Last updated 8 October 2026
ASC Food Safety Training is rated 4.9 out of 5 from 2 306 published delegate reviews. Every learner is asked to review the course on the last lesson, after the final assessment, and the review publishes on the ASC website as written, including the critical ones. Delegates most often praise the clear lessons, the videos, learning at their own pace on a phone, and patient facilitators. The most common criticism is about finding their way around the platform the first time they log in.
If you are deciding whether to spend R420, R899 or R1 699 on a food safety course, or whether to put a whole store team through one, the most useful thing we can give you is what other learners thought. Not three hand-picked testimonials, but all of it.
What is ASC Food Safety Training’s rating?
As of today, delegates rate ASC courses 4.9 out of 5 from 2 306 reviews. The split looks like this:
| Rating | Number of reviews |
|---|---|
| 5 stars | 2 152 |
| 4 stars | 118 |
| 3 stars | 22 |
| 2 stars | 5 |
| 1 star | 9 |
That is 93 percent five-star. The figures on this page update automatically as new reviews come in. On top of the course reviews, the three ASC branches in Gqeberha, Randburg and Cape Town have more than 250 Google reviews.
How are the reviews collected?
This matters more than the score. A rating is only meaningful if the provider cannot choose who leaves one.
- Every learner is asked. The last lesson of every ASC course asks the learner to rate the course and write a short review before they mark the course complete. It is not an optional email survey that only happy customers answer.
- Reviews publish automatically. There is no approval queue. A review appears on the website as soon as the learner sends it.
- Bad reviews stay up. We remove only reviews written by ASC staff and anything offensive. Everything else stays, including 1-star reviews.
- You can read all of them. The delegate reviews page lists every published review, newest first, filterable by course and by star rating.
- Names are shortened. We show first name and initial to protect learners’ privacy under POPIA.
What do delegates praise most?
Read a few hundred reviews and the same four themes come up again and again.
Clear lessons a first-time learner can follow
“This course truly empowered me. As a business owner I feel empowered and much more confident about handling foodstuffs.”
Claudine A. · Food Safety Practices for Persons in Charge
“The course content is easy to follow. The videos are very useful as well.”
Ingrid V. · Food Safety Practices for Persons in Charge
Videos and practical examples
“I found every lesson useful especially the videos, very informative. I’m enjoying this.”
Vanessa S. · HACCP for Supervisors and HACCP Teams
Learning at your own pace, around a job
“Doing it online at my own pace while working full time gave the opportunity to implement and learn in real life the application of what I was learning.”
Reinhardt J. · Persons in Charge programme, Spur
Patient, knowledgeable facilitators on live sessions
“Great detailed session and very educational for food handling stores. Lovely session indeed.”
Tyson M. · Persons in Charge programme, KFC
What do delegates criticise?
Honest reviews include complaints, and ours do. The most common theme is the first login: learners who have never used an online learning platform sometimes struggle to find their course, their test or their certificate.
“Navigation on app was little tricky but all in all its perfect”
Thapelo · Persons in Charge programme, Spur
We read every critical review, and they go straight to the course team. If you are worried about the platform, message us on WhatsApp before you start and a person will walk you through it.
Ratings by programme
| Programme | Rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Food Safety Practices for Persons in Charge (public course) | 4.75 | 155 |
| KFC franchise programmes | 4.96 | 1 824 |
| Spur Corporation programme | 4.97 | 30 |
| All ASC courses | 4.9 | 2 306 |
The franchise programmes carry most of the volume because ASC trains store teams for KFC, Jack’s Bagels and the Spur Corporation group across Southern Africa. Every course page on this site now shows its own rating and two recent reviews next to the Enrol button. Courses with fewer than five reviews show the overall ASC rating instead, labelled as such.
Is ASC Food Safety Training legit?
Reviews are one test. The others are things you can check without taking our word for anything: ASC is a SAATCA registered online training course provider (TC 065), a FoodBev SETA accredited training provider (587/00337/1900), and its courses are led by an HPCSA-registered Environmental Health Practitioner who is also an FSSC 22000 and BRCGS lead auditor. Environmental Health Practitioners, the regulators who inspect food premises, train with ASC too. Every certificate carries a QR code that opens its verification record. See the ten checks to run on any food safety training provider.
Frequently asked questions
What is ASC Food Safety Training's review rating?
Delegates rate ASC courses 4.9 out of 5 from more than 2 300 published reviews, and the three ASC branches have more than 250 Google reviews.
Are ASC reviews filtered or moderated?
No approval step is applied. Reviews publish automatically when the learner sends them. ASC removes only reviews written by its own staff and anything offensive, so critical reviews stay on the site.
Where can I read all ASC Food Safety Training reviews?
On the delegate reviews page at ascfoodsafetytraining.com/delegate-reviews, where you can filter by course and by star rating.
What do learners like most about ASC courses?
Clear lessons that first-time learners can follow, the videos and practical examples, learning at their own pace on a phone, and patient facilitators on live sessions.
What do learners complain about?
The most common complaint is finding their way around the learning platform on the first login. ASC answers platform questions by WhatsApp during office hours.
Is ASC Food Safety Training accredited?
Yes. ASC is a SAATCA registered online training course provider (TC 065) and a FoodBev SETA accredited training provider (587/00337/1900).
Join the delegates who rated us
The most-reviewed ASC course open to the public is Food Safety Practices for Persons in Charge of Food Premises, the SAATCA-registered R638 course for owners, managers and supervisors, rated 4.75 out of 5 by 155 delegates.
R1 699 per delegate. No VAT is charged. Food handlers start with Basic Food Safety Practices for Food Handlers at R899, or Basic Food Hygiene Awareness at R420.
- Short lessons with videos, on any phone
- Proctored final assessment and a QR-verified certificate the day you pass
- A person on WhatsApp if you get stuck
Enrol in Persons in Charge for R1 699 or read every review first