The Cilantro Culinary Academy, founded in Selangor in 2006, offers three types of diploma pathways. The most basic is a Foundation in Culinary Studies, which only requires that an applicant be at least 16 years old to apply. Its other two programs, the Diploma in Food Preparation and Cooking and the Advanced Diploma in Culinary Arts, require previous culinary experience. Admission for these is on a case-by-case basis. Once students have completed the Advanced Diploma, they are eligible to apply for a qualification in International Management.
Cilantro Academy of Culinary Arts
No. 1-1, Jalan USJ Sentral 3
USJ Sentral, 47600 Subang Jaya
Selangor, Malaysia
603-8023-0555
cilantro-culinary.com
KDU College has five culinary arts programs, which range from a certificate in Professional Chef Training to a Bachelor's Degree in Culinology. The Bachelor's degree program is completed in four years, with two years at KDU in Malaysia and two years at Southwest Minnesota State University. The two-year IMI Diploma in Professional Chef Training is for students interested in obtaining managerial skills without doing a full degree. An Associate's Degree in European Culinary Management focuses on Western cooking and gastronomy, as well as management and merchandising.
KDU College
Petaling Jaya Campus
SS22/41, Damansara Jaya
47400 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
603-7728-8123
kdu.edu.my
Taylor's University College, located less than an hour from capital city Kuala Lumpur, offers a Bachelor's of Culinary Arts and Foodservice Management and a French Diploma in Culinary Arts. The former is a full degree program which lasts three years, though students who already possess a diploma or higher degree in culinary management can be admitted directly into the second or third year. The latter is a national qualification awarded after two years of study by France's Academie de Toulouse. It aims to prepare students to be experts in the fields of menu development and food production and management.
Taylor's University College
No. 1 Jalan Taylor's
47500 Subang Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
603-5629-5000
taylors.edu
The Culinary Arts Center of Malaysia, which was founded in 1990, provides a certificate in Professional Culinary Skills and a diploma in Professional Chef Training. The certificate program takes six months, with classes held four mornings a week. The diploma runs a full year, with classes also held four times a week. Both programs focus on culinary arts and pastry and baking techniques for preparing Western and Asian foods.
Culinary Arts Center
2530, Level 5, Harbour Trade Centre
Gat Lebuh Macallum
10300 Penang, Malaysia
604-263-7721
cac-prochef.com