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Certificate in Cookery

Take your culinary career to the next level with our comprehensive 36 week programme
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Urban Forage

Come along and find out more about your natural world.
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Foodography Dinner

A fun night of food styling and photography on your phone.

Welcome to The New Zealand School of Food & Wine

Founded by Celia Hay, the New Zealand School of Food & Wine has been educating the next generation of baristas, chefs, restaurant & café managers, sommeliers and wine professionals, hospitality- tourism entrepreneurs as well as people who just love good food since 1995.

Located in Auckland's Viaduct, our NZQA New Zealand Government accredited qualifications offer practical hands-on cooking and hospitality-tourism focused certificates, taught by a team of chefs, restaurant managers and wine professionals who are experts in their field and focused on the success of our students.

Featured Courses

NZSFW offers programmes and training for people working in hospitality and tourism services as well as people looking to expand their personal knowledge about food and wine. The following courses are some of our most popular programmes:

Gap Year

Experience and explore the world before making those big career decisions!

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Barista Part One & Two

Our Barista Course will help you learn the art of coffee making. It is designed to give you the practical knowledge to prepare espresso coffees in a café environment.

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Certificate in Cookery, Foundation

Learn the foundation cookery skills to begin your culinary career and give you confidence in a professional kitchen. Have fun learning these fundamental techniques and go on to work experience placement for two weeks. Follow this course with the New Zealand Certificate in Cookery Advanced Level 4.

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Our People

CHEF FINN GYBEL  Originally from Denmark, Finn trained as a chef in leading Danish restaurants before heading to New Zealand with his family two years ago.

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Celia Hay

Celia Hay's great love of delicious food, fine wine and the art of hospitality led her to establish Hay's Restaurant in 1994 and the New Zealand School of Food and Wine in 1995 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Student Testimonials

I would not have had the confidence to sit in front of him and say "I want to be your Beverage Manager" without having studied at the New Zealand School of Food and Wine.

-Benji Smith, O'Connell Street Bistro

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The School

Founded by Celia Hay, the New Zealand School of Food and Wine opened its first campus in Christchurch in 1995.

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Publications

Celia Hay has written two excellent publications, which can be used as a valuable professional resource and for those with a keen interest in food and wine.

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Brochure

Click here to download our 2019 Brochure.

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Recent Articles

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Colombian Culinary Experience by Chef Alejandro Cuellar

Chef Alejandro Cuellar joined us a guest of the Colombian Embassy to extend our knowledge in New Zealand of Colombian gastronomy and learn more about the culture of this important South American country. 

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Recipe: Asparagus with parmigiano and mayonnaise

Here's a great dish to make the most of asparagus when they're at their best. Serves 4

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Chocolate Day!

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Recipe: Golden Winter Pudding

This is a good base recipe for puddings making good use of the golden syrup that remains a staple of the New Zealand kitchen. 

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International Students

Auckland is a vibrant multicultural city beside the sea, sprawled between two harbours and two oceans - the Tasman and the Pacific. It offers the best of both worlds - all the buzz, entertainment, nightlife and cultural activities of a big city, as well as an outdoor lifestyle with numerous sporting and leisure activities.

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