Attendance/Duration
Full-timeOverview
If you’ve got aspirations to be a high level chef, then this course can help you achieve your goal by challenging you in a real kitchen environment and benefiting from expert lecturer guidance.
Entry requirements
To kick-start your culinary journey, you'll need:
- A real interest in working in the hospitality industry.
- Professional Cookery (Level 5), Hospitality (Level 5), or another relevant course at Level 5.
- Core skills in communication and numeracy at Level 5.
- An interview with us.
If you don’t have formal qualifications, but have appropriate experience or training, then we’ll also consider you for a place, so please do apply.
Course content
This course covers:
- Delicious dishes: master the techniques of crafting complex soups, sauces, meat and fish dishes and irresistible desserts.
- Live restaurant kitchen: spend a day a week at either The Westerly at Ayr Campus or Salt and Barrel at Kilmarnock Campus, gaining hands-on experience preparing and presenting top-quality dishes.
- Enriching experiences: participate in real functions, visits to prestigious culinary establishments such as Trump Turnberry and Lochgreen House Hotel in Troon and insightful masterclasses by professionals.
- Industry insights: hear from leading employers, successful venue owners and industry suppliers who’ll share valuable knowledge about how to excel in the competitive hospitality sector.
You’ll also gain essential, transferable skills in communication, numeracy, ICT, teamwork, and problem solving.
Careers and Further Study
On completion of this course you may:
- Progress to a higher level cookery or hospitality course.
- Pursue exciting roles such as Senior Commis Chef, Junior Sous Chef, or Chef de Partie, with clear pathways to Head Chef or Executive Chef positions.
Skills
Kitchen based and organisational skills will be developed along with key Metaskills such as Adapting, Collaborating, Communication, Creativity, Leading and Initiative.