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teacher-student ratio of 1:22 and the average class size is 14 - 22. The College’s facilities incldues 3 classrooms, 3 kitchen labs and 1 Internship Preparatory Training Cafe. The College also offers academic counseling, accommodation support and career advice services to the students. ICASTEC is truly an international school with students coming from America, Mexico, Malaysia, India, Rwanda, Philippines, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Thailand, Vietnam and Portugal. Approximately 30% of its student body is local students that have been progressing well within the industry. ICASTEC has created paths for students to have the option to undertake their internship locally or proceed to countries in Europe for their overseas internship training through our partnering institutions. Joining the ranks of WACS Recognized School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts KDU University College in Petaling Jaya, and Berjaya University College of Hospitality (BERJAYA UCH) in Kuala Lumpur is Cilantro Culinary Academy in Subang Jaya, Malaysia. Cilantro Culinary Academy operates under the auspices of City and Guilds.

Cilantro Culinary Academy has offered quality culinary education programs for more than 5 years. They are the largest private vocational Culinary Arts Academy in Malaysia providing education in professional skill development and vocational training. Cilantro Culinary Academy offers concentrations in Culinary Arts Foundation, Diploma and Advance Diploma levels. Cilantro Culinary Academy has a team of local and internationally experienced chefs from renowned hotels all over Malaysia to run their operations and classrooms. They provide 11 hotel-standard kitchens for real-life education and training, controlling the total number of students in each class to provide each student the personal attention and guidance they need to succeed.

For more information on these and other WACS Recognized programs please visit the WACS web site. If you are interested in applying to WACS Recognition of Quality Culinary Education program you will find all the information, polices and procedures on the WACS web site where the process is conducted solely through the internet and e-mail communications. www.worldchefs.org 29


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