ACF Certification Assessment

The American Culinary Federation (ACF) has represented cooks, bakers and culinary professionals in the United States since 1929. The ACF has a long tradition of ensuring quality education for the culinary arts and foodservice professions.

NOCTI serves as the assessment provider for the ACF Certification Assessments that are available to all ACF-certified schools. Participants passing the assessments are eligible for certification through ACF. The certification exams that are currently offered are listed below. Assessment blueprints are available by clicking the test title.

ACF Culinary Arts Certification
ACF Retail Commercial Baking Certification

Administration Details

• The assessment can be administered either paper/pencil or online through QuadNet, NOCTI's online assessment system
• Test administration time: 3 hours
• Administer in one 3-hour session, two 90-minute sessions, or three 60-minute sessions
• Tests are available in Text-to-Speech format
• Pre-tests and Study Guides are not currently available for this program
• Task-link reports are available upon email request to jenny.burson@nocti.org

Certification

The American Culinary Federation (ACF) offers a certification for graduates of the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation (ACFEF) Secondary Certified programs. Students are able to obtain a certification if they meet the requirements listed on the ACF Certification Brochure.

• Online written only: $19.00
• Online written and performance package: $23.00
• Paper/Pencil written only (includes shipping): $26.00
• Paper/Pencil written and performance package (includes shipping): $30.00