The Capsicum Culinary studio offers the one-year professional cookery programme, the hugely popular one-year patisserie programme, the three-year chef programme and various masterclasses.
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Capsicum Culinary Studio — which was recently voted one of the top 10 culinary schools in Africa by Awakening Africa magazine — is the largest chef school of its kind in SA, with six campuses throughout SA and graduates who work around the world.
Capsicum has branches in Boksburg, Cape Town, Durban, Joburg, Nelson Mandela Bay and Pretoria, which collectively maintain a 95% pass rate. It also has more local and international accreditations and associations than most chef training institutes in SA.
Qualifications on offer include the one-year professional cookery programme, the hugely popular one-year patisserie programme, the three-year chef programme and various masterclasses.
Since opening its doors 18 years ago, Capsicum Culinary Studio has produced more than 7,000 alumni who are now working all over the world and who have established themselves as leaders within various markets.
Employers range from boutique establishments to large multinational hotels and resorts. Others have taken the entrepreneurial route and established their own hospitality-inspired businesses and consultancies.
Capsicum Culinary Studio courses offer dual international certification through several industry bodies, including City & Guilds, and are nationally accredited with the Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality & Sport Sector Education & Training Authority (Cathsseta) and the Quality Council For Trades & Occupations ( QCTO) — attributing to their alumni making their mark throughout the world.
Capsicum also offers nationally-accredited qualifications through the QCTO and Cathsseta, with optional City & Guilds dual certifications linked to them.