Sharpen Your Skills with CTIA’s Online Chef Classes
Online chef classes at CTIA are an open invitation to turn your home kitchen into the hottest culinary spot in town. Forget the myth that world-class chefs are forged only under fluorescent lights or behind swinging restaurant doors. Today’s most ambitious foodies are logging in, suiting up (aprons count), and learning to finesse everything from classic soufflés to showstopper pastries without ever battling morning traffic or hunting for parking.
Why Online Chef Classes Are Changing South Africa’s Food Scene
Hungry to learn? Then you can study to become a chef from anywhere – at home included.
Our online chef classes are built around flexibility without sacrificing rigour. With theory delivered via our slick Moodle platform, students watch expert-led videos, tackle hands-on activities, and join live sessions with dedicated instructors on Microsoft Teams. Practical training happens right where the magic should: your own kitchen, with step-by-step manuals and recipe packs designed for mess-making greatness. Every flambéed steak or perfectly piped éclair gets captured on camera for assessment (bonus points if your cat features as sous-chef).
It all leads up to a final practical exam at your nearest CTIA campus.
Take Your Pick: Culinary Programmes Made for Real Life
There’s a path for you at CTIA whether you’re dreaming of Michelin-star artistry or simply want bragging rights at every family gathering:
- Introduction to Culinary Arts Programme: Six months of solid fundamentals
- Culinary Arts Programme: Go deeper over the course of a year
- Advanced Culinary Arts Programme: 18 months of next-level technique
- Pastry Programme: A year-long sugar-and-flour-filled adventure
- Combined Programmes: From Culinary Arts & Pastry (24 months) to Advanced Chef Management (36 months), blend skills until you’re unstoppable
Every course is nationally accredited by the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations and internationally recognised through City & Guilds or Highfield credentials. That means your qualification speaks “fluent ambition” whether you’re heading into South African kitchens or aiming further afield.
Why Stop at “Qualified” When You Can Go Global?
CTIA graduates launch careers with confidence. The kind backed by a 100% employment guarantee after graduating thanks to over 350 industry partners ready and waiting for fresh talent. If wanderlust strikes? Our exclusive partnership with Switzerland’s Business and Hotel Management School (BHMS) opens doors straight from our online cooking school in Durban (or Centurion…or Stellenbosch…or Mbombela…or even your lounge) all the way to Lucerne for a Bachelor’s Degree in Culinary Arts. Prefer France? Paid internships via InternAfrika mean your croissants could earn euros before they’ve cooled on the rack.
The Future Looks (and Tastes) Good
CTIA’s online chef classes mean no more “maybe someday” excuses. We serve up pure possibility wherever there’s Wi-Fi (and maybe an adventurous palate). Study pastry techniques between Zoom meetings, perfect knife skills after dinner, and graduate ready not just for jobs but global adventures, all while keeping life deliciously flexible.
Your future as South Africa’s next culinary superstar could start right where you’re standing now – floured countertop optional, but highly recommended.
Find out more about our online chef classes at CTIA. It’s the smartest place in South Africa (and beyond) to start cooking up something extraordinary!