Get all the ingredients for a fulfilling career. If food is your thing check out our highly practical cookery programmes. There are options stretching across the whole industry taught by experts who want to see you succeed.
Take the first step in starting your professional chef career no matter what your experience level. Come and surround yourself with like-minded people and learn from tutors who are industry professionals. Get equipped with everything you need to know in a hands-on purpose-built environment and have the opportunity to experience an industry work placement.
If you're working in a commercial kitchen or an employer wanting to develop your staff, this is the programme for you. “Earn while you learn” and turn your experience into a qualification and become a qualified chef. Develop your skills from the basics to advanced techniques guided by our professional chef tutors in a hands-on purpose-built environment.
Build on your culinary skills to understand and apply advanced cooking techniques. Develop your kitchen management knowledge including menu planning, costing and dish design. Your learning will be supported with an industry placement in a commercial kitchen.
Discover the basic skills needed to be a part of the food industry. This introductory programme covers basic methods of food preparation, cooking and health and safety practices. Use this programme to pathways on to higher qualifications.
Learn how to produce food safely and understand how to prevent cross contamination.
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