Classic Culinary Arts Certificate

Award a culinary arts diploma to culinary school graduates, with an engraved chef's knife, kitchen-linen stripes and a QR code to verify it.

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A4 and US Letter, composed for each
Your logo, colours and wording
A QR code on every copy that proves it is real
A shareable page for every recipient

Updated 25 October 2026 · Designed by the Hyperstack studio

What is on it

A complete record, not just a name

You write once

The same for everyone. Keep the template’s words or change them.

Title: Diploma
Signatures: Chef Instructor and Director of Culinary Studies

Filled in for each person

Hyperstack fills these from your list when you send.

Recipient name
Program or award name
Issue date
Credential ID
QR code to the verification page

Specifications

Sizes, fonts and colours

Sizes

A4: 297 × 210 mm · 11.69 × 8.27 in
US Letter: 11 × 8.5 in · 279 × 216 mm

Fonts

Bodoni Moda: Title
Montserrat: Text, Labels
Great Vibes: Recipient name
Herr Von Muellerhoff: Signatures

Google Fonts, free for commercial use.

Colours

Paper#f8f3ea
Ink#2a2320
Accent#9a5430
Second accent#5d6a4b
Muted text#75695e

Change any colour in the studio.

Design notes

Here an engraved chef's knife with copper rivets lies under the graduate's name, and the woven stripes of a French kitchen towel frame the page, with a small toque mark in the spot for the school's logo. It carries the program, the issue date, the credential ID, a QR code and two signatures for a chef instructor and a program director. A warm, classic choice for culinary schools and cooking academies.

About

Culinary Certificate Template: Culinary Arts Diploma

A culinary arts diploma marks the end of months in a teaching kitchen: knife skills drilled until every cut is even, the five mother sauces, food safety, menu planning and life inside the kitchen brigade, usually closed by an externship in a working restaurant. Culinary schools, community colleges, hospitality institutes and hotel training kitchens award it when a student completes the program and is ready to take a station on the line.

More wording ideas for culinary arts certificates

Words that go with it

The email and the post, written for you

Email to send with it

Subject: Congratulations, Chef name: your culinary certificate

Hi name,

Congratulations on finishing your culinary training. From your first knife cuts to the practical exams and your time in a working kitchen, you have earned this.

Your certificate is ready. Open it to see it, download a copy to print for the kitchen wall, or add it to your LinkedIn profile so restaurants and hotels can see your training.

We are proud of you. Go cook something wonderful.

Hyperstack fills in each person’s name and link when it sends.

Post for the recipient to share

I finished culinary school. Two years of knife work, stocks and sauces, pastry and food safety, plus an externship in a busy restaurant kitchen, and today I received my certificate. Thank you to my chef instructors for their patience and their high standards. Now I look for my first line cook position. #CulinaryArts #ChefLife

Recipients share it with one click from their credential page, with the badge attached.

Printing

Printing it well

Print at actual size

Choose “Actual size” or 100% in the print dialog, not “Fit to page”, so the margins and the QR code keep their size.

Use card, not paper

A matte or silk card of 200–300 gsm (about 80–110 lb cover) feels like an award and does not curl in a frame.

Frame it

A4 fits a standard 21 × 29.7 cm frame; US Letter fits an 8.5 × 11 in frame, or an 11 × 14 in frame with a mat. Hang it on its side, as designed.

Mind the edges

Most home printers leave a thin white border. For a design that runs to the edge, use a print shop or your printer’s borderless setting.

Certificate or badge?

Send both. They do different jobs.

Certificate

A full record: name, statement, skills, dates and signatures
Printed and framed, or kept as a PDF
Opens to a page anyone can verify

Digital badge

A small image people put on LinkedIn and in email signatures
Carries the verified details inside it (Open Badges 2.0)
One click shows who earned it and who issued it

How to send it

From template to everyone’s inbox

01
Make it yours
Open the template, add your logo and change any colour or word.
02
Add your people
Upload a spreadsheet, or connect your LMS, HR tool or form.
03
Send it
Each person gets an email and their own credential page, in one go.
04
They share it
Recipients add it to LinkedIn; anyone can verify it from the QR code.