Full Time NVQ 2 Professional Catering and Hospitality

NVQ2 in Professional Catering and Hospitality

What will I be studying? At Cardigan your main subject areas include:

• Food Production
  to include soups, sauces, vegetable and potato cookery, meat and fish pastries, dough and hot and cold desserts.
• Food Service
  teaching the flair, style and skills of good service in a high class establishment. Students have the opportunity to learn about Hospitality Quick Service as well as the more advanced silver service and Gueridon service.
• Wine and Drinks Service
  to learn the origin and uses of a variety of alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages. To serve and prepare with confidence and knowledge.
• Nutrition and Commodities
  an overview of the ingredients used in cookery and their nutritional value.
• Customer Care, Health and Safety and Food Safety
  additional short courses that are included in the learning programme.

Students at Aberystwyth will study:
Food Production; Nutrition and Commodities; Customer Care, Health & Safety and Food Safety.

Students on this course enjoy the practical nature of the course and being part of a good team. Skills are gained in traditional, practical and theory classes before moving on to cooking and serving. At Cardigan Coleg Ceredigion has a first class restaurant open to the general public where you prepare and serve the food and drink under the expert guidance of our teaching staff. This course gives you the knowledge and experience to be able to go out to industry to take up employment.

What can I do when I have successfully completed the programme?
Successful completion of this course at Cardigan will enable to you gain employment as a Restauranteur, Publican, Sous Chef, Chef de Partie, Head Waiter/ress, Wine Waiter, Welfare and Industrial Caterer. Completion of the course at Aberystwyth will enable you to gain employment as a Sous Chef, Chef de Partie, or Welfare and Industrial Caterer

Campus
Aberystwyth & Cardigan

Cardigan (two NVQ2 qualifications), Aberystwyth (single NVQ2 qualification in Food Preparation and Cooking)

Duration
Cardigan - 2 years full time;
Aberystwyth - 1 year, 3 days per week with 2 days in work placement or by day release if in employment.

Entry requirements
Although you need no formal entry qualifications, entry is subject to satisfactory interview.