Knowledge, practice and assessment
What is culinary judging? It assesses culinary performance or a product against declared criteria and weights, records observations and evidence, and explains scores. It requires impartiality, calibration, competition rules and conflict-of-interest management.
Study: 8 months and four stages
The published ICGA programme lasts eight months: four consecutive stages of two months each, within a 96-session plan. The cohort timetable, attendance and assignment requirements are announced before enrolment.
What does the participant study? 1. Professional judging foundations and ethics. 2. Sensory analysis and calibration. 3. Applying judging criteria and managing a session. 4. Integrated practice and the final project.
The learning achievement document
It records learning and assessment completed under programme requirements. Attendance alone does not establish a pass. Exercises, assignments, the project and the ability to justify judgments are reviewed against the declared requirements.
Programme completion is an educational achievement. It does not automatically confer judge accreditation or appointment to a competition.