Enhance your confectionery and chocolate skills through this Swiss Grand Diploma in Pastry & Chocolate. Start with the basics and work your way up to a high level of innovative showpiece excellence.

This business-focused culinary degree helps you build the foundation in kitchen fundamentals & business, by linking practical skills to academic knowledge. Choose between pathways in Culinary Arts, Pastry & Chocolate Arts, or Vegetarian Culinary Arts.

The “Introduction to the Fundamentals” programs are designed specifically for food enthusiasts, aspiring entrepreneurs, or professionals seeking to discover the fundamentals of French Gastronomy. Through these highly immersive and practical programs, participants will acquire the fundamentals of professional techniques, understand the working environment of a professional kitchen, and master the most iconic recipes of French Gastronomy. 

The CTH Diploma in Patisserie and Confectionery Skills offers an excellent opportunity for learners to acquire the essential knowledge needed to thrive in a professional bakery setting, with a specialized emphasis on skills pertinent to the creation of delectable pastries and baked goods.

The Postgraduate in Advanced Pastry and Chocolate is a program designed for people with experience in cooking or baking who want to specialize in sweet cuisine, knowing the latest trends and developing a creative attitude to be prepared for the future of the sector and differentiate themselves from the rest.

Learn the art of French and Italian pastry creation with French and Italian Pastry Arts Diploma, a fully immersive course taught across two countries. Designed for pastry lovers, this unique program offers: 8 weeks of hands-on, personalized trainings 1 month internship in France or Italy (optional) a prestigious joint-diploma from two internationally recognized institutions

Aimed at enthusiasts and entrepreneurs, this intensive, English language program lifts the lid on the skills and techniques that have made French chocolatiers the envy of the world.

This course is suitable for those who want to open a chocolate shop and for those who want to become a professional master chocolatier.

ICIF has created a specific training program for the Ice cream industry: the Course on Italian Gelato. A 4-weeks training course of theoretical and practical lessons at the Institute, the program of the course allows you to undertake, through an integrated approach between theory and practical skills, a profession that gives unlimited satisfaction as well as personal and professional growth in the context of the true Italian tradition.

It's about learning to cook. It's about getting a qualification to support a job application to start a career in the catering industry.