This course is based on our real working environment of a street food establishment. Preparing, cooking and serving food and drink using fresh ingredients and products and developing relevant skills for the industry. A number of practical skills for both front of house and kitchen will be developed throughout the course, understanding all entities of the establishment, which is essential for those who wish to work within the hospitality and catering sector. You will be asked to follow health, safety and hygiene regulations as you would in industry to comply with law and legislation. All skills learnt will be transferrable skills to those who want to and are accepted to move onto the level 1 qualification.

Course Details

Throughout the course there will be multiple modules that will be covered and assessed in a range of observations, assignments and assessments. These will be a range of kitchen and Front of house modules.

A basic introduction to the hospitality industry as a whole and what opportunities lay within.

Customer service in the hospitality industry will elaborate on the key skills of good customer service and how to identify faults within customer service. Developing people and social skills.

Basic food preparation and cooking were developed throughout the year, working in our real working environment, cooking for the general public.

Essential knife skills for the catering industry will be developed throughout the year, and you will be taught how to use knives safely and hygienically with increasing accuracy and precision.

Introduction to healthy eating, with looking at multiple resources and understanding the nutrition wheel and the importance of a balanced plate and meal.

Serving food and drink, and how to portray yourself positively and deliver the necessary items correctly and professionally.

Entry requirements

There are no formal entry requirements; however, we would like 2 GCSE’S ideally, but you will be invited for an interview, and any offers will be based on the completion of a successful interview and passion shown towards the course and the hospitality trade

Equipment required

Kitchen and front-of-house uniform, basic knife set, stationery. All uniforms and knife sets will need to be purchased by the student after a successful interview has been conducted and a place has been offered. If financial assistance is needed, please contact our bursary team.

Your next steps...

On successful completion of this course you could progress onto a Level 1 in Professional Catering.

Additional information

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