Professional Courses

No, just a passion for food and a drive to learn.  We deliver world-class training starting from foundation through to advanced levels and are a platform for consolidating knowledge and accelerating careers and opportunities in the food sector.  Our chef tutors are industry specialists, turned top-tier educators delivering the most professional learning experience for our students.

Uniform including chef whites and aprons are included in your course fees.  We do ask all chef academy students to purchase a professional chef knife set and pro kit from us.  An order form will be provided on enrolment.

Graduation is not the end, it’s very much the beginning. Alumni are privy to tiered lifetime support with career coaching according to the level of training. We also offer business-boost sessions to individuals alongside 2-day foodpreneurship workshops. Employers will look for the assurances of qualifications and experience. Our Alumni get a head start in this process and have access to a world of career opportunities.

Our commercially relevant professional culinary arts training can help support a wide distribution of jobs and career destinations including private chefs/caterers, pastry chefs, chalet and yacht chefs, executive/head chefs, sous chefs, commis chefs and food business owners.

The WhitePepper training kitchen is not an allergen free environment, however it may be possible to adjust ingredients on an individual basis, please contact the office to discuss.

It is possible to complete your training in a modular way, eg: Bronze Award (3 weeks), plus Intermediate Skills (5 weeks), then Advanced Skills (8 weeks).  Combined, these modules will give you a Gold Diploma L4 in Professional Culinary Arts.  We do recommend students undertake the course in a continuous 16 weeks, however we do understand this may not be possible due to time and financial constraints.

Our training programmes have been a popular choice for international students for over a decade, resulting in a global intake of students and a diverse classroom of learners.  Please see our International Students page for more information.

We always have a wide range of ages and backgrounds on each of our courses.  This mix helps create a really positive learning environment and nobody feels out of place.

Yes, we have student accommodation available.  Please see our accommodation page for more information.

Short Courses

Please arrive from 9.15am for a tea/coffee before starting at 9.30am.

Lunch is included as part of your day, along with beverages and a complimentary glass of wine/beer.  Depending on the course you are attending, you will be eating the food you have prepared and cooked during the morning session, or if this is not possible our team of chef tutors will provide you with a delicious lunch to enjoy.

Please bring along a selection of containers as you will have plenty of food to take home with you at the end of the day.

We recommend you wear something comfortable with closed toe shoes.  Aprons will be provided for use while you are here and you can even purchase your very own WhitePepper branded apron from our Cook Shop to take away with you as a memento from your day.

There is plenty of parking on site.

No experience is needed.

If you can’t make it on the day, please call the office on 01202 280050 to let us know.  Please see our Terms and Conditions for our cancellation and transfer policies.

Please note WhitePepper is not an allergy free environment.  Please let us know in advance of any specific dietary requirements and we will discuss with you.

Children aged 12-16 are permitted to attend as long as they are with a responsible adult who is also attending the course.

Please contact the office to discuss.

Online Courses

As long as you need! It can be incorporated into any schedule, around family life and work commitments. You control the pace and progress!  We want our students to learn at their pace.

Your tutors will on occasion use professional level equipment to create the dishes. However, they will always offer an alternative which only requires domestic kitchen equipment.

You will have full access to your WhitePepper platform anywhere in the world. You can also watch on mobile using the Kajabi app.

The digital module is entirely exam free. Completed dishes are simply reviewed and marked by your course tutor.

For the in-person module, exams are part of achieving the level 2 award in cookery skills.

Students are required to recreate the recipes, provide photographic evidence of their dishes and self-evaluation of their performance. Students then have the opportunity to discuss progress with Luke Stuart personally, via the training platform. Past graduates report that the training is very vigorous, and feedback is constructive and timely.

Most definitely! You can take the digital module first, then add on the Foundation Skills in-person module to complete the CTH level two qualification.

Absolutely. The time at WhitePepper Chef Academy both online and in-person is  designed to give student chefs more confidence and an insight into further chef training, without the need to interrupt work. Many students at WhitePepper move from other industries, based on their love of food and desire for a new challenge. If you are not sure and would like to test the water, the Bronze Award (Flexible), is the ideal opportunity to do this. If you do decide to proceed, you are already achieved your first Professional Chef qualification!

Contact Us

We are here to help. Having reviewed our website, we’d highly recommend making contact with our office with any additional questions. Our office hours are Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.