FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
You will need 3 passport pictures, 1 copy of your national ID, 1 copy of your work ID, an updated Curriculum Vitae (CV), full fees in cash or by bank transfer.
You can also send the required documents by email and pay by bank transfer. Please call us to get the ECA bank details.
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Membership fees range from 250 LE to 400 LE annual fees, depending on the membership category.
A 80 LE – initiation fee applies in the first year of your membership.
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Yes, you may join ECA as an associated member.
You will get our magazine and all the benefits of membership.
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Yes. The ECA is a full-fledged member and representative body of the WorldChefs (World Association of Chefs Societies) in Egypt.
The ECA offers training workshops on many topics from food costing to hygiene, and from basic cooking techniques to knife handling skills, among many others.
Please check the list on Training on Premises page to have an idea, or contact ECA office on 0237622116 / 7 / 8.
No, this is not in our scope of services. We are not a syndicate, but an NGO, and as such we cannot offer such services according to the rules of the Ministry of Social Affairs, under which we are registered as NGO.
Yes, we can send you merchandise. Please pay the amount through bank transfer and, as soon as you send us the receipt of the bank transfer, we can send you the merchandise by courier. We include the cost of shipment in your payment.
We have a few cookbooks in Arabic but the majority of the books we carry in our bookstore are in English. The ECA’s own training manuals are bilingual Arabic/English, affordably priced and cover many topics.
You can browse the available topics here: ECA Training Manuals list.
Yes, this is possible through advertising with us or by joining us as a sponsor.
For more information on sponsorship or advertising, please contact ECA office on 0237622116 – 8.
Yes, our website has a job corner where people can post vacancies and where people looking for jobs can post their requests. Once reviewed by our staff, we activate the posts and they appear on our website. However, ECA is not responsible for screening of the candidates. You can also call the membership department of the Association for more assistance in finding the right candidates.
Yes, please feel free to send them to amal@egyptchefs.com. Picture material should always be high resolution, minimum 3 MB. We do not guarantee that they will be published, but we will see if they can be used.
Yes, we are 100% Egyptian, registered as an NGO under the Ministry of Social Affairs.
The main benefit of course is to have the opportunity to network with your colleagues on National and International level. This will help you in your continuing education and personal development as professional chef.
You also will get a membership pin, card and certificate in the same day when you complete your application. Further you will be recognized as member in our welcome Monthly New Members page on the website.
You will be entitled to the much lower registration fees on all ECA training workshops and competition events.
For an overview of all benefits check (Individual Membership page)