This exciting course is a job ready qualification, and has been developed for our students, based on practical cooking skills. This qualification aims to release your creativity, whilst developing your knowledge, understanding and skills to work in a professional cooking environment. This qualification is for you if you are 16 or over and are working towards becoming a chef in a professional kitchen. This qualification is designed to help you enter employment with higher level of responsibility or at a more prestigious establishment. WHAT WILL I STUDY This qualification will help you develop skills and techniques to produce dishes, enabling you to undertake a variety of roles within a kitchen. This qualification is structured to enable you to work with a wide range of commodities in the preparation, cooking and presentation of dishes in a professional kitchen. The topics that you will undertake include: • Legal and social responsibilities • Financial control in the commercial kitchen • Soups and sauces • Fruit and veg • Meat and offal • Poultry • Fish and shellfish • Rice, pasta and grains • Desserts and puddings • Pastry products • Biscuits, cakes and sponges • Breads WHERE WILL THIS TAKE ME? You could begin work as a commis chef at higher end establishments. A commis chef is the most common starting position in a professional kitchen. A commis chef carries out a variety of preparation and cooking tasks under the supervision of a more senior chef. You are likely to be able to find work as a commis chef with a variety of employers, such as: • Fine dining restaurants • Gastro pubs • 4* and above hotels. You could begin work as a chef de partie. A chef de partie is usually placed in charge of a particular area or section of the kitchen. You are likely to be able to find work as a chef de partie with a variety of employers, such as: • Restaurants • Bistros • Pubs • Hotels • Contract caterers
Four subjects at GCSE Grade 4 or above.
To gain this qualification you must successfully achieve the following assessments: • One externally set, externally moderated assignment • One externally set, externally marked exam, sat under examination conditions
About Education Provider
| Region | South West |
| Local Authority | Wiltshire |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Westwood Road, Salisbury, SP2 9HS |
This exciting course is a job ready qualification, and has been developed for our students, based on practical cooking skills. This qualification aims to release your creativity, whilst developing your knowledge, understanding and skills to work in a professional cooking environment. This qualification is for you if you are 16 or over and are working towards becoming a chef in a professional kitchen. This qualification is designed to help you enter employment with higher level of responsibility or at a more prestigious establishment. WHAT WILL I STUDY This qualification will help you develop skills and techniques to produce dishes, enabling you to undertake a variety of roles within a kitchen. This qualification is structured to enable you to work with a wide range of commodities in the preparation, cooking and presentation of dishes in a professional kitchen. The topics that you will undertake include: • Legal and social responsibilities • Financial control in the commercial kitchen • Soups and sauces • Fruit and veg • Meat and offal • Poultry • Fish and shellfish • Rice, pasta and grains • Desserts and puddings • Pastry products • Biscuits, cakes and sponges • Breads WHERE WILL THIS TAKE ME? You could begin work as a commis chef at higher end establishments. A commis chef is the most common starting position in a professional kitchen. A commis chef carries out a variety of preparation and cooking tasks under the supervision of a more senior chef. You are likely to be able to find work as a commis chef with a variety of employers, such as: • Fine dining restaurants • Gastro pubs • 4* and above hotels. You could begin work as a chef de partie. A chef de partie is usually placed in charge of a particular area or section of the kitchen. You are likely to be able to find work as a chef de partie with a variety of employers, such as: • Restaurants • Bistros • Pubs • Hotels • Contract caterers
Four subjects at GCSE Grade 4 or above.
To gain this qualification you must successfully achieve the following assessments: • One externally set, externally moderated assignment • One externally set, externally marked exam, sat under examination conditions