Comments on: Top Five Culinary Schools in The Philippines

By: corazon

corazon — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:45:09 +0000

AHA will really be your best choice! It’s definitely giving you the multi-faceted learning approach. U’ll be trained as a great chef!

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:30:26 +0000

I have been scouting for culinary schools the last six months. I was lucky that one of my friends knows one of the European Executive chefs on one of the 5 star hotels here in Manila. We met and he told me some inside information about culinary schools here in Manila. There are one school with different branches that say they are the best in their marketing because some of their students are winning competitions. This school also say that their do Quality education affordable. (you will find out what school it is by researching a little). This school has a very bad reputation among the chefs here in Manila, so bad that they are not any longer accepting OJT students from them.
The chef also told me to find out what school gives the best education and will prepare me to be a professional. He says that the most important thing is that you spend as much time as possible in the kitchen and NOT in the lecture room. He recommended one school that is mentioned in this forum here several times. Here you spend about 30 minutes in the lecture room and the rest of the time in the kitchen (3,5 -4 hours), 5 days a week.
I am enrolling there this coming June. 195.000 for 11 months including everything. There are schools that say they are cheaper but then you do not do that much time in the kitchen. Some of them only 6 – 8 hours per week in the kitchen compared to my school where I will be doing 18 – 20 hours per week.
So do yourself a favour before enrolling ask how many hours are really spent in the kitchen doing hands on. According to the European chef that is what really counts. He should know. He is the one that might hire you later.

By: AHA student

AHA student — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:00:34 +0000

Hi, I’m currently enrolled in the Associate International Degree program of AHA. To be honest, AHA is brutal; strict and adherent to the pressures of a kitchen. The degree is slow, very slow. Every week, we are given one culinary demo (theoretical) class and one culinary lab (practical). Since this a degree program, we are also given general education courses related to culinary; prod i.d. and purchasing, food safety and sanitation, business math, introduction to hospitality, and communication arts. The curriculum for culinary classes starts slow due to the fact that you tackle all the basics: knife skills, deboning, filleting, stocks, and so on and so forth. It may seem little, but during my 3 month stay, I have experienced stress like no other. You will have little to no social life when enrolled in AHA. If you are truly dedicated in cooking and have the patience to do so, AHA is a good choice. To those that want to experience more of the hands on approach, please apply for the diploma courses. Diploma courses are fast and focus its entirety in culinary arts.

By: jeer

jeer — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:40:46 +0000

how bout school of heny sison? any feedback??

By: ayie

ayie — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:04:32 +0000

Nagpunta ko sa AHA to inquire…hanep ang facilities!very cool!

By: hidee

hidee — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:38:41 +0000

Try mo magenrol s AHA, u wont regret!

By: mee

mee — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:29:54 +0000

AHA reli is d best!

By: carina

carina — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:34:44 +0000

naginquire ako in cca since yun yung pinkasikat na culinry dito sa manila. pero naturn off ako. tama kayo. ang yabang lang nila.it’s as if you dont belong.

By: edric

edric — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:02:18 +0000

is it true na in ischam, more of fad marketing lang?hindi naman daw sulit yung tuition kasi di gaano nakakagamit ng facilities tapos more of lecture lang?

By: weeba

weeba — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:43:25 +0000

I’m a registered nurse but my heart still belongs to culinary. AHA has caught my attention here dahil sa mga comments.lol. So anyone here has finally made a decision? I’m planning to take culinary too this year, tara guys sabay sabay na tayo maginquire pra classmates tayo.