Culinary Skills (19+) (Level 2 City & Guilds Diploma) — Full-time
Course outline
This course is perfect if you’re aged 19+ and you love the buzz of being in a kitchen and creating tasty and inspiring dishes.
You’ll turn your passion into a career with this, which is designed to turn you into a professional cook.
You’ll learn how to plan and prepare different meals on a large scale, how to cook meat, fish, poultry, soups, salads and pastry dishes, and you’ll do so whilst ensuring your kitchen is a safe working environment.
You can expect to put your skills to the test in a real working environment. You’ll work with a range of industry-standard kitchen equipment and get plenty of practical cooking experience, including experience cooking for a range of customers. We’ll help you secure work experience to give you a greater insight into our developing, exciting industry.
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Location:
111 Canal Street
Nottingham NG1 7HB |
Date:Start: Monday 4th September 2023 |
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Course code: C027393 / Q024739 |
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| Qualification | City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Culinary Skills |
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| Duration | 1 year |
| Level | Level 2 |
| Entry requirements | You’ll need 4 GCSEs at grades 9–3 (A*–D), including English Language and Maths – one of English Language or Maths must be grades 9–4 (A*–C). Functional Skills Level 1 can be used as equivalent to GCSE grade 3 (D) and Functional Skills Level 2 can be used as equivalent to GCSE grade 4 (C) or above. |
| Teaching & assessment | Timed practical assessments and short answer questions. |
| Progression | Choose to follow with further study at Nottingham College on our Level 3 NVQ Professional Cookery Diploma or you could go into an apprenticeship in a local or national restaurant. |
| Additional information | You will need to purchase a uniform and knife set at approximately £200. You may be eligible for funding for this course. Check out our Financial Help pages to find out more! If you are an EU/EEA or Swiss National, please visit our EU Settled Status scheme page for more information. |
