Diploma in Cuisine

The Diploma in Culinary Arts of Le Cordon Bleu Madrid is a nine-month programme consisting of three certificates: Basic, Intermediate and Superior. This is the most interesting option for students who want to gain training in the shortest possible time. This programme is taught in English and in Spanish. The length of the course is 30 weeks. Usually, students have three demonstration sessions and three practical sessions of 3 hours each per week. The classes may take place from 8.30 to 21.00. They also have the possibility of taking the Basic Certificate with the intensive schedule and the weekend schedule. Many students decide not to enrol directly for the Diploma and prefer to start from the Basic Certificate. Once it is completed, you may continue with the Intermediate and Superior levels to obtain the Diploma. Students will obtain a certificate for each of the levels taken and will be awarded the Diploma in Culinary Arts when all three levels are completed. Language: Spanish // English (simultaneous translation system through earphones)

Programme-specific requirements recorded in SIT Connect.

• You must be at least 18 years old and speak Spanish or English
• previous experience in the sector is not required. Applicants whose mother tongue is not Spanish or English must show sufficient spoken and written Spanish or English in the admission interview, and the school may ask for a B2 (CEFR) certificate. After your documents are reviewed you have a one-to-one admission interview (in person, or by phone or video call if you live outside Madrid), and admitted students receive an admission letter. Diplomas start with the Basic Certificate and the three certificates are taken consecutively (the Grand Diplôme combines the Cuisine and Pastry Diplomas). Applicants with a university degree in culinary arts or more than 5 years of proven work experience in the discipline may ask to validate the Basic Certificate and, after an interview with the chefs, join at the Intermediate Certificate.

The official programme record lists English. It does not publish a programme-specific minimum language-test score, so no score is invented here.

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Programme-specific document list.