What it costs and how to pay
TVET cookery is affordable and NSFAS can pay for it. Private culinary schools with City & Guilds diplomas cost much more, often tens of thousands a year. You can also earn while you learn by working in a kitchen.
You do not need a big fund. TVET cookery is affordable, and you can earn while you learn in a kitchen.
NSFAS
NSFAS pays for hospitality and cookery at a public TVET college, if your family earns under R350,000 a year.
Learn more →Apprenticeship (earn while you learn)
Working in a kitchen pays you while you train. You earn, not pay, to learn the trade.
Learn more →Culinary school payment plans
Private culinary schools cost more, but many offer payment plans, and a few give bursaries. Ask each school.
Learn more →Ready to apply?
When you have picked a way in, apply before the closing date.
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