International Cookery at Australasian Academy of Hospitality
An Australian Qualification right here in Sri Lanka
Australasian Academy of Hospitality offer well sought after Au s t r a l i a n C o m m e rc i a l / International Cookery programme in Sri Lanka in partnership with Evolution Hospitality Institute (EHI) Sydney, Australia one of the leading Institution specializing in Hospitality and Chefs Training. Australian Qualification that is delivered in Sri Lanka with a combination of Australian and Sri Lankan panel of Lecturers and trainers at a cost less than 15 % of studying the programme in Australia.
The hospitality industry employs more professionals than almost any other. From a Global context the industry lands among the top three employers each year. Within the field, there is a staggering array of different jobs and a wide variety of work settings that employ people at resorts, restaurants, hotels, casinos, and essentially anywhere that people dine and lodge. Cooks and chefs also find work in a food service sector that is more institutional in nature and includes jobs at hospitals, schools, corporate facilities and Hotels & Resorts.
Why Become a Chef? - The Industry Is Positively Booming
For the past few years, the sentiment has been much of the same: chefs are in high demand, Restaurants, hotels, and other related hospitality businesses scramble to find qualified, hardworking, and skilled chefs to fill their kitchens and as such, fill seats in their dining spaces!
The drawback, specifically, isn’t quite the numbers of people wanting to become chefs or commercial cooks; rather is that percentage of these who become qualified, completing their relevant studies and obtaining the right qualifications.
Career Prospects are Plenty around the world
When you enter the commercial cookery industry, you enter an industry ripe for expansion – the only way is up here, and you’ve got plenty of avenues to follow.
Within this department, you can pursue one of three streams – commercial cookery, patisserie, or hospitality management. This means that you can begin your studies and then adjust your pathway as you discover and ignite passions within the industry.
Career outcomes are plentiful, and depending on your qualification, skill, and area of work, you could be looking at moving into roles like:
1. Qualified chef or cook
2. Chef de partie
3. Supervisory chef or cook
4. Function or event manager
5. Executive or head chef
6. Food and beverage manager
7. And so much more!
Education for Culinary Success
Once you can envision yourself working at your dream job, the next order of business is to secure an education that will get you there. Your individual matrix carries unique components that influence your education decisions but plotting a course for success pays dividends on the job. Familiarize yourself with educational options within your chosen specialty. Your commitment might be a yearlong certificate programme at AAH or a more extensive degree programme at an International culinary school in
Australia or Switzerland.
In general, there are 4 levels of chefs’ education that can be tackled in different ways.
1. Cert i f i c a te III and Cert i f i c ate IV programmes are one- year to eighteen months vocational tracks that impart the kitchen basics and move you to immediate work as a line cook or Assistant Chef/kitchen staffer. Advanced Diploma provides the most common educational path for Culinary Arts professionals. They are two- year cooking programmes that also require core competency in English, math and communication.
Bachelor’s Degrees are fouryear degrees issued by universities and standalone cooking schools. Culinary arts and Dietetics provide popular Bachelor’s curriculums. Master’s level study in the Culinary Arts is handled by the best- known culinary schools, in the form of intensive apprenticeships with master chefs. 3. 4.
You want to turn a passionate hobby in to a career!
One of the most important traits any aspiring chef or cook must have is an innate passion and genuine love for food. Certainly, there will be challenges as you navigate the waters of a commercial kitchen, but your passion will truly see you through, as you discover new ways to conquer problems and come out on top!
A passion in the kitchen is the first sign – and often one of the most important reasons – you should consider pursuing a career in commercial cookery.
On top of all positives of the industry you will be gaining a qualification and a skill that will take you to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Europe and the Middle East and the world over with lucrative opportunities.
Start your career journey in Commercial Cookery with Australasian Academy of Hospitality. Please Call 0761 390 246 or 0761 895 896 for more information and enrolments