WACS is a global member network of 93 national chefs associations founded in 1928, representing over 10 million professional chefs. WACS dedicates all of its activities to maintaining and improving the culinary standards of cuisines around the world.

‘We are delighted to announce our partnership with the World Association of Chefs Societies. As the global authority on food and food standards, the Association is the perfect partner for City & Guilds to collaborate with on driving the International agenda on culinary skills. Together, through education, training, professional development and international membership, we can shape future skills development in the industry’, says Chris Jones, CEO and Director General, City & Guilds.

City & Guilds and WACS will work together on a number of high profile skills initiatives, including the recently launched WACS quality standards programme - ‘Recognition of Quality Culinary Education’.

The programme seeks to recognise companies, associations or institutions offering excellence in culinary education and awards programmes which meet or exceed culinary education quality standards established by WACS.

Juan Visser, Regional Manager for the City & Guilds African office said, ‘The new WACS quality kite-mark works at several levels: it helps learners identify institutions which offer outstanding quality culinary programmes and assures employers where City & Guilds candidates have met WACS quality standards. We have reviewed City & Guilds’ and WACS’ quality assurance requirements together to create an integrated framework for promoting and improving standards in culinary education around the world.’

City & Guilds approved centres delivering a City & Guilds qualification in food preparation and culinary arts are now eligible to apply through a fast-track process to achieve the new WACS recognition.

‘This will give schools a real advantage to attract the best candidates at an international level and employers will gain added assurances that candidates were educated at schools that met global standards’, says Gissur Gudmundsson, President of the World Association of Chefs Societies.

City & Guilds is one of the world’s largest vocational education businesses with over 130 years expertise in skills development. City & Guilds operates in more than 80 countries, with a network of over 8500 centres and a portfolio covering a wide range of qualifications from catering and hospitality to engineering.

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