culinary training under the Diploma in Culinary Arts (DCA). After finishing theculinary requirements and local internship in the DCA, you earn your first diploma and then proceed to the Diploma in Entrepreneurship modules.  The program focuses on gaining managerial and business competencies through courses on marketing, conducting feasibility studies, preparing a business plan, catering/banquet management, purchasing, and control.

All courses are designed to teach and train you in the culinary arts through a tri-level approach of lecture, demo, and hands-on kitchen work:

• Small class sizes with a maximum of 7 students and 2 Chef Instructors per class
• 100% hands-on cooking
• Two (2) to up to six (6) months local internship in a local top restaurants or 5-star hotels
• Accredited by the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation (ACEF)
• Option for the International Step-up Programs:  Advanced Italian Culinary Certificate at the Florence University of the Arts, or the paid-internship in the USA through our partner internship-provider

Total Program Duration: 8-14 months, depending on chosen local internship track

Students may choose any of the following schedule of classes:

Full-time Regular Classes: Mondays -Thursdays, 7-11AM or 8AM -12NN

Saturday Classes for Working Students: 8AM – 4PM (whole day)