Get ready to pass the Red Seal Cook exam on your first try
One guided online course for the whole Red Seal Cook exam: lessons for all 41 tasks, interactive practice, timed tests in the real exam format, and a full 150-question practice exam. For apprentices finishing their training and experienced cooks challenging the exam.
$99 CAD + applicable taxes · 12 months of access · one-time payment, no subscription
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Your complete Red Seal Cook study plan, in one place
Stop piecing study materials together. The course walks you through every part of the trade in order, tracks what you have finished, and shows you where you stand against the pass mark before exam day.
- Guided lessons for all 41 tasks of the Red Seal Cook standard
- Interactive practice with an explanation for every answer
- Timed unit tests for all 13 major work activities
- A full 150-question, 4-hour practice exam weighted to the official breakdown
- A readiness report that compares your score with the 70% pass mark
One-time payment
Full course access
$99CAD + applicable taxes
12 months of access. No subscription, no renewal.
Not sure yet? The free demo opens one full topic in every unit. Not available to residents of Quebec.
Other ways to prepare
Prefer to study from a book? The Cook workbook covers the trade in print, with its own full-length practice exam.
Study in print
Red Seal Ready Cook Workbook
13 modules covering all 41 tasks of the Red Seal Occupational Standard for Cook, 328 practice questions, a 150-question practice exam, and answer keys that explain every answer.
- $24.99 CAD instant PDF download
- Works on any device, or print at home
- Also available as a printed paperback
Or pick up just what you need
- Print edition →
The workbook as a paperback, for pen-in-hand study and timed practice.
- Free exam guides →
What's on the exam, how to challenge it, and a 6-week study plan.
- Schools & employers →
Group pricing for culinary programs, kitchens, and settlement organizations.
About the Red Seal Cook exam
The Red Seal Cook exam is the interprovincial certification exam for cooks in Canada. Passing it earns a Red Seal endorsement, a national standard of excellence recognized in every province and territory without rewriting a provincial exam.
Questions are drawn from the Red Seal Occupational Standard for Cook and cover all 13 major work activities of the trade, including food safety, produce, stocks and sauces, proteins, fish and seafood, and baking and desserts.
It's taken by apprentices finishing their training, and by experienced cooks challenging the exam through their province's trade qualifier route.
The exam at a glance
- Questions
- 150
- Time limit
- 4 hours
- Pass mark
- 70%
- Format
- Multiple choice
Why Red Seal Ready
You already know how to cook. We help you pass the exam.
Built on the official standard
Every lesson and question maps to the Red Seal Occupational Standard for Cook, the document the exam is written from.
Written for working cooks
Plain language and short lessons you can get through after a shift, not a textbook you have to decode.
Practice in the real exam format
Timed tests and a full 150-question practice exam, so exam day feels familiar, not new.
For schools & employers
Preparing a group of cooks?
Culinary programs, restaurant groups, and settlement organizations can get group pricing on the Cook workbook.
Common questions about the Red Seal Cook exam
Eligibility, challenging the exam, registration, test format, and more.
Read the FAQStart preparing for your Red Seal today
Start the course built around the Red Seal Cook standard, or try the free demo first.