Advanced Professional Cookery (Level 3 City & Guilds Diploma) - Full-time
Course outline
This course is perfect if you love to cook, have a creative flair and want to further develop your cooking skills to move into a supervisory role in a professional kitchen.
You’ll learn advanced cookery techniques and combine interesting ingredients and flavours to create new dishes and menus. You’ll learn supervisory skills, as well as further developing your knowledge of food hygiene and health and safety within the catering and hospitality industry.
You can expect to put your skills into practice by supervising service in our brand new commercial restaurant in the heart of Nottingham at our City Hub campus (opening early 2021), serving a variety of lunch and dinner menus, including à la carte, prix fixé and events, to a wide range of customers. You will experience industry work placements and meet with professional and renowned chefs to learn from the best. There’s lots of hands-on cooking time, plus time spent researching and learning the theory of catering.
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Location:
111 Canal Street
Nottingham NG1 7HB |
Date:Start: 6th September 2021 |
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Course code: C000706 / Q003285 |
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| Qualification | Level 3 City & Guilds Diploma in Advanced Professional Cookery |
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| Duration | 1 year |
| Level | Level 3 |
| Entry requirements | You’ll need 5 GCSEs at grades 9–4 (A*–C), including English Language and Maths – both of these must be grades 9–4 (A*–C) or Functional Skills Level 2 in English and Maths. You can also gain a place by having a relevant Level 2 vocational qualification with English and Maths GCSE grades 9–4 (A*–C). |
| Assessment | You will be assessed through practical tests and written assignments. |
| Progression | Choose to follow with employment as a chef in a restaurant, hotel or catering business or move into a related field within the hospitality industry, perhaps exploring options to study at degree level too. |
| Additional information | Students aged 16-18 don't have to pay tuition fees. If you are aged 19 or over, check out our Financial Help page for information on fees and funding! |
Student case study: Claire - Professional Chef Diploma Level 3
Claire was one of the lucky students who were chosen for a 3 work placement in the Emilia Romagna region of north east Italy.