Diploma in Professional Cookery

Diploma in Professional Cookery
Diploma

Venue
Knightstone Campus

This course is made up of 14 core units with 2 additional restaurant and bar service units. The course content will help you build on the foundation skills developed in the Level 1 Introductory Diploma or Level 1 NVQ. You will be able to prepare and cook a range of commodities. The theoretical units will provide you with a broad
understanding of all aspects of kitchen operations, essential for those aspiring to work in the industry.

The core units are:

· Investigate the hospitality and catering industry
· Food safety in catering
· Health and safety in catering
· Nutritional and special diets in catering
· Kitchen operations, costs and menu planning
· Applying workplace skills
· Prepare and cook sauces, soups and stocks
· Prepare and cook vegetables and pulses
· Prepare and cook meat and offal
· Prepare and cook poultry
· Prepare and cook shellfish
· Prepare and cook rice, pasta, grains and egg dishes
· Prepare and cook desserts and puddings
· Prepare and cook bakery products.

The optional units are selected by the College and may include:

· Bar service
· Table service.

You can also gain additional qualifications alongside your main
course, including Functional Skills as well as more specialist awards
relevant to your subject.

How will I be assessed?
Each unit is assessed by a combination of externally set
assignments and online multiple choice tests. Craft units are assessed by a series of practical assessments covering the range of different commodities.

AT A GLANCE
Duration
1 Year

Level
Level 2

Progression
On successful completion you may:

Progress to the NVQ Level 3 in Professional Cookery, the BTEC
National Diploma in Hospitality Supervision or the Advanced
Diploma in Hospitality.

Or

Start a career in the hospitality and catering industry as a Chef or choose from a wide range of alternative career paths in this sector. The hospitality sector is one of the fastest growing sectors in the UK economy.

Achieving this course will give you the equivalent of 5 GCSEs
at grades A*-C.