Progression to Hospitality

Quick facts

Is it for me?

Whether you're into sauteing, stirring, serving, smiling, or shaking cocktails, this course will provide you with the fundamental foundation training for employment or further education within the hospitality industry and offers a great first step. 
This course is designed to produce the future crafts people in the catering industry, it concentrates on; food preparation and cookery, pastry work, restaurant service skills plus the theory underpinning these areas. It also includes food safety studies (achievement of the basic certificate associated with this must be attained during your first term) and other core skills such as communication, numeracy, organisational and investigative skills. 
You'll gain practical experience training in our purpose-built kitchens and upmarket restaurant, Edmunds, where you'll learn how to prepare and cook a variety of fresh foods, provide outstanding customer service and friendly reception duties, alongside food and beverage service techniques.  

What you'll learn

Qualifications: Progression to hospitality, Level 2 Unit in Food Safety in Catering, Functional Skills in English and/or Mathematics.

• Food Safety 
• Kitchen Skills 
• Pastry and Savoury Products for the Restaurant 
• Restaurant and Bar Service 
• Customer Service 
• Reception Skills 
• Functional Skills (Mathematics, English and ICT) 

While you're here you'll also enjoy a wide range of enrichment activities including team building, visits to hospitality establishments, demonstrations and talks from industrial experts and the opportunity to enter competitions. 

Any student aged 16 to 19 who does not hold a GCSE A* to C (9 to 4 on the new grading structure) or equivalent qualifications in Maths and English by age 16 will need to continue to study these subjects in each academic year.

Equipment required for the course

When joining the course a kit list will be provided, this includes chefs uniform, safety shoes and knives and front of house uniform.

Work experience placements

All students will do work related experience within the campus catering facilities. Students will be attending work experience either on a Tuesday or a Wednesday, the day they are not in work experience will be their day off.

Assessment

There are practical assessments throughout the year and theoretical written units to support your practical work.

Further study

• Culinary Skills Certificate Level 1
• Culinary Skills Certificate Level 2. 

You can to a supported internship or Culinary Skills Certificate Level 1 and Culinary Skills Certificate Level 2. After completion of Culinary Skills Certificate Level 2, students can progress to full time work.

Example careers

• Baker
• Butcher
• Chef
• Catering Manager
• Bar Manager
• Restaurant Manager
• Street Food Trader

Days & times

Starting September 2026
Monday 09:00 - 15:30
Tuesday 09:00 - 14:30
Wednesday 09:00 - 14:30
Thursday 09:00 - 16:00
Friday 09:00 - 15:00