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Professional Certification

Certified Dining Room Professional (CDP)™
Experience Pre-requisite
  • 2 years in the FOH
  • 1 full year as a server in the same dining room.

OR

  • A four-year hospitality degree that included 400 hours of externship in hospitality (front-of-the-house management) in which at least more than half was spent in the context of providing service to a paying clientele.
Linguistic Pre-requisite
  • English (spoken and written)
Written Exam
  • Attain a success rate of 90% or higher on the test. Test is 100 questions, with reduction to 65 questions for graduates of accredited Institutions or 78 questions for International Sommelier Guild (ISG) certificate holders.
Practical Exam
  • Not applicable
Requisite Certifications
  • Food Handler or Sanitation Certification.
  • Responsible Alcoholic Beverage Service Certification.