Full-time courses

"THE Food Education"

- The recipe: a broad based culinary education equiping graduates with the classic skills required in the international, world class kitchen.  After 45 years- Silwood's recipe is flop proof. The school for budding chefs.

Silwood was started in 1964 and has remained a small family-run business, boasting student achievements unmatched by any other school in the country.  Our graduates are sort-after worldwide.

The Silwood qualification is made up of 3 training years, with an option to complete one, two or all three years.

1st Year - Certificate Course
2nd Year - Diploma Course
3rd Year - Grande Diplome

1 year part-time patisserie diploma starting in 2011

Silwood has won all the Sunday Times Inter-Cookery School Competitions to date, The Cape Gourmet Festival student competitions and the 1997 and 1998 SA Chefs Inter-Cookery Schools Knife Skill Competitions. A Silwood student even won the junior place on the Olympic team whilst in her 3rd year.