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Hospitality and Catering

Introduction To Culinary Skills Level 1

This course is an introductory programme to give you the essential knowledge and skills for starting your career in the hospitality and catering industry.
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  • Attendance - Full-time
  • Duration - 1 year
  • Start Date - September - June
  • Where - Huddersfield Centre
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This course will provide you with practical skills in food preparation, cooking and food service. Your lessons will take place in our purpose-built kitchens and are taught by chef lecturers. This kitchen-based course is hands-on and will give you a real taste of working in the catering industry.
You will develop your basic kitchen skills. This involves learning basic knife skills to then support learning different cooking techniques for meat, fish, vegetables and desserts. The skills you will learn include how to boil, poach and steam, stewing and braising, roasting and grilling and frying, as well as spending time in the bakery working on baking skills.
You will learn how to use the different types of industry standard equipment that are provided at the college. A key element of catering is understanding about health and safety in a kitchen and food safety, both of which are built into this course. Your understanding of creating healthy and special diets will also be developed.
Students will also have an opportunity to visit different catering establishments and have guest speakers attend class. This has previously included a kitchen takeover by the Royal Navy and visits from professional chefs. All students are encouraged to take part in our in-house competition Hell’s Kitchen.
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A minimum of 4 GCSEs with the following grades: English at 2 or above and maths at 1 or above and 2 other GCSEs at 2 or above. If you have an EHCP then please be aware that the college needs to have agreed, via the consultation period with your local authority, that we can meet the needs outlined in your EHCP before you can start on a course with us.
You will be assessed through written work, presentations and practical assessments of your skills.
Professional Cookery NVQ Level 2 Professional Patisserie, Confectionary and Cafe Culture Level 2 Apprenticeship
There are a variety of careers available in the hospitality and catering industry. The skills learnt on this course will equip you to work in a range of kitchens as a junior chef.

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