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Certificate in Cookery

Take your culinary career to the next level with our comprehensive 36 week programme
HH Sommelier

Certificate in Professional Wine Knowledge, Level 5

Complete WSET® Award in Wine Levels 2 & 3 in a single qualification
2014 NZ Wine Guide4

Buy Now: New Zealand Wine Guide

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 owners, hospitality managers, sommeliers and wine professionals, hospitality tourism entrepreneurs as well as people who just love good food since 1995.

From LCQ Alcohol Managers Certificates to Food Hygiene Safety Certificates to New Zealand Wine Certificate and WSET Wine and Spirit qualifications to Baking and Cooking Classes and Cocktail and Bartending courses. This year, 2020, will mark the 25th anniversary of the New Zealand School of Food and Wine.

Located in Auckland's Viaduct, our NZQA New Zealand Government accredited qualifications offer practical hands-on cooking and hospitality-tourism focused certificates and diplomas, 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.

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Founded by Celia Hay, the New Zealand School of Food and Wine has been educating the next generation of baristas, chefs, restaurant & café owners, wine professionals and food lovers since 1995.

In 2020, we celebrate our 25th Anniversary.

Certificate in Cookery, Advanced Level 4

Continue your studies in the culinary arts after completing the 18 week long course, Certificate in Cookery, Foundation. Gain the specialist skills you need to start an exciting career in the culinary arts and graduate with industry recognised and respected qualifications in this 36 week long advanced course.

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Certificate in New Zealand Wine

The Certificate in New Zealand Wine provides a comprehensive introduction to wine regions, grape varieties and wine styles that have made New Zealand wines famous around the world.

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Certificate in Food & Beverage, Barista, Wine & Spirits, Level 4

Learn the practical skills to become a barista, bartender, hospo professional. Understand the fascinating world of restaurants and cafés, learn how to taste and recommend wine and make impressive cocktails, gain skills to work on super yachts and set sail on your international adventure.

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Celia Hay

Celia Hay's fascination of flavoursome food, international cuisines,  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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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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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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Alumni

Hear from some of our former students.

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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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Prospectus

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Domestic Students

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Recent Articles

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Two new wine qualifications launch this year

Wine generates a cool $2 billion for New Zealand so two new courses are launching this year to transform our knowledge of this highly successful (and still relatively youthful) industry.

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New Wine Guide - 2nd Edition wins the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards

“The evolution of New Zealand as a vine-growing, wine producing country is also a story of the New Zealand Dream; of inspired entrepreneurs, captivated by the aromas, flavours and sociability of wine’, says Celia Hay, author of the New Zealand Wine Guide (2nd Ed).

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Level 3 Family Luncheon

Fresh summer flavours at our luncheon this week which was prepared by our cookery students at the end of their Semester 1, Foundation cookery for their friends and whānau.

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Newsletter: Jan 2021

Summer greetings,

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International Students

Auckland is a vibrant, multicultural city beside the sea and touches 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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