Our History and Background

HKCA has been providing professional training services for the hotel and catering industry for decades.  Since 2005, HKCA has been providing the youth with professional culinary qualifications and preparing them to join the industry.

The Academy is recognized by the University of West London the final year degree programme.  European and American chefs and catering professionals, catering managers provide professional trainings that keeps up the pace of the current trend of the industry.  HKCA is one of the WSET Recognized Examination Centres; Hong Kong Hotels Association and HKFORT Recognized Training Body.

Our Vision
HKCA’s vision is to help youths finding their career path in the Hotel and Catering Industry in order to improve their quality of life and keep up with the catering trend; competitiveness; food science technology and innovation of the catering industry.

Our Missions
As a professional Culinary Training School, we strive for up-keeping personal and social quality of people in Hong Kong, China and South East Asia (such as India; Pakistan; Indonesia; Philippines; Singapore; Malaysia and Thailand) by providing legitimate and authentic western culinary culture and arts experience.

Our Aims

• Our Academy provides kitchen practice at school and internships at hotels under the Hong Kong Hotels Association training schemes.
• Our Academy trains our students to provide healthy western food.   We ensure that students possess the correct attitude and with good discipline at work. Our young Chefs are prepared to work in the industry with professional qualification, good ethic and discipline.
• Our Academy supports and participate various visits; participate on Food & Beverage shows; booths and competitions so that our chef teachers can share their experience and updates on their knowledge and skills, students will have more experience for their future competitiveness such as Cruise and Hotel Visits; Gourmet Visits; participate on Wine & Dine; Restaurant & Bar; Food Expo & Seafood Expo; TVB Recordings; MLA Competitions; HOFEX Competitions, TDC Enterpreneur Day etc.
• Our Academy partnership and collaborate with the Hong Kong Boys & Girls Association, we encourage students to participate extra activities voluntary on charitable events and serve to the elderly and low incomes to reward to the society.
• Our Academy support environmental friendly, we also partnership and collaborate with Greeners Action and 5S Association, we encourage student to be organized, eliminate and reduce on food waste, these also beneficial for their future development.