Professional Cookery
Level 3
School Leavers
1 Academic Year
September 2024
Full-time
Overview
The Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Professional Cookery is ideal if you aspire to a career as a chef in a professional kitchen. Learn how to create complex dishes and all the elements required for you to work effectively as a professional chef. This course will equip you with the creativity and passion for all things food and catering. You will learn to prepare and cook culinary dishes to an excellent standard, preparing you for a rewarding career in the Catering industry.
Students on this course benefit from monthly masterclasses put on by our course partners, The Chefs’ Forum.
This course is part of our Ambitions Hub programme.
Key Info
What You Will Learn
During your time on the course, you will have one masterclass and one practical session per week. As a Level 3 student you will be required to work in the college restaurant preparing and cooking fine dining meals for the paying public. You will learn how to prioritise tasks and work independently, demonstrating your knowledge and understanding.
Modules
Units include:
- Prepare Complex Poultry
- Prepare Complex Meat
- Prepare Complex Fish
- Prepare Complex Vegetable Dishes
- Cook Complex Poultry Dishes
- Cook Complex Meat Dishes
- Cook Complex Fish Dishes
- Cook Complex Vegetable Dishes
- Prepare and Cook Complex Bread Products
- Prepare and Cook Complex Pasta Dishes
Entry Requirements
Entry to this course requires GCSE English at a grade 4 or above and GCSE Maths at a grade 3. This may also include the Level 2 Diploma in Professional Cookery.
Assessment
Assessment includes observation assessments as well as written work.
Work Experience
You will be required to undertake a work experience session each week.
Progression
Successful completion of this course can lead to progression to employment in the catering and hospitality industry. You could progress directly into employment in a variety of contexts including:
- Hotels
- Restaurants
- Pubs and Gastro pubs
- Visitor Attractions
- HM Prisons
- Hospitals and Care Homes
- Cruise Liners
Fees & Additional Costs
If you are 19 years old or over you may need to pay fees for your Further Education studies.
Course fees depend on your age and course level.
You may be exempt from paying fees though, or eligible to pay a reduced fee – known as fee remission.
If you are aged 16, 17 or 18 and studying on a full-time or part-time Further Education course, you will not pay tuition or examination fees.
This covers all Further Education courses, functional skills for English and Maths courses.
You will need to pay for course costs such as books, stationery, special equipment, exams, registration fee, travel, meals and any other course-related activities.
Help towards these costs is available for many students.
This is representative of the most common fees scenario, but actual fees can vary depending on a number of factors. Please contact us if you need more guidance.
If you have any questions or require any additional information, please contact [email protected]
Disclaimer: Our prospectus, college documents and website are simply here to offer a guide. We accept no liability for any inaccurate statements and are not responsible for any negative outcomes if you rely on an inaccurate statement. We reserve the right to withdraw any programmes or service at any time.