Objective
Provide a worldwide benefit for WACS members

Make a statement regarding the importance of career development in our industry

Create a new source of revenue for WACS and it’s membership

Provide motivation for WACS members to unite and work towards a common goal

Enhance the profile of the Chef in the public eye on A global scale wile giving a sense of pride to those who cook in the world.

Will make a statement regarding the importance of career development

Will demonstrate to the global community that our industry holds the depth and significance to be unified by like principles

Will exhibit to our members a strong commitment to understanding the need for career planning and specific goals

The WACS challenge to all culinarians is to step up and support the need for professional validation by being certified.



The Business Side of Certification
Create a new source of revenue for WACS and it’s membership

Currently WACS has no significant product for sale which generates revenue for the Association other than membership

The disbursal of funds would be split between WACS, the managing entity and each participating country

With this proposal comes the opportunity to make educational and training goods available allowing WACS to gain revenue for approving such products Recertification, at regular intervals is the ongoing return revenue source.



WACS Certification
Provides motivation for WACS members to unite and work towards a common goal.

Our alliance is one which drives one of the most prevalent industries in every membership country, the ability to once again unite and better our profession is a strong message to the world.

The results of us achieving our goal will be evident in each country and its chefs that participate.

Our validation of ones skills will make our branding effort stronger.



What will Certification do?
Enhance the profile of the WACS Chef in the public eye

Certification brings a new validity to the chefs of every country who participates

Globalization of standards and regulated evaluation of those standards by our own organization indicates that our governance is sophisticated enough to monitor our industry on it’s own accord

Commitment to certification and the residual education benefits it mandates will only raise the professionalism of the chefs who chose to accept this challenge.



WACS Certification
WACS Certified Chef: WCC
An individual who has limited supervisory responsibilities of within the culinary facility and is capable of executing any task regarding cookery

WACS Certified Executive Chef: WCEC
An individual who has full supervisory responsibilities of the culinary facility, is capable of executing any task regarding cookery and is financially responsible for the operation at a strategically decisive level.



The Assessed Competencies:
WACS Certified Chef
Applied Sanitation
Applied Nutrition
Cooking Methodology
Supervisory Development

Education and experience
Completion of secondary education
Work experience at this and previous positions
Culinary training



Time Lines
- Final feedback to be sent to CD’s by May
- Administration of the program to be ready by July and sent to all WACS member countries
- Certification to start by September