“You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.”
W. Somerset Maugham
A culinary school’s recipe for success lies in one important ingredient – the Teaching Faculty. At First Gourmet Academy, the instructor team has the necessary world-class education and experience, boasting of more than 100 years culinary experience that other schools are hard-pressed to match.
Culinary instructors are the mentors of tomorrow’s chefs. Without real-world experience in the challenging food & beverage industry, instructors will fail to impart practical and theoretical techniques to their students. Train with the best as students hone their skills and shape their future in a curriculum designed to let them learn and thrive under their respective culinary masters.
Our instructors are savvy food and beverage professionals, having extensive background in the industry, who understand the demands of working in today’s international kitchen. The instructors of the Academy are chosen by their extensive educational and working background in the industry. They play a key role in today’s culinary trade as the demands for finer things in food and beverage has been required by more and more discriminating gourmands.
With instructors of this calibre focusing on small classes and personalized attention to student needs, the learning results are extraordinary. At First Gourmet Academy, we know what it takes to prepare you for the challenging world that lies ahead of you...
First Gourmet Academy started as an educational institution dedicated to graduate committed students as chefs with culinary experiences grounded in theoretical and practical skills recognized by the international culinary industry. The Academy has evolved, however, to an institution that not only graduate students as chefs but also an organization that generously shares advice and give continuous support to the graduates even after their graduation. This adheres to the school’s mission of...
Boasting of a more affordable yet high quality education, First Gourmet Academy continues to promulgate its mission while constantly reinventing itself to keep pace with the constantly advancing techniques of the modern culinary world.
For dedicated students who wish to pursue a rewarding career in the culinary profession, First Gourmet Academy offers a comprehensive and rigorous hands-on world-class curriculum that is designed to propel deserving students into the world of culinary arts. With experienced instructors, top teaching facilities and state of the art kitchen equipment, First Gourmet Academy is at par with world class institutions in imparting the appropriate culinary skills necessary to keep pace with the increasing global demand for competent chefs.
First Gourmet Academy supports the value of quality education for its students. It is in this line that the academy strictly accepts only a standard number of students per class to be able to sustain this goal. Student learning is maximized with only 15 students accepted for the diploma courses, and 2 instructors per class.
With a personalized teacher-student ratio of 1 to 15, the learning curve is greatly enhanced with a better educational result.
First Gourmet Academy boasts of an exceptional learning facility, with a sprawling floor area for kitchen and lecture rooms, meticulously designed to amplify comfort and ease for the students while maximizing the students learning experiences.
The Professional Kitchen is of cruise ship standard, with state of the art equipment and tools that will complement the theoretical side and enhance the practical learning for the students. The massive area contains only the best in the industry, with first class American and European apparatus to better acquaint the students with the professional set-up of kitchens in international prime class establishments. It can spaciously accommodate more than 15 students, but this is the maximum per class in keeping with our policy of immersion learning, assuring adequate hands-on training for kitchen sessions.
The Lecture Room combines modern technology necessary for teaching, which meets the latest standards for education. It foregoes traditional teaching tools and instead uses multi-media tools like plasma screens and computers utilizing the furniture that combines aesthetics and functionality. Fronting a spectacular view, it sets the perfect ambiance for learning while communing with nature and the Metropolis.
First Gourmet Academy also focuses on the well-being, safety and security of their students. As such, it offers students amenities that will benefit their education. The Locker Area for students is a full locker room with a shower and sauna area shared with members of the Capitol Hills Golf Club. Hence, it is a secure area where students can be assured of their possessions. Privacy and cleanliness is a prime factor of consideration. Ample parking space exists around the building, available for use of the students. And of course, Wi-Fi is available all over the building.
