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Welcome to Vancouver's Leading Culinary Centre
Our Professional Programs
We prepare culinary and baking & pastry professionals for the career of their lives. Success comes through outstanding instruction, personal attention and our commitment to excellence.
Our intense, 90% hands-on training programs are delivered under close, demanding supervision from our dedicated, passionate and experienced Chef Instructors.
Upcoming Programs
Our next intake commences on March 30, 2015.
We are also accepting applications for
June 29, 2015, September 21, 2015 and January 4, 2016.
For more information, contact our Admissions Department.
1-Year Culinary / Baking & Pastry Arts
Our full-time ‘Dual Diploma’ professional program offers you the opportunity to develop the fundamentals skill sets in both Culinary and Baking & Pastry Arts.
Culinary Arts
Our well-rounded professional 6 Month Culinary Arts program presents basic and classic fundamental techniques in an intensive practical curriculum of culinary essentials.
Baking & Pastry Arts
Our 6 Month Baking & Pastry Arts program teaches the basic and advanced techniques in a practical format that meets the high standards set by the food service industry.
A Taste of Excellence
Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts has been launching careers in the Culinary, Baking & Pastry Arts since 1997. Located at the entrance to Granville Island (Vancouver, BC Canada), a vibrant and bustling community where food and artisan merchants display and sell their products, PICA is dedicated to students’ success. Recognized by various organizations for excellence in business, PICA is also accredited by the Private Career Training Institutions Agency (PCTIA) and holds British Columbia’s Education Quality Assurance designation (EQA).
Our dedicated faculty, each with over 10 years of industry knowledge and experience, are always eager to share their passion for the Culinary, Baking & Pastry Arts.
Where Our Grads Work
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Student Testimonials
Amazing experience, excellent professional Chefs that want to prepare you for the future. I have enjoyed every day of the last six months; thank you PICA!
Andrea P., September '14 Baking & Pastry Arts
PICA combines a thorough culinary education with valuable real world kitchen skills! What a great program for preparing students to enter the culinary workforce.
Jennifer C., December '13 Culinary Arts
My experience at this school has been amazing. All of the Chefs that I have had an opportunity to work with and learn from have been fantastic. [My] Chefs have all had an enormous influence on me and I am extremely grateful. Thank you so much for this wonderful school! I am going to miss my "Big Italian Family!
Alexa Z., September '12 Baking & Pastry Arts