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Transform your passion for culinary travel into a rewarding career with our comprehensive training and certification program for Culinary Tourist Guides and Tour Directors. This in-depth course offers nearly 4 hours of engaging video content, personalized one-on-one instructor meetings, practical activities designed to help you apply your new skills effectively, and tests to ensure knowledge retention.

Discover the secrets to success and excellence as a culinary tourist guide or tour director through:
  • Expert tips and tricks from industry leaders
  • Detailed strategies for creating and leading unforgettable culinary tours
  • Practical advice on engaging and entertaining your culinary tour groups
  • Techniques for managing culinary tour logistics and ensuring smooth operations
  • Insights into current trends and future opportunities in culinary tourism
  • Effective communication skills for interacting with diverse groups of culinary travelers
Delivered in English, this certification program provides you with the tools and knowledge needed to excel in the culinary tourism industry. Join us and start your journey towards becoming a successful culinary tourist guide or tour director, equipped with the expertise to delight and inspire food-loving travelers anywhere in the world.

Please note that our training and certification course equips you with the skills to deliver a successful culinary tour. However, it does not certify you as an expert in the culinary culture or heritage of your guiding area. We assume that, as a professional tourist guide, you already possess the necessary local knowledge of the culinary culture and heritage of the area where you guide.

Culinary Tourist Guide Training & Certification [WFTGA Edition]

  • Level: Intermediate
  • Duration:  6 hours 
  • Video Time:  3 hours, 40 minutes
  • Learners: 95+
  • Language: English
In order to get access to this course, we need to make sure that you are a member of an eligible WFTGA national tourist guide member association through our pre-registration approval process. Not sure if your country's tourist guide association is a member of WFTGA? You can check here.

What's included?

  • On-Demand Video Training

    Instructional videos, with subtitles, featuring the most relevant content for today's professionals. Seek, pause, or increase to full screen, as you wish. 
  • Unlimited Instructor Meetings

    Get unlimited help in 1 on 1 meetings with your instructor. Ask questions relevant to your specific situation. Most meetings are held via Zoom. 
  • Additional Content

    This course features knowledge comprehension tests, exercises, and additional videos to provide additional value and a well-rounded learning experience.

Course Curriculum

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