Food Academy

Level 2 Diploma in Professional Cookery

Introduction

Take the next step towards your dream career as a professional chef on this exciting and practical course. Build further on your skills and enthusiasm by learning to make creative and exciting food in a professional environment, preparing you for a career in the industry. You'll gain a high standard of cookery skills from processes, from roasting and frying to commodities, whilst also learning other workplace essentials like menu design.

This course is available at our Watford campus.

• Course Code

  Course Code:

  0388

• Entry Criteria

  Successful completion of Level 1 of Diploma in Professional Cookery or NVQ Level 1 Catering Certificate.

  You will also be invited to a Course Introduction Meeting.

• What will I study?

  Get creative in the kitchen and build on your skills to make really great food.

  Subject areas include:

  • Understand how to prepare and cook soups and sauces, fruit and vegetables, poultry, meat and offal

  • Working with and understanding how to cook fish and shellfish, rice, pasta, grains and egg dishes

  • Learn to prepare desserts, puddings and bakery products

  • Healthier food – develop knowledge and understanding of the importance of good health and the principles of a balanced diet and to apply best practice in the preparation, cooking and serving of dishes, to ensure that changes in nutritional value are minimised

  • Special diets – learn best practice in the preparation, cooking and serving of special diets and develop an awareness of the responsibility of food providers to inform customers of the content of products or dishes

  • Food safety – learn the main competencies needed for preparing and cooking food safely, focusing on the four main areas of control – cooking, cleaning, chilling and preventing cross-contamination, in addition to supplies being satisfactory.

  • Creating exciting menus – learn to prepare and cook taster menus, 3 course menus and 6 course menus with a variety of different flavours

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  You will also gain industry-required awards in:

  • Level 2 Healthier foods and Special Diets

  • VRQ Level 1 Food and Beverage Service

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  GEM & GAP

  There will be opportunities to improve your English and maths and take part in GAP work placements to develop the skills employers are looking for.

• What can I do next?

  Progress to the Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Professional Cookery or Diploma in Hospitality. Possible careers include commis chef or related jobs, plus opportunities across the food and beverage sector.

  You can also earn while you learn with one of our apprenticeship opportunities. Find out more here.

  For more information visit the National Careers Service

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