Food Service Cook

If you want to get into the workforce quickly and you like working in fast-paced environments, Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Food Service Cook program is a great choice. Food service cooks prepare meals and snacks for large numbers of people—and they are in high demand in restaurants, hotels, resorts, health and educational institutes, remote mining camps and more. 

Food Service Cook (formerly called Short Order Cooking) is an intensive 12-week applied certificate program offered through Saskatchewan Polytechnic Prince Albert campus. 

The program is designed with industry input to help make your training as practical and realistic as possible. You’ll get the kind of entry level cooking skills and hands-on experience employers want, while learning how to prepare a large number of orders. 

Get practical experience in:

• basic cooking principles
• soups, pastas and cold foods
• breakfast and dairy
• meat and poultry basics
• kitchen tools and equipment
• professionalism
• safety, sanitation and WHMIS