Kitchen Services

Our Kitchen Services course is a kitchen-based qualification where you will be preparing food for our popular East restaurant or pop-up bistro.

You will start to develop an amazing set of professional cookery skills including:

Preparing classic dishes with modern twists including vegan dishes, fruit and vegetable based street food, using meats and poultry, breads and sandwiches from around the world and hot and cold sweet treats.

Teamwork and leadership

Planning and organising your time and workload

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Looking after yourself

Sustainability in catering

Traceability and health

There will also be the opportunity to start to develop your skills for upscaling for functions and events and we will connect you with local employers for work experience.

Your practical skills will be assessed by observation while working in our popular kitchens. Class-based lessons are designed to give you the knowledge to work successfully in the industry and are tested by short answer questions.

This course is suitable for students who have achieved at least three subjects at GCSE at grade 3 or above including English and maths.

You can progress on to Professional Cookery Level 3.

Many of our students progress to an apprenticeship or go straight into employment after impressing businesses during work placements.

Career opportunities include a chef (professional cookery or production), restaurant management, food and beverage service, bar and barista, conference and banqueting and school and residential home food production service.