Join us for our Open Evening at Leiths on Thursday 5th February 2026, 6:30–8:30pm, and discover how the Culinary Diploma can launch your career in food.
Refining your culinary skills to the highest standard, the Diploma Certificate is the final stage of three accredited qualifications that form the Leiths Culinary Diploma.
Over six weeks of intensive, full-time study, you’ll master advanced techniques that would take years to learn in a professional kitchen. Laminate puff pastry by hand, clarify consommés and prepare lobster dishes from scratch.
Plus, choose from specialist culinary modules, integrated work experience and assessed placements that reflect your future in food.
We’ve got the ingredients. You write the recipe.
Experience what makes the Diploma so special with a 1-to-1 tour of our Culinary School.
Watch Diploma-style demonstrations, meet the teachers and taste life at Leiths.
Our Admissions team love to answer your questions and offer course suggestions to suit your goals.
Sample culinary training Leiths-style with a hands-on class.
Made your decision? Book on a course here and start your future in food.
Complete structured, assessed experience with the biggest names in food.
From Artisan Bread to WSET Level 2 Wine, tailor your Diploma with elite module options that match your culinary ambitions.
Earn externally accredited qualifications including the CTH Level 4 Diploma in Professional Culinary Arts.
Unlock Leiths List for life and be placed for the best opportunities in food.
Six weeks of world-class culinary training at Leiths’ flagship Culinary School.
With 50 years’ experience teaching world-class refined culinary technique, the Diploma Modules – taught by expert chef tutors and culinary specialists – prepare students for careers at the highest level of the food industry.
Make flavoursome reductions, smooth emulsions and create intricate garnishes that turn good cooking into exceptional plates of food.
Learn advanced butchery and make pâtés and terrines from scratch. Work with game at the highest level and perfect cooking methods for highly-prized cuts of meat.
Take your bread and pastry understanding to the next level with advanced lamination, intricate shaping and an array of seasonally-flavoured baked goods.
Learn refined finishing touches to your fish and shellfish cookery that ensure these delicate ingredients reach their full potential. Make lobsters, crabs and scallops into bisques, bouillabaisses and mousselines.
Learn how to create the seasonal, precise canapés and hors d’oeuvres seen at exclusive events.
Create refined restaurant-quality plated desserts and French patisserie such as Raspberry and Cardamom Millefeuille and the iconic Gateaux Opera.
Learn how to apply for the Leiths Culinary Diploma.
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The Leiths Culinary Diploma has multiple study options to ensure you can fit your learning around your schedule. Take a look at how getting your Diploma Certificate could work for you below.
6 weeks – 3.5 days per week with additional study at home. Daytime only.
Includes Core, Professional and Diploma Certificates
18 weeks – 3.5 days per week with additional study at home. Daytime only.
Find out more about the Diploma by joining our next open event, trying a Taste of Diploma cooking day or simply enrolling on one of our upcoming course dates.
The Diploma is designed to connect seamlessly with your future in food. Tailor your training with specialist module and integrated work experience options. Graduate with access to Leiths List Connect: the School’s in-house recruitment agency who position our Diploma community for the best opportunities in food.
With an established network spanning Michelin-starred restaurants, leading food brands and well-known test kitchens, Leiths List Connect links the Diploma community with top work experience and career opportunities. From The River Café to HelloFresh, Saturday Kitchen Live to UHNW private chefs, Leiths List gets you where you want to go.
Tailor your Diploma training to your future in food. Add specialist module options such as Food Writing, Marine Cookery or Artisan Breads that align with your postgraduate goals and complete integrated work placements with prestigious Leiths partner employers.
From TV shows to fine dining restaurants, viral TikTok videos to test kitchens, Diploma alumni work in every sector of the food industry. Whether you want to write cookbooks, develop products for supermarkets, edit food magazines or work in nutrition, the Diploma is where your future in food begins.
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 choose specialist modules and complete integrated work experience.
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 lobster 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.
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, as part of your module options you can choose to have a structured, assessed placement with prestigious Leiths partner employers as part of your training.
You graduate with 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.
Experience what makes the Diploma so special with a 1-to-1 tour of our Culinary School.
Watch Diploma-style demonstrations, meet the teachers and taste life at Leiths.
Our Admissions team love to answer your questions and offer course suggestions to suit your goals.
Sample culinary training Leiths-style with a hands-on class.
Made your decision? Book on a course here and start your future in food.
Does it get more Christmassy than a freshly baked mince pie? With our Culinary Diploma Director Lou’s mince pie recipe, handed down from her mother you’ll be feeling festive faster than you can say brandy butter.
Bruern Abbey is a mainstream independent school in Oxfordshire for students with SEND requirements and a Leiths Partner School. This is Bruern’s first year delivering the Leiths Level 2 Certificate in Culinary Skills. Last month, they received a very exciting visitor to open their new kitchens.
Try this easy-to-make Chicken Pie with Velouté Sauce & Puff Pastry Lid and serve with mashed potato and seasonal greens for a hearty winter warmer.
