ACF Certification Requirements
30 Hour Course Experience
Certification
CFC™ - Certified
Fundamentals Cook™
CFPC™ - Certified
Fundamentals Pastry
Cook™
CC® - Certified
Culinarian®
CPC® - Certified Pastry
Culinarian®
CSC® - Certified Sous
Chef®
CWPC® - Certified
Working Pastry Chef®
CCC -®
Certified Chef de Cuisine®
CEC® - Certified
Executive Chef®
CEPC® - Certified
Executive Pastry Chef®
CMC® - Certified Master
Chef®
CMPC® - Certified
Master Pastry Chef®
PCC™ - Personal
Certified Chef™
PCEC™ - Personal
Certified Executive
Chef™
CCA® - Certified Culinary
Administrator®
(Must be current CCC®, CEC®
or CEPC )®
CCE - Certified
®
Culinary Educator®
CSCE® - Certified
Secondary
Culinary Educator®
**Education Developments include: Curriculum Planning & Development, Evaluation & Testing, Teaching Methodology, Educational Psychology
^Contact hours are actual teaching hours at an accredited institution. Hours should be documented by the respective school on official letterhead.
Written Exam scores are valid for two years. Practical Exam scores are vaild for one year.
Additional
Education Requirements (must be within the past 10 yrs) Requirements
High School Diploma or GED
NOCTI ACF Written
or 75 CEH Nutrition and Performance
No experience required
Food Safety & Sanitation Certification
or Graduation from ACFEF Secondary
Assessments
Program
High School Diploma or GED
2 yrs. entry level culinarian/pastry
or 100 CEH Written Exam
Nutrition
Practical Exam
or Culinary Arts program Certificate (1 yr.) Food Safety & Sanitation 1 yr. entry level culinarian/pastry
(exempt if graduate of ACF
Supervisory Mgmt accredited program)
or Associate Degree in Culinary Arts
No Experience Required
or ACFEF Apprenticeship program
EVERYONE Must have two years
High School Diploma experience supervising a shift or food station.
or GED
5 yrs. entry level culinarian/pastry
Nutrition
or 150 CEH Written Exam
Food Safety & Sanitation
Practical Exam
or ACFEF Culinary Arts/Baking Pastry Supervisory Mgmt
4 yrs. entry level culinarian/pastry
Program Certificate
or Associate Degree in Culinary Arts 3 yrs. entry level culinarian/pastry
or ACFEF Apprenticeship program Min. 4000 hrs. on the job training
High School Diploma plus 100 CEH
3 yrs. as Sous Chef or chef who
or GED plus 100 CEH
Nutrition supervises a shift or station(s) in a food
Written Exam
or 200 CEH Food Safety & Sanitation service operation. Must have supervised
Practical Exam
Supervisory Mgmt at least 2 FT people in the preparation
or Associate Degree in Culinary Arts
of food
or ACFEF Apprenticeship program
High School Diploma CEC - 5yrs. as a Chef de Cuisine or
or GED Nutrition Executive Sous Chef or chef in charge of
food production in a food service operation.
Food Safety & Sanitation
or 250 CEH Must have supervised at least 5 FT people. Written Exam
Supervisory Mgmt
Practical Exam
or Associate Degree in Culinary Arts Cost Control Mgmt CEPC -5yrs. as a Pastry Chef in charge of
Beverage Mgmt the production of baked goods, pastry and/or
or ACFEF Apprenticeship program plus
50 CEH confection. Must have supervision experience.
Same as CEC®/CEPC®
See CMC®/CMPC®
See CMC®/CMPC® Manual plus CCA® See CMC®/CMPC® Manual
Manual
Wine
Nutrition
3 yrs. as an entry level culinarian plus 1 FT Written Exam
Same as CSC® Food Safety & Sanitation
yr. as Personal Chef Practical Exam
Business Mgmt
Nutrition 3 yrs. FT as a Personal Chef engaged
Written Exam
Same as CEC® Food Safety & Sanitation in all aspects of food preparation and
Practical Exam
Business Mgmt management
Nutrition
3 yrs. as an Executive Chef with Narrative paper
Food Safety & Sanitation
fiscal responsibility over food service Written Exam - CCA®
Same as CEC ®
Supervisory Mgmt
operations. Must have supervised at Must be CCC®,
Advanced Sanitation
least 3 FT people. CEC®/CEPC®
Human Resource Mgmt
Associate Degree in Culinary Arts plus
2 yrs. FT as a Chef de Cuisine or Working Classroom Video
120 hrs. Education Development**
Nutrition Pastry Chef (within 10 yrs. prior to Written Exam
Food Safety & Sanitation employment as a culinary instructor). Practical Exam - CCC®
or Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline Supervisory Mgmt 1200 Post Secondary contact hrs. (FT or or Practical Exam -
plus 120 hrs. Education Development** PT within the past 10 yrs.)^ CWPC®
Associate Degree in Culinary Arts plus 1200 Secondary or Postsecondary Classroom Video
120 hrs. Education Development** Nutrition contact hours (FT or PT)^ Written Exam
or Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline Food Safety & Sanitation Practical Exam - CCC®
Supervisory Mgmt 1200 Secondary or Postsecondary or Practical Exam -
plus 120 hrs. Education Development**
contact hours (FT or PT)^ CWPC®
30 hr. (course) Basic Food Prep