Course Summary
The Level 2 Professional Cookery Diploma is for anyone who aspires to work as a chef in the catering and hospitality sector. It is ideal for students who wish to seek a career in this industry. It is designed for post-16 students and is an ideal qualification for those intending to progress to direct employment in professional cookery as a trainee Commis Chef for example or to a hospitality apprenticeship such as Commis Chef.
Course Details
The content of this qualification is designed to meet the needs of candidates who want to work as professional chefs in the catering and hospitality sector by providing them with a wide range of high quality cooking skills that they can apply across a range of catering contexts.
Units covered include:
• Healthier Food and Special Diets
• Investigate the Hospitality and Catering Industry
• Food Safety in Catering
• Health and Safety Awareness for Catering and Hospitality
• Catering Operations, Costs and Menu-planning
• Apply Workplace Skills
You will prepare and cook the following: stock, soups, sauces, vegetables, fruit, poultry, fish, meats, shellfish, grains, pasta, puddings, dough products, pastry, cakes and biscuits.
There will be the opportunity to retake GCSE English and Maths (working towards grade 4) within this study programme.
How will it be delivered and assessed?
Attendance is full-time. Your studies will be across three to four full days per week in College. These will be mainly workshop (kitchen or restaurant) based but you will also experience formal classroom learning. Part of your development will involve working within our commercial restaurant and interacting with both internal and external customers. Your attendance in College may involve evening sessions within the commercial restaurant environment. All of your sessions will be College based with 20% in the classroom and 80% undertaking practical activities in our RWE (realistic working environment). Our methods of delivery will include student focused learning, formal teaching sessions, accompanied by workshops, tutorials, some independent studies, problem solving and work-based learning.
Written assignments, short answer tests and practical examinations.
Entry requirements
You will also need to have achieved 3 GCSEs at grade 4, including Maths and English or Level 2 Functional Skills in Maths and English. In addition, students must have achieved the Level 2 Hospitality Services or similar hospitality programme.
Your next steps...
You may progress into employment, or on to Level 3 Professional Cookery, Level 3 Pâtisserie & Confectionery or Level 3 Hospitality Supervision courses. Potential job occupations include Professional Chef, Catering Assistant, Catering Cook and Pastry Chef.
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