Advanced Culinary Diploma

Advanced Culinary Diploma

About the Course
Subject
Hospitality & Catering
Subject 2
Food & Drink
Study Mode
Full-time

Introduction 1 year full-time
Stratford-upon-Avon College is the first college in the country to achieve the Training Quality Standard with excellence in hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism, in recognition of its outstanding work with employers.
This course is offered at Stratford-upon-Avon College and is also offered by Stratford-upon-Avon College at the Rugby campus of Warwickshire College.
This course enables you to develop advanced culinary skills. These include specialist kitchen, larder and patisserie work. The course has a strong practical bias, which includes practical workshops and cooking gourmet dinners in the College's own highly rated restaurant.
You will be encouraged to enter national competitions and have the opportunity to undertake work experience in some of the country's top hotels and restaurants.
Students who already possess cookery skills are able to develop these through intensive practical sessions, production and competition work and industrial placements working alongside some of the UK's top chefs. You will have the opportunity to work in France with Michelin Star chefs and also help in the preparation of gourmet meals at the College with guest chefs.

Course Units Typical areas of study include:

· Gastronomy
· Kitchen Management
· Food Buying and Purchasing
· Selling and Merchandising
· Menu Planning
· Quality Assurance
· Regional Cookery
· Modern Food Preparation and Production
· Larder and Patisserie
· Industrial Relations

The course also features: careers guidance, personal tutorials, demonstrations by professional craftsmen and trade experience.

Assessment Assessment of your skill acquisition is continual. You will also take culinary examinations at the end of the year with a panel of experienced Hotel and Restaurant Chefs as examiners. You will work towards NVQ Level 3 in Professional Cookery (Food Preparation and Cooking) and NVQ Level 3 Professional Cookery (Patisserie and Confectionery) alongside the Culinary Diploma.

Further Opportunities Career in prestigious establishments as a Craftsperson leading to appointments as Commis, Chef de Partie or Chef de Cuisine