TRU
Culinary Arts

Tuition and Costs

Once accepted, students receive billing information in the mail along with the notification of their starting date. Students are billed for each semester.

Professional Cook 1 tuition:
Canadian: approx. $4,030
International: $15,560

Professional Cook 2 tuition:
Canadian: approx. $2,100
International: $7,660

Required text, tools and clothing

  • Learning Guides:
    • Professional Cook 1 Package $88.50
    • Occupational Skills Block A Learning Resources $53.00
    • Professional Cook 2 Package $44.25
    • Professional Cook 3 Package $44.25
  • Gisslen Professional Cooking for Canadian Chefs $185.00
  • Canadian Meat Council Food Service Meat Manual $31.25
  • Cook's training knife and tool kit (see list below) $465.00
  • Three pairs of chef pants $24.99 each
  • Two Chef hats  $13.00 each
  • Laundry fee $175

All prices are subject to change. Prices do not include tax. Jackets and aprons are leased from a uniform company and are provided for the students.

Cook's training knife and tool kit:
  • 10" straight chef's knife
  • 10¼" serrated bread knife
  • 3¼" straight paring knife
  • 10" diamond oval steel
  • Vegetable peeler
  • Pocket thermometer
  • 16" plastic pastry bag
  • 2" nylon pastry brush
  • Plastic bowl scraper (2)
  • Plain pastry tube
  • Star pastry tube