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Professional Culinary Arts FdA
Foundation degree
Online
Description
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Type
Foundation degree
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Methodology
Online
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Duration
2 Years
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Online campus
Yes
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Delivery of study materials
Yes
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Support service
Yes
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Virtual classes
Yes
With its exciting focus on real-world learning in the workplace, our two-year FdA Culinary Arts is the ideal choice for aspiring professional chefs and restaurant managers who want a fast track route to success.
Apply technical skills and knowledge to real industry scenarios
Prepare for a career in celebrated kitchens, restaurants and hotels: our graduates have gone on to work with top names like Loch Lomond and Gleneagles
Train in our professional kitchens
Undertake work placements as an integral part of your course: it could be with a Michelin-starred restaurant or leading international hotel
Convert your foundation degree to a full honours degree with one more year of study
Enhance your professional credibility on a course accredited by the Institute of Hospitality (IoH)
Become a member of hosco, the world’s leading hospitality careers network for students and graduates
About this course
Our FdA Professional Culinary Arts graduates are highly employable precisely because the course offers such a powerful combination of academic knowledge and hands-on experience.
It means you can look forward to career opportunities in a wide range of settings nationally and internationally. These include cruise ships, clubs, event businesses, hotels, independent and branded restaurants, contract catering, private houses, the armed services and food production enterprises.
You could progress to roles such as chef de partie, pastry chef, assistant kitchen manager, off-site catering chef, production chef or development chef – to name but a few.
GCSE Maths and English Grade C/Grade 4 (or above) or equivalent qualification
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Subjects
- Hospitality
- International
- Culinary Arts
- Academic Study Skills
- Skills
- Contemporary
- Catering Business
- Skills and Processes
- International Cuisine
- Nutrition and wellbeing
- Nutrition
Course programme
To complete the FdA Professional Culinary Arts, you'll study modules such as:
Stage one- Academic Study Skills
- Contemporary Catering Business
- Skills and Processes 1
- International Cuisine
- Nutrition and Wellbeing
- Professional Kitchen Operations 1
- Research Skills
- Advanced Bakery and Pastry Techniques
- Food and fermentation Science
- Exploring the Meal Experience
- Larder and Kitchen Skills and Processes 2
- Professional Kitchen Operations 2
Additional information
£9,250 per year* (2020/21)
International fee -
£14,045 per year (2020/21)
Professional Culinary Arts FdA