Haute Cuisine Chef Diploma

+1000

STUDENTS

Have experimented a transformation.

+90

NATIONALITIES

Students from around the world choose CIB.

+70%

ENTREPRENEURS

Our students push the industry's limits.

+200

PARTNERSHIPS

For international internships.

Admission process

One step away from your future.
Our admissions team will accompany you through each of these simple steps.

• Step 1

  Fill in the contact form

  The first step is as simple as filling out the basic contact form in the website so that one of our advisors can contact you.

• Step 2

  Personal guidance

  A CIB advisor will contact you, guide you through the process and answer any questions you may have.

• Step 3

  Submit the admission form

  This is the most important step and is aimed at getting to know you, see your fit with our culture and your personal goals.

• Step 4

  Evaluation interview

  An online interview to assess your attitudes, your entrepreneurial character and willingness to be creative and innovative.

• Step 5

  Get accepted in the CIB

  The admissions committee reviews all applications once a week. If the decision is positive, you will have one week to reserve your place.

• Step 6

  Complete your enrollment

  If you are accepted, you will have five days to finalize the reservation and then two weeks to pay the enrollment fee.

• Step 1

  Fill in the contact form

  The first step is as simple as filling out the basic contact form in the website so that one of our advisors can contact you.

• Step 2

  Personal guidance

  A CIB advisor will contact you, guide you through the process and answer any questions you may have.

• Step 3

  Submit the admission form

  This is the most important step and is aimed at getting to know you, see your fit with our culture and your personal goals.

• Step 4

  Evaluation interview

  An online interview to assess your attitudes, your entrepreneurial character and willingness to be creative and innovative.

• Step 5

  Get accepted in the CIB

  The admissions committee reviews all applications once a week. If the decision is positive, you will have one week to reserve your place.

• Step 6

  Complete your enrollment

  If you are accepted, you will have five days to finalize the reservation and then two weeks to pay the enrollment fee.

Submit the admission form

Prices and financial support

Admission call

May 2026

€26,620

Admission call

September 2026

€26,620

Admission call

January 2027

€26,620

€23,958 -10%

Last places available with financial support until 10th July 2026

How does it work?

The sooner you enrol, less you pay

The Early Enrolment Offer (EEO) is a support scheme that gives you between a 10% and 15% discount on the total cost of the course. It's just like booking your holiday, the sooner you sign up, the less you pay.

If you enrol at least 300 days before the course starts, you'll get a 15% discount, and if you enrol between 300 and 180 days before the course starts, you'll get a 10% discount.

But these discounts are limited. We recommend that you go ahead and enrol as soon as you're ready.

Early enrollment offer

Until 06 March 2026

Until the number of vacancies available per call is reached. Enrollements prior 06 March 2026 will be considered.
More anticipation: Better price. Enroll one year in advance and get a 15% Early Bird benefit.

Save up to

-10% & -15%

Access limited financial support until 06 March of 2026 for courses starting in September 2026.

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See if it's for you

This program is for you whether you want to start your career, you already work in cooking or you want to sidestep into something new.

I want to start my career in cooking

For people who want to start studying and enter the job market with an outstanding competitive edge.

I want to improve my abilities as a chef

For people who have already started their career in gastronomy, but want to take it to the next level.

I want to change my professional field

For people who want to step outside their comfort zone and achieve their personal and professional goals by becoming a chef.

I want to start my own business in the world of gastronomy

For ambitious, entrepreneurial individuals who want to launch and lead winning projects.

I want aninternational education

For individuals with a broad vision of the world who want an educational, international and comprehensive experience that fulfills their expectations.

For future chefs who want to change the gastronomic sector

For people with a world-wide vision who are looking for an educational, international and fulfilling experience that meets their expectations.

The time is ripe

Start the admission process to live the best educational experience of your life.

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What makes the CIB so special?

It is creativity, innovation and a forward-thinking vision

We use creativity to find solutions before others, innovation as a driving force, and we look to the future to prepare our students for the constant paradigm shifts the 21st century will undoubtedly bring.

It is multicultural and global

The CIB is a school open to the world, free from cultural, social, language or political barriers. Because working in a multicultural environment involves adding, contributing, having different opinions and achieving better results.

It is aligned with the values of today's society

Far from traditional education and from the “YES CHEF!” mentality. At the CIB, we believe that a drastic change is in order, and our mission is to train the next generation of chefs and culinary entrepreneurs to be ready for the demands of the 21st century.

We encourage entrepreneurship

The CIB won't train you to be a restaurant employee. It trains future restaurant leaders and entrepreneurs who want to transform this business through creativity and innovation.

It is not for everyone.

Being a CIBer is a way of life. It involves sharing values, being prepared for challenges that require creativity and problem-solving, working as a team, cultural diversity, innovating the market and for the paradigm shifts that the 21st century will undoubtedly bring.

We transform people

Today, knowledge is so accessible, immediate, and free. So, schools need to offer something else. Their new role is to be a springboard for growth, and the CIB is designed for just that purpose; to help our students grow and transform. #CookingTomorrow.

No exams. The point of assessment is an improvement

The challenges are our way of assessing your knowledge. They are cross-disciplinary, holistic, and evolutionary and will put your knowledge to the test whilst you're with us. They will help you get further. They are challenges that will test you.

Much more than knowledge.

The 21st century has shown us that we can access content from anywhere, at any time. But here, we train our students to use what they already know to enhance their attitudes, improve their skills and open the door to new possibilities.

Freedom of thought.

Creativity is an attitude, a way of doing things, a state of mind, and above all, it is dependent on freedom. The CIB methodology has been designed to allow students total freedom to exercise their creativity naturally, without fear of making a mistake.

CIB Methodology

We train with disruptive learning experiences to transform people

If you don't change, you can't evolve, and teaching must do just that: it must teach you how to evolve.
As a cooking school, we show our students how to improve, to question, to imagine, to seek and to unearth new possibilities.
We teach you how to set, pursue and achieve your goals, to not be afraid of making mistakes. Because only those who are willing to make mistakes are capable of doing truly wonderful things

That's why we founded the CIB, the cooking school where anything is possible.

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A chance to ask your questions

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What awaits you in the 1,390-hour program

IN 1 YEAR

YOU'LL BE A CHEF

The CIB is intense, and has been designed so that in just one year you can enter the job market with a very competitive advantage.

+70

INDUSTRY LEADERS

We bring in specialized professionals to teach you about their craft.

+500

CLASSES

Each class poses a specific learning objective.

+95%

INTERNATIONAL

Students from around the world. Gain a multicultural experience, just as you will in the real world.

BARCELONA

GASTRONOMIC CAPITAL

Barcelona is a gastronomic capital and known to be one of the best cities for studying cooking.

6

CHALLENGES

Our challenges put you to the test and evaluate your knowledge without having to sit an exam.

+20

WORKSHOPS

Whether it's field trips or workshops, these sessions help you to enhance your skills, attitudes, and possibilities.

+27

AVERAGE AGE

Most of our students are adults. People with clear goals.

Frequently asked questions

• What is an Early Enrollment Offer (EEO)?

  It's a subsidy scheme that works like booking a holiday, the sooner you sign up, the more discount you get.
  
  In order to alleviate the financial burden and secure your place on one of our future courses, the CIB offers a limited number of large discounts on each admission call.
  
  When an admission call has offered the maximum number of EEOs, the discount is postponed to the following call. So we recommend you go ahead and enrol as soon as you're ready.

• How far in advance should I enrol?

  As a general rule, THE SOONER THE BETTER. It is not just about reserving your place and applying for an EEO (Early Enrollment Offer). It will also give you more time to prepare your documentation, organize your trip to Barcelona and find accommodation.
  
  The advantages of early enrollment:

  • Securing your place at the CIB.
  • Getting an early enrollment discount on the total cost of the course.
  • Having enough time to process your visa.
  • Finding well-priced accommodation.

  
  
  You can talk to our Student Services Office or your personal advisor whenever you need to.

• What does the enrollment process involve once I've been accepted to the CIB?

  o benefit from an Early Enrollment Offer (EEO), you must complete the entire enrollment process and finalize your enrollment (by paying 30% of the total fees) before the date specified on our website.
  The average time it takes to enrol is approximately 15-30 days.
  
  Admission process:

  1. Send us your admission form, contact your advisor and pass the admission interview.
  2. Reserving your place: When you receive notification of admission, you will have 10 days to reserve your place by paying the pre-enrollment fee of €500.
  3. Enrollment: From that moment on you will have 20 days to pay 30% of the course fees, minus the pre-enrollment fee.
  4. Remaining balance: In order to pay the remaining 70% of cost of the fees, you can choose the payment method that best suits you and take advantage of early payment or early enrollment bonuses.

• Are there any prerequisites?

  Yes.
  
  To benefit from an Early Enrollment Offer (EEO), you must complete the entire enrollment process and finalize your enrollment (by paying 30% of the total fees) before the date specified on our website.
  
  The average time it takes to enrol is approximately 15-30 days.

• Can it be used in conjunction with other offers?

  The Early Enrollment Offer can be used in conjunction with the Early Payment discount of 6%, if you make a single payment and the payment date is within 60 days of the start of the course.

• Are there any more offers available?

  We offer three discounts in total:
  
  

  1. EEO (Early Enrollment Offer): between 10 and 15% discount depending on how far in advance you register. This offer has a limited number of places per year. Our website is always updated.
  2. Early payment: Discount of 6% that can be used in conjunction with the EEO, if a single payment is made and the date of payment is within 60 days of the start of the course.
  3. Alumni: All CIBers get a 15% discount on any CIB course they register for. Always.

• Is there a grants and financial support program?

  The CIB does not have a grant scheme. As an international institution, we have students from all over the world applying for grants, and as much as we would like to, we can't help everyone.
  
  However, we do offer our EEO (Early Enrollment Offer) scheme: the sooner you enrol, the less you pay.
  
  It is also worth noting that the CIB rewards talented students who sign up for our programmes. If we see that you have great potential to become a CIBer, we will provide you with opportunities for further training on any of our courses.

• What does the price include?

  All published prices include all supplies, field trips with their meals and hotel nights, materials, work tools, a complete knife set, backpack, and insurance.
  
  There are no hidden costs or surprises.
  
  The price does not include accommodation in Barcelona. But we can help you look for somewhere to live while you study with us.
  
  What it includes

  • Uniform and equipment: all the equipment you will need for the entire course.
  • All ingredients and raw materials included: at no other school in the world will you handle and cook with as much raw material as at the CIB, and it's all included in the price.
  • All the experiences: all activities, both inside and outside the CIB, are included in the price.
  • CIB membership: You will be a CIBer for the rest of your life. You'll have access to exclusive offers, perks and job opportunities.
  • Use of the facilities, your new laboratory: you will have unlimited access to our spaces dedicated to experimentation, meetings and teamwork.
  • Graduation Ceremony: you will remember this day as one of the most special and memorable days of your life.

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