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Become an Aleanza Chef.

Master Your Skills. Accelerate Your Career or Business.

Train for real-world success. From working in professional kitchens and leading culinary operations to growing your own food business, Aleanza accelerates your journey through intensive culinary training, industry internships, and executive leadership education taught by executive chefs, food CEOS, founders, and real food operators.

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Gain professional skills. Develop advanced knowledge and a deeper understanding of the culinary industry. Accelerate your career faster than traditional schooling.

 

Start your journey to career & business mastery.

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Advance with Aleanza.

DPCA

Diploma in Professional Culinary Arts

2mo Culinary Arts

2mo. International Cuisine

320-600hr Internship

CABP

Culinary Arts, Baking & Pastry

2mo Culinary Arts

2mo. Baking & Pastry

320-600hr Internship

DIPLOMA PROGRAMS

​DPCA*

Diploma in Professional Culinary Arts

Learn to Cook Great Food Fast

  • 2mo. Culinary Arts

  • 2mo. International Cuisine

  • 320-600 hr Internship

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CABP

Diploma in Culinary Arts, Baking & Pastry

  • 2mo. Culinary Arts

  • 2mo. Baking & Pastry

  • 320-600 hr Internship

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ACPD**

Advanced Culinary & Pastry Diploma

Best for Aspiring Head Chefs

  • 2mo. Culinary Arts

  • 2mo. International Cuisine

  • 2mo. Baking & Pastry

  • 320-600 hr Internship

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MCRP

Master Chef, Catering & Restaurateur Program

  • 6mo of ACPD

  • 3mo of Food Business School (Cycle 1: Basics)

  • 3mo of Food Business School (Cycle 2: Advanced)

  • 320-600 hr Internship

 

APEX***

Executive Chef & Business Accelerator

Best Way to Get Ahead of the Competition in Both Career & Business

  • 6mo of all 3 courses in ACPD

  • 6mo of both 2 cycles in Food Business School

  • 1 Year of Executive Career & Business Accelerator*** (Simultaneous)

  • 320-600 hr Internship

Why Consider APEX?

Advanced beyond traditional school results so you can get ahead of your competition.

Everything in our culinary programs, plus personal executive-level coaching from Chef Rob Pengson.

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Culinary Arts, 2mo

Baking & Pastry, 2mo

International Cuisine, 2mo

Food Business School (Basic), 3mo

Food Business School (Advanced), 3mo

Your World-class Internship, 320-600 hours

Coaching by Elite APEX Mentors, 1 year

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Graduate with your brand built, menus developed, signature dishes perfected, and catering packages ready to sell. Build an elite network of executive chefs, CEOs, restaurateurs, and food business leaders.

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Most chefs take years to reach this level. APEX helps you get there in your first year, giving you a head start few culinary schools or HRM colleges offer.

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Graduate with a serious advantage. Stay humble, lead with integrity, and use your opportunities responsibly. Abuse of APEX privileges can result in removal from the program.

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FOOD BUSINESS SCHOOL (BASICS)

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In FBS Basics, learn the fundamentals of restaurants, bars, cafés, bakeries, catering, cloud kitchens, kiosks, licensing, franchising, and acquisitions—things most schools never teach.

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Learn through real case studies and directly from head chefs, executive chefs, restaurateurs, caterers, CEOs, and food business operators.

Most culinary graduates are surrounded by entry-level workers. FBS students are surrounded by industry leaders.

Welcome to your new circle.

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  • Chef Careers, Entrepreneurship and How to get Ahead

  • Food Business Models: Restaurants, Bars, cafes, Cloud, Licensing, Franchising and More.

  • Restaurant & Kitchen Design

  • Executive Chef Management Essentials

  • Entrepreneurship Essentials

  • Menu Engineering, Product Development & Perfecting Your offers.

  • Chef MBA Topics: Business, Finance, Marketing, Sales, Management, Leadership, Operations, Growth Models & Strategies and Exit Strategies.

  • Hands on Kitchen, Restaurant, Buffet, Delivery and Workshop Simulations

  • Real Case Studies of Real Chefs and Food Business.

  • Build Your Career & Business Plan

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FOOD BUSINESS SCHOOL (ADVANCED)

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In FBS Advanced, you begin to lead, plan, and execute. You present your progress, report real results, and mentor new FBS students to develop your leadership skills.

Work closely with executive chefs, CEOs, and food business owners as you build brands, products, and services you intend to launch and earn from.

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This is not pretend. This is the real world. This is how you get ahead of 99% of culinary and HRM graduates.

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By the time your competition finishes studying, your career and business are already growing.

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This is FBS Advanced.

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  • Meet Your New Mentors and Circle: Executive Chefs, Food CEOS, Restaurateurs, Caterers and Real Food Business Owners and Operators.

  • Execute Your Plan in FBS Basics and Report Your Data & Progress

  • Learn to Lead & Mentor

  • Our Best Students Start Earning Here. You Should Too. APEX Shows You How.

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CULINARY ARTS (CA)

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In Culinary Arts, learn food safety, knife skills, butchery, cooking science, and the techniques and processes used by the best chefs.

Learn to prepare, cook, and plate restaurant-quality dishes with speed, precision, and confidence.

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  • Food Safety & Sanitation

  • Recipes, Weights & Measures

  • Kitchen Familiarization

  • HACCP

  • Knife Skills & Butchery

  • Egg Cookery

  • Garde Manger

  • Potatoes, Grains & Pasta

  • Cooking Methods

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INTERNATIONAL CUISINE (IC)

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In International Cuisine, learn menu engineering, food costing, and Asian and Western menus through restaurant-style training, not traditional cooking school methods.

Train at the pace, volume, and precision of world-class professional kitchens, with restaurant-standard plating every time.

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  • Food Safety, Knife Skills & Butchery for International Cuisine

  • Menu Engineering Fundamentals

  • Recipe & menu Costing

  • Popular Asian Cuisine

  • Popular Western Cuisine

  • Restaurant Style Workflow and Plating

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BAKING & PASTRY (BP)

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In Baking & Pastry, learn the fundamentals of baking, pastry techniques, and the science behind them. Prepare breads, cakes, pastries, and desserts commonly served in hotels, restaurants, and bakeries.

Build the practical skills to begin your career in pastry or create your own products to sell.

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  • Food Safety & Knife Skills for Baking & Pastry

  • Menu Engineering Fundamentals for Bakeries

  • Breads

  • Cakes & Pastries

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YOUR INTERNSHIP

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Accelerate your skills and gain real-world experience at leading hotels through Aleanza's industry partnerships, from The Peninsula Manila to Marriott International, with over 10,000 properties worldwide.

Complete your 320-hour internship, or up to 600 hours where required by the hotel.

For working students, Aleanza can help arrange a schedule that fits your availability.

Train with the best. Build experience. Get ahead faster.

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  • We Guide You for Your Interview

  • You Complete the Hours

  • Internship is a requirement for Your Diploma. If you Forgo Your Internship, You get a Certificate.

BUILD YOUR PROGRAM

​DPCA*

Diploma in Professional Culinary Arts

Best How to Learn to Cook Great Food Fast

  • 2mo. Culinary Arts

  • 2mo. International Cuisine

  • 320-600 hr Internship

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CABP

Diploma in Culinary Arts, Baking & Pastry

  • 2mo. Culinary Arts

  • 2mo. Baking & Pastry

  • 320-600 hr Internship

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ACPD**

Advanced Culinary & Pastry Diploma

Best for Aspiring Head Chefs

  • 2mo. Culinary Arts

  • 2mo. International Cuisine

  • 2mo. Baking & Pastry

  • 320-600 hr Internship

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MCRP

Master Chef, Catering & Restaurateur Program

  • 6mo of ACPD

  • 3mo of Food Business School (Cycle 1: Basics)

  • 3mo of Food Business School (Cycle 2: Advanced)

  • 320-600 hr Internship

 

APEX***

Executive Chef & Business Accelerator

Best Way to Get Ahead of the Competition in Both Career & Business

  • 6mo of all 3 courses in ACPD

  • 6mo of both 2 cycles in Food Business School

  • 1 Year of Executive Career & Business Accelerator*** (Simultaneous)

  • 320-600 hr Internship

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About Aleanza

Aleanza is a modern institute for Culinary Arts, Hospitality, Entrepreneurship & Business Leadership. We help aspiring and active Business Owners, Executive Chefs, and leaders grow further.

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Founded by Chef Rob Pengson, Aleanza is built on 25+ years of internationally acclaimed experience across the Philippines, United States, Tokyo, Singapore, Europe, and Australia. Chef Rob has received dozens of local and international awards in culinary arts, education, hospitality, and entrepreneurship, with executive education exposure from Harvard Business School, Wharton, AIM, and the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group.

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Aleanza works closely with hotels, restaurants, hospitality groups, and a growing network of international internship organizations to help create real-world opportunities for its students.

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Chef Rob is the only chef in the Philippines known for launching multiple leading culinary institutions, training 18,000+ chefs, developing 2,000+ Executive Chefs, and serving thousands of SMEs across food, hospitality, and entrepreneurship.

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Aleanza is known for combining professional skills with leadership, business thinking, and real-world application. Students are developed not only for employment, but for growth, leadership, and long-term business opportunity.

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Aleanza is growing fast — with a focus on modern education, industry partnerships, and executive-level development for the next generation of hospitality and business leaders.

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Change the trajectory of your career and business.

 

Only with Aleanza.

About Aleanza

Built for Leaders

More than Just Another Culinary School

Traditional culinary education produces entry-level cooks for an oversupplied market — leading to low wages, long hours, and slow growth.

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Aleanza trains for the top of the industry: Entrepreneurs, Business Owners, Executive Chefs, and Future Leaders.

Beyond cooking, students develop leadership, business, and real-world operational skills built for long-term growth.

Ahead of the Old School

For Aspiring Business Owners & Executive Chefs

Because entry-level roles are crowded, real growth today is at the top — Executive Chefs, Entrepreneurs, and Business Owners.

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Getting there faster, leading teams, understanding business, and creating real value are not things most traditional culinary schools and HRM colleges cover effectively.

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That is why many graduates, professionals, and active industry leaders still come to Aleanza for the next level of growth and leadership.

A Partner for Life

Modern Day Business School & Partner

Aleanza is a modern-day school and lifelong partner, helping students and their businesses through education, employment, and entrepreneurial opportunities across its growing network, activities, and platforms.

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Aleanza believes students should be able to earn while they learn — gaining real-world experience through entrepreneurial projects, leadership activities, and real world industry exposure.

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Students develop the ability to create value, price properly, and deliver with excellence in the real world.

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