Knife Cuts Culinary Arts Certificate, Portrait

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A portrait culinary school diploma led by a large tourné cut, with a graded chart of dice and sticks in millimetres, five competencies and a QR code.

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A4 and US Letter, composed for each
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A QR code on every copy that proves it is real
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Updated 12 November 2026 · Designed by the Hyperstack studio

What is on it

A complete record, not just a name

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Title: Diploma in Culinary Arts
Statement: A line of thanks or achievement, written for this topic
Skills: Knife skills, Mother sauces, Kitchen brigade, Food safety and Menu planning
Details: duration and level
Signatures: Executive 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: 210 × 297 mm · 8.27 × 11.69 in
US Letter: 8.5 × 11 in · 216 × 279 mm

Fonts

Bodoni Moda: Title, Recipient name
Jost: Text, Labels
Monsieur La Doulaise: Signatures

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Colours

Paper#fbf7ef
Ink#1c2638
Accent#b85c2c
Second accent#83391a
Muted text#646d78

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Design notes

The portrait layout opens with a large tourné, the seven-sided barrel cut chefs use to test knife control, with its 50 mm dimension line. Under it come the diploma title, the graduate's name, the program and a short statement, then a ruled line of five competencies. A cuts chart fills the lower half in two graded rows, dice above and sticks below, each labelled with its size. Two signatures, the issue date, duration, level, credential ID and a QR code close the page. Its tall shape fits a frame in a school corridor or a restaurant office.

About

Culinary Arts Certificate Template, Knife Cuts Portrait

Culinary graduates are judged by what their hands can do. Before this certificate, a student has made stocks and the classic sauces, worked a station on the line under a chef de partie, passed food safety training and in many programs finished an externship. A cooking academy, a vocational college or a hotel training kitchen issues it when the program or the apprenticeship is complete.

Wording on the template“has completed nine months of professional kitchen training and the externship, and works with the precision, speed and discipline of a classical brigade, from the knife cuts to the five mother sauces.”

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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 upright, 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

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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.