Cook (440A)
Prepare, cook, and present food in restaurants, hotels, and institutional kitchens.
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A Red Seal endorsement is a seal on your provincial or territorial trade certificate. It shows you have the knowledge and skills to practice your trade across Canada — earned by passing the interprovincial Red Seal exam.
What this trade covers
Prepare, cook, and present food in restaurants, hotels, and institutional kitchens.
Exam format
- • 120 multiple-choice questions
- • 4-hour time limit
- • 70% required to pass
- • Closed-book
- • 150 questions, 4 hours, 70% to pass
- • Questions align with the Red Seal Occupational Standard (RSOS)
Exam blueprint (RSOS)
Questions are distributed across major work activities defined in the Red Seal Occupational Standard — the same breakdown used on the official exam.
Hygiene, sanitation and safety
Common occupational skills
Produce
Stocks, broths and soups
Sauces
Cheese, dairy, plant-based dairy alternatives, eggs and egg products
Pastas, noodles, stuffed pastas and dumplings
Grains, pulses, seeds, nuts and alternative proteins
Meats, game, poultry, game birds and variety meats
Fish and seafood
Salads and sandwiches
Specialty preparation
Sweet and savoury baked goods and desserts
Official Red Seal resources
Source material from the Red Seal Program — administered by the Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship (CCDA).