Start your career with our commercial cookery courses in Brisbane!

You love cooking. You have a knack for combining flavours. Your kitchen knife feels as natural as an extension of your hand.

So, you think, you should be able to walk into any kitchen in Brisbane, right?

Unfortunately, it doesn’t quite work that way.

If you want to start a career in any restaurant in Australia, you’ll need the right qualifications.

Take the first step with Academia: our commercial cooking courses in Brisbane can open the door to a long and rewarding career in hospitality!

Why do you need a formal certification in commercial cooking?

Simple: there’s a lot more to commercial cookery than just peeling, cutting, seasoning and frying.

To succeed in the kitchen, you’ll need a broad knowledge base that also includes a range of other important things.

While it’s possible to pick up a lot of the practical skills at home, you can’t call yourself a professional chef unless you also know how to…

Properly use kitchen equipment

Take it from us, the type of equipment you find in a commercial kitchen is a world apart from the type of things you use at home!

While the usual suspects like pots and pans are present, commercial cooks also have to contend with more specialised equipment such as deep fryers.

Even a lot of the appliances you’ll typically find in a home kitchen are sized up in a commercial setting.

For example, cooktops in commercial kitchens are larger and more powerful compared to what you might use at home.

You’ll also have to be extremely proficient with kitchen utensils.

While you’ll work with special equipment, in many cases you won’t have access to fancy gadgets and utensils like egg yolk separators – you’ll have to make do with your trusty hand and knife skills!

Whether it’s equipment you’ve never seen before or new techniques to speed up your cooking, our cooking in school in Brisbane prepares you for the types of challenges you’re likely to encounter in a commercial kitchen.

Learn more about the differences between commercial and home cooking.

Safely handle food and raw ingredients

As any home cook knows, proper food handling is essential if you’re to avoid a case of food poisoning.

This is especially important in commercial cooking, where one mistake could potentially leave dozens of customers sick, and ruin a business’s reputation!

Workers in commercial kitchens need to be intimately familiar with food handling laws, as well as proper food handling requirements to minimise the risk of infection.

You’ll also learn how to clean up.

Commercial kitchens are much busier than home kitchens, and tend to accumulate more mess in a day than the typical home kitchen builds up in a week.

This requires special cleaning techniques and processes, which our commercial cookery courses in Brisbane will teach you.

In addition to practical, hands-on lessons, our cooking courses also include classroom lessons that cover all your health and safety obligations in the kitchen.

Work with others in the kitchen

When you’re cooking at home, you’re usually alone in the kitchen.

While your spouse, housemate or kids may help out from time-to-time, in most cases, your weeknight dinners are a one-man job.

Not so in commercial kitchens.

It’s one thing to learn about something or practice in a workshop – getting to experience the challenges of working in a commercial kitchen is something else entirely.

Our commercial cookery school in Brisbane has connections with many of the city’s finest restaurants and hotels.

In addition to classroom-based learning, you’ll also develop vital interpersonal skills while completing your placement in a real hotel, restaurant, or other hospitality establishment.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Communicate
  • Respect your team
  • Work independently
  • Coordinate with other members of the kitchen

Where can a commercial cookery course take you?

If your dream involves working in hospitality, anywhere!

Our graduates have found themselves working throughout Brisbane’s hospitality industry, working in commercial kitchens in:

  • Restaurants
  • Hotels
  • Cafes
  • Function halls
  • Catering companies

The list goes on.

Furthermore, Academia offers a range of different commercial cooking courses in Brisbane, depending on where you want to take your career.

Certificate III in Commercial Cookery

For example, if you’re just starting out, a Certificate III in Commercial Cookery is just what you need, teaching you all the essential skills you’ll need to succeed in your career.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Adhere to hygiene and food handling laws
  • Work with equipment found in commercial kitchens
  • Cooperate with other kitchen workers
  • Prepare a wide range of different dishes and meals
  • Use a variety of different cooking techniques

Combined with a 10-week work placement in an Academia-affiliated kitchen, and you’ll leave with all the skills you need to start your career in commercial cookery.

Learn more about our Certificate III in Commercial Cookery.

Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery

Eager to take your career to the next level?

If so, a Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery is right for you.

In addition to honing your practical skills, a Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery also features a range of additional units that prepare you for a more senior position in the kitchen hierarchy.

For example, in addition to preparing food, you’ll also learn about:

  • Menu planning and development
  • Managing finances
  • Leadership and management skills
  • Training and coaching
  • Monitoring kitchen operations

What’s more, a Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery also serves as a pathway into a Diploma of Hospitality Management for those who want to continue their upwards trajectory.

Learn more about our Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery.

Study commercial cookery in Brisbane with Academia

Passionate about cooking at home?

Love delighting friends and family with your delicacies?

Why not take it to the next level, and make a career out of it?

There’s just one more question: where should you go to train?

Whether you’re an experienced chef looking to further their career or a recent year 12 graduate interested in a career in the kitchen, our commercial cookery courses in Brisbane are just what you need.

With a focus on networking and real-world experience, we prepare you for real work the way that few other institutions can offer.

You won’t just be attending classes – through practical placement, you’ll gain invaluable real-life experience obtained with one of our partner kitchens, which include some of Brisbane’s most elite establishments.

Begin your cooking journey with us today – call our friendly course advisors on (07) 3001 5300.
Alternatively, you can enquire online, and we will be in touch!