Joined their online weekly baking class last August. Despite not being in a traditional classroom set up, the admin and Chef Dahlia were quick to respond and help out. Had a fun time learning new recipes and meeting other people who are also interested in baking.
CCA is a place where everybody is welcome even the PWD who is interested to learn Culinary Arts is much welcome here!
Horrible management. Not very supportive towards Persons with Disability. My husband's GI bill was wasted. We ended up owing the VA thousands of dollars because of CCA's management's irresponsibility. They will only accomodate you in the beginning because you will be paying a lot of money. Terrible experience after that. Guaranteed.
I went to CCA on May 7, 2018 to check out the facilities. I was greeted and assisted quite well by Raymart so this prompted me to tell my mom about their Kitchen Discovery Test. Then after a few days my mom called CCA, they told my mom, the Kitchen Discovery Test is a pre-requisite to those considering Culinary Degree because it is actually an evaluation and the participants will be actually cooking three surprise dishes to be announced on the day. The KDT will be on Saturday at 9:30am and the fee was P3800. As I went to CCA on that day, the room had 8-10 students and we were seated on the kitchen theater instead of an actual kitchen. An hour pass by without any activity, we were just sitting and doing nothing. By 10:30am a host by the name of Ms. Joan, showed up to explain what CCA is about. She was explaining their "Marketing Strategy" on explaining how much they re the best and their students so called "Success Stories" in their school. So much looong talk and I really felt this was a waste of our time, C'mon lady I thought we were going to cook ?? I The class also notice how the hostess was chatty and animated with the French chef but not with the rest of us. You could say borderline flirty. Please note that this host, Ms. Joan, was snooty
when asked with questions she does not feel like answering.
By 12noon, Finally ! We were ask to cook and the chef only gave one dish demonstration (Chicken Cordon Bleu). By the way the chef uses cheap ingredients like processed cheese (not sure if Eden brand or Quickmelt cheese) and his cooking style is old-fashioned. It is NOT innovative and NOT interesting to learn. After lunch we were sent to the Grand Kitchen to re-create the dish. I honestly felt very intimidated with the French chef. He seems rude and treated some of us without cooking skills with contempt. He asked a line cook to help me instead. After the dishes were done, he just left without even evaluating our dishes.There was no grading or evaluation on how we did but instead, we were all sent home along with our "creation". Hey what happened to the two other dishes ? They sold my mom on 3 dishes !! After this miserable experience, without a doubt, I would say, CCA is not the Best Culinary School in the Philippines. They will trick you just to get your money. They position and label themselves as the best in the country but the truth is they are mediocre, managed by local staff with and an insolent attitude, a French chef with old fashioned style of cooking and an intimidating vibe.
For those who want the best culinary school in Manila try searching elsewhere because I feel this school ONLY CARES ABOUT YOUR MONEY ! They will deceive you with their marketing skills and glossy brochures. All hype ! To CCA management, if ever you read this, please return our hard earned Php3,800.00
A friend of mine training to be chef invited me in one of their student restaurant services, where students man the kitchen and dining room. The meal was aiming to be restaurant quality, the service almost restaurant quality as well. Best of all, the meal was free.
School is pretty much renovated. Yep its expensive.
I enrolled and paid half of my tuition back in June 2020 for the short course I was aiming (29k php). Then my dad got serious sickness and I really need to withdraw my application and refund to help my family and since the class is not even started yet. So I requested for withdrawal and refund.
They kept on telling me that they are busy and pandemic this and that and on every follow up for nearly two months they either ghosted me or answered my query in very vague and generic tone.
They did not even inform me about the process of refund since the day 1 I was asking. I told them that I would report to Dep Ed if they keep on ignoring me and ghosting me. Then they started replying to me and formally accepted my request and was told that the process of refund is 30-60 days.
That means I have to wait again for 2 months (after being neglected for 2 months). It is now officially 30 days and I still have to wait for one more month. Do not join this school. It's a scam.
Shame, really, I was really going to quit my job and join their diploma school if the short course that I originally applied for goes well. It crushed my dream for them to treat me like this. They are not taking care of their customer while I was dreaming to become their student.
Definitely once I bounce back on my finance, I will join other school instead.
Ladies and gents, think twice before you enroll in any of their program. They will crush your dream like they did to mine.
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