IMI Diploma in Professional Chef Training

The Professional Chef Course

KDU’s Culinary Arts and Chef programmes are easily the best chef training programmes available in Malaysia.

The two-year course is very hands-on; but offers a higher share of theory subjects then the Diploma in Culinary Arts! Therefore, it is suitable for all those future chefs, who aspire to also work outside of the kitchen, managing outlets.
You will learn everything you need in order be an all-round chef – and even a little bit more. Modules comprise the basics, such hot and cold cooking, butchery, and backery, but even molecular cooking is on the syllabus. And who else can offers this in a diploma course?

In the third semester the course becomes really exciting, since here all the essential theory modules take place. These include our unique entrepreneurship module, marketing and kitchen maintanance & design.

In the last semester you will have the opportunity to further refine everything you have learned in your half-year industrial placement. This can be done either locally or abroad. CTI could find a placement for you in Europe or the US.

Your career as Professional Chef:

And then? You may go out and start an exciting career. You could join a hotel or resort,  manage your own restaurant, find employment with catering companies or work as consultants in the food industry.
Or you can opt to continue studying, either by joining our degree programme, BA International Hotel & Tourism Management (with major : European Culinary Management) or our Higher Diploma in European Culinary Management.

Course Subjects