Part Time NVQ2 Professional Cookery (PGB45051)

Course Code: PGB45051

Title: NVQ2 Professional Cookery

Duration: 36 weeks.

Registration Fee: £50

Tuition Fee: £300

Start Date: 17-Sep-09

Days: Thursday
Entry Requirements
There are no specific entry requirements for this level but it is useful if you have completed Level 1. All applicants will be invited to an informal interview prior to starting the course.

Suitable For

This course leads to a nationally recognised qualification is suitable for those who are currently practitioners in the food industry or those wishing to take up a career such as a chef de partie or sous chef in various types of outlet.

Course Content

The course involves a broad range of practical training undertaken in the College restaurant production kitchen. This formal restaurant is open to the public and provides the realistic working environment for students to develop confidence and gain suitable experience. There is also a range of supporting theory.

The course covers the following subjects:

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• style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Developing knife skills
• style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Food preparation techniques
• style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Methods of cookery
• style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Menu planning
• style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Food commodities
• style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Kitchen service methods
• style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Mass production techniques.

Method of Assessment

NVQs are competence-based qualifications that may be gained at College or in industry. Practical skills are continually assessed in the college realistic working environment. Underpinning knowledge is assessed by means of on-line testing.

Completed portfolios are assessed by College tutors and submitted to the External Verifier appointed by the Hospitality Awarding Body (HAB).

Progression

On successful completion of the course students can progress onto the Level 3 course.

Successful candidates will find that this qualification and the skills acquired during its completion will prove an advantage when applying for posts within the industry and to improved promotion prospects.