- Universities offer provide study in academic and professional-level subjects
- Institutes of Technology offer study and training in practical / technical subjects, leading to degree and diploma qualifications
- Regional Education and Training boards offer courses in practical subjects, leading to certificate qualifications.
Most professional cooking course are taught in institutes of technology (IT's).
Not every county or area has its own IT. The IT's don't all have the same courses, and they don't all teach chefs / professional cooking. And they are all organised differently, so the name of the department or school which teaches chefing is different, too.
Below is a list of the ITs that do have courses for people who want to become chefs, and the name of the school or department which runs these courses.
- Dublin Institute of Technology - School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology
- Institute of Technology, Tallaght - School of Humanities
- Cork Institute of Technology - Department of Tourism and Hospitality
- Institute of Technology, Tralee - School of Business and Humanities
- Waterford Institute of Technology - Department of Languages Tourism and Hospitality
- Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology - College of Tourism and Arts
- Letterkenny Institute of Technology - School of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts
- Dundalk Institute of Technology - School of Business and Humanities
- Limerick Institute of Technology - Department of Food and Tourism
