Topic “Catering, Hospitality and Licensed Trade”

This qualification will benefit anyone working in a situation where food is prepared, cooked and served.

The course covers all aspects of food safety, hazards to food safety, principles of safe food handling and storage, cleaning, food premises and equipment, and the laws that apply to food businesses and food handlers describing in general the requirements of current regulations.

It is relevant to all catering operations either in a professional environment or the home.

A good diet is central to overall good health. Our course will help you to understand the links between diet and health, whether you work in a fast food restaurant or are serving up a roast at home to your family, so you can help your customer or your family choose healthier food options. Our course is especially applicable to those involved in the selection of ingredients, preparation of recipes and menus for those who need, or demand, special diets.

Do you work in catering within the local authority, school meal service, residential and care homes, National Health Service, licensed retail or cafe style outlet? Or perhaps you work as a contractor or direct caterer and would like to gain a relevant qualification that affirms the skills and knowledge you have gained. This qualification covers the production of a range of basic food items as well as additional unit choice to reflect your current job role ranging from dealing with payments, providing a counter/take away service, converting a room for dining to completing kitchen documentation.

This programme is aimed at those already working in and developing their role within a supervisory or managment team in the hospitality industry or licensed trade.

You will need to demonstrate leadership of your team, productive working relationships with colleagues, contribute to the control of resources, maintain health, hygiene, safety and security of the working environment and lead your team to improve customer service. You will choose appropriate units depending on your job role.

Do you have a passion for creating dishes and recipes? On our course, we will get you practising your culinary expertise in an industrial kitchen. You will learn more than just how to create a simple stock or soup. You will learn about balancing colours and textures on a plate and how to refine seasoning to an art to perfect the texture and flavour of the foods you prepare. You will learn to store foodstuffs safely, deal with kitchen documentation and ordering stock, and handle your working relationships.

On this advanced level course, you will learn how to prepare, cook and present to a high standard, a wide range of hot and cold pastry items and complex fermented dough products. We'll teach you how to produce marzipan sweets and petite fours and which are the the best techniques to use when working with sugar and chocolate. You'll soon acquire the skills to produce high quality patisserie and confectionery items that are needed to pursue a career as a pastry cook and pastry chef.

Do have substantial experience in the industry and wish to study at an advanced level, or perhaps go onto university? Are you always on the look out to refine your culinary talents? Our day-release course will take your skills up to restaurant standard, where you will be preparing even more complex dishes, designing menus and taking the responsibility for running the kitchen. When you finish the course you can be confident in your abilities and be ready for the next challenge.

The Professional Bartending qualification has been developed by City College Plymouth and Bar Experts, in conjunction with City & Guilds and Plymouth Gin. This hands on, practical course is designed to develop skilled and experienced bartenders. Working behind a fully equipped training bar at Plymouth Gin, you will learn how to use the correct equipment, accurately free pour and blend those perfect cocktails. At the end of this course, you will be able to wow your customers with your expert skills.

If you want to learn how to be successful in the busy and vibrant ever-changing hospitality industry, then join us! Our course will give you the opportunity to develop a whole range of skills, knowledge and expertise to progress in your career.

This course has been developed by speaking to employers to identify the skills and knowledge required to be a supervisor within the hospitality sector.

With your flair for organising events, meeting people and logistics management, you can use our course as a stepping stone to a more senior level or to further study. We will expand and improve your planning, managing and organising skills, encourage you to be innovative and creative, show you how to carefully gauge client requirements, get an in-depth understanding of the industry and how to cultivate good contacts.