New Zealand Certificate in Cookery – Level 4

Give your up-coming chef/s the sophisticated culinary skills and knowledge they need to operate at a professional level in your successful commercial restaurant kitchen.

The NZ Certificate in Cookery Level 4 programme is designed for aspiring chefs who are ripe for more responsibility and hungry to discover the secrets to creating those delicious and seriously involved dishes that impress customers.

The programme menu includes mastering the technical skills and fine art of creating everything from complex canapes, entree and main dishes to perfect cakes and pastry delicacies.

NZ Certificate in Cookery Level 4 is easily delivered to your staff, on-job, and at a pace that works for your restaurant business.

Benefits for your business 

Upskilling your upcoming chef/s with this programme helps you:

• meet your customers’ expectations high quality, beautifully cooked and presented dishes
• stand out with a top reputation for food safety and customer care 
• attract repeat business and loyal customers 
• cut external training costs by upskilling staff in your workplace 
• satisfy your legal obligations under new food safety and hygiene legislation 
• increase productivity of complex dishes with better techniques 
• strengthen your business with well-trained employees 
• motivate and build loyalty with nationally recognised qualifications
• retain skilled chef/s and reduce costs associated with high staff turnover 
• enhance customer service immediately as your chef/s develop and apply new skills on job.



Benefits for your employees

Upskilling your staff with this programme helps them:

• qualify to become a professional chef 
• lead a team with confidence 
• gain complex technical and creative skills and knowledge 
• learn even more while they earn 
• develop their cooking style and increase their job satisfaction 
• advance their career with great skills and a significant qualification.

On-job training takes place in your workplace. It means that you, as an employee, gain essential skills and knowledge while doing your job.

You learn the specific skills for your job and career and, by upskilling in the real work environment, gain the know-how plus proven experience to solve problems, meet challenges and deal with tasks that you will face day to day.

You also get the satisfaction of earning while you learn, and gaining a national qualification.

We offer a full range of on-job training programmes, apprenticeships and quick online courses for the retail, hospitality, travel, tourism, museums and aviation sectors.

Our programmes are designed for people at every level of the business, from new entrant to supervisor and manager.

Our expert training advisors are also there to support you and your employer throughout the process from enrollment to assessment and successful completion of the programme.