CChef’s OfficeAcademy
Chef’s Office Academy · The full five-module programme

Be ready for
the responsibility.
Build your case.

Develop the financial, operational and leadership skills behind your next career step. Then bring that thinking together into evidence you can use in a pay review, interview or conversation about a more senior role.

Explore Academy enrolment

A$1,495 once or 5 × A$299 at 30-day intervals · Total A$1,495

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Ricardo Calderini, your Academy teacher
RICARDO CALDERINI · FOUNDER AND TEACHER
Your experience, developed

From knowing the kitchen
to explaining the business.

5 modulesFinance to career development
25-week study pathWork at your own pace
Full course accessLifetime access after enrolment
Practical exercisesA supplied Kitchen Lab
The next role asks more of you

Show what you can do.
Explain why it matters.

Cooking skill is the foundation. More responsibility also brings decisions about money, menus, systems and people.

The Academy gives you a structured way to develop those capabilities and connect them to your career. You work through practical lessons and exercises, then build a clearer account of what you can contribute.

Pay, promotions, bonuses and opportunities depend on your experience, application and employer. They are ambitions you can prepare for, not guaranteed course outcomes.

Your pathway

Five connected
capabilities.

A recommended 25-week study path, usually around 2–3 hours a week. Full bundle access lets you work at your own pace; the course does not enforce weekly or workbook-completion locks.

M1Financial Foundations

6 study weeks. Read costs, labour, prime cost and the P&L. Develop a reasoned diagnosis and action plan.

M2Menu Engineering

5 study weeks. Connect true costs, contribution, pricing and positioning to a better menu decision.

M3Operational Systems, Labour and Performance

5 study weeks. Build practical controls for production, stock, waste, rostering and the weekly operating rhythm.

M4Leadership and Team Management

4 study weeks. Set standards, give feedback and develop a team through clear, consistent leadership.

M5Your Career, Your Business

5 study weeks. Bring your capabilities and evidence together in a portfolio for your next career conversation.

Practise before the real conversation

Learn it.
Work it through.
Make your case.

  • ✓Lessons and practical workbooks across the five modules.
  • ✓A supplied Kitchen Lab so you can practise without confidential employer figures.
  • ✓Module assessments and capstone work that bring the thinking together.
  • ✓An optional wrap-up at the end of each module and lifetime access to revisit the material.
Ricardo Calderini, founder of Chef’s Office Academy
Written by Ricardo Calderini

Kitchen experience.
Commercial thinking.

Around twenty years in professional kitchens, a bachelor’s degree in business administration and finance, and experience owning five businesses. Ricardo explains business ideas through the decisions a working chef faces.

A student’s perspective
“I now think beyond cooking, and focus on running the kitchen as a successful business.”

Pradeep Limbu · Chef, Hotel Chadstone

His experience across Academy Modules 1 to 4. This is not a claim of a salary increase or promotion.

Choose how to enrol

One programme.
Two payment options.

Pay onceA$1,495

One payment for all five modules.
Lifetime access.

Five-payment plan5 × A$299

First payment at enrolment, then every 30 days.
Five payments total · A$1,495 overall.

Choose your payment option

Seven-day money-back guarantee. Email academy@chefsoffice.com.au within seven days of purchase if the Academy is not right for you.

Before you decide

The right
commitment for you.

Prefer to begin with financial foundations? Explore Module 1 on its own.

Do I need a senior title to start?+

No. The programme is for chefs prepared to develop their financial, operational and people skills. You need time to do the work, not an existing executive title.

How does access work?+

The Academy purchase gives full access to the course bundle after successful enrolment. Begin with Module 1 and follow the recommended sequence. The standalone M1 offer has a weekly release schedule; the full Academy bundle uses full access.

What if I already own Module 1?+

Contact academy@chefsoffice.com.au before purchasing so we can confirm your upgrade options and avoid a duplicate purchase.

Academy enrolment and payment terms

The full Academy includes all five modules with lifetime access. The course bundle is supplied with full access after successful enrolment; the recommended study sequence is Module 1 through Module 5. Workbook submission is not a technical unlock condition. The 25-week outline is a study plan, not a fixed completion deadline.

Choose A$1,495 in one payment or five payments of A$299, totalling A$1,495. The instalment plan takes the first payment at enrolment, followed by four payments at 30-day intervals. It is a five-payment commitment, not a month-to-month subscription or a separate purchase of each module.

If the Academy is not right for you, email academy@chefsoffice.com.au within seven days of purchase for a full refund under the advertised guarantee. Completing Week 1 is not a condition. For an instalment purchase refunded under this guarantee, remaining instalments must also be cancelled. These Academy offer terms take precedence over older confirmation-call, module-by-module or non-refundable wording elsewhere on this website. Your applicable consumer rights are unaffected.

The optional wrap-up at the end of each module is included. Ongoing private coaching, job placement and guaranteed salary or promotion outcomes are not included. Contact us before buying if you already own Module 1 so we can confirm the applicable upgrade arrangement.