The Diploma Certificate

The Diploma Certificate is the final stage of the Leiths Culinary Diploma. It is a six-week, full-time course that refines your technique to an advanced professional standard. 

You work through advanced modules including Complex Sauces and Garnishes, Complex Meat, Game and Pâtés, Complex Doughs, Complex Seafood, Canapés and Hors d’Oeuvres, and Patisserie. Typical dishes include laminated puff pastry, clarified consommés and complex shellfish prepared from scratch.

Six weeks, 3.5 days per week, daytime only, with additional study at home.

This course is for students who have already completed the Core and Professional Certificates at Leiths. If you have extensive industry experience or culinary qualifications from other establishments, get in touch with our admissions team to discuss pre-learning requirements. But you must join at the Professional Certificate, entry at Diploma Certificate stage is not possible.

The Diploma Certificate is £9,950. You can also enrol on the full Leiths Culinary Diploma pathway, which includes Core, Professional and Diploma Certificates, priced at £24,850.

Yes, you can choose to have a structured, assessed placement as part of your Diploma Certificate.

You graduate with the Diploma Certificate which forms the third and final part of the Leiths Culinary Diploma. You also earn externally accredited qualifications, including the CTH Level 4 Diploma in Professional Culinary Arts, plus additional industry certifications.

Training takes place at Leiths’ flagship Culinary School in London. You receive bespoke career support from Leiths List Connect, the in-house recruitment team that links students and graduates to roles across restaurants, brands, test kitchens and media.

The Diploma Certificate runs twice a year, giving students two opportunities annually to progress to the final stage of the Culinary Diploma pathway.