If you have a passion for cookery and would like to pursue it as a career, this diploma will provide you with the relevant skills, knowledge and behaviours required for life in a commercial kitchen. With excellent links to industry, guest lectures, state-of-the-art facilities and experienced teaching staff, there is no better grounding than this diploma!
Professional Cookery
Course Code:
DIPC1
- Level: 1
- Qualification: Diploma
- Awarding body: City & Guilds (C&G)
- Duration: One year
- Course type: Full-time
- Time of day: Daytime
- When you'll study: Four days per week
What's it all about?
Course information
To join this course you will need to have GCSEs at grade 4 or above in English and maths, or have successfully completed an industry-based Level 1 qualification in hospitality.
Upon successful completion you may progress to the Level 2 Diploma in Professional Cookery or the Level 2 Diploma in Culinary Skills at the College.
Future careers
What you could earn:
Chefs
£31,840.84
Potential salary
£9,518.64
Entry level salary
£21,826.00
Average salary
38
Annual openings in Plymouth
What you could earn:
Restaurant and Catering Establishment Managers and Proprietors
£44,986.90
Potential salary
£11,156.49
Entry level salary
£26,666.05
Average salary
37
Annual openings in Plymouth
What you could earn:
Kitchen and Catering Assistants
£22,499.21
Potential salary
£2,499.49
Entry level salary
£9,718.35
Average salary
72
Annual openings in Plymouth
Related courses
Culinary Skills
- Level: 2
- Qualification: Certificate
- Awarding body: City & Guilds (C&G)
- Duration: 12 weeks
- Course type: FREE (Eligibility Applies)
Professional Cookery (Hospitality)
- Level: 1
- Qualification: Award
- Awarding body: City & Guilds (C&G)
- Duration: 24 weeks
- Course type: FREE (Eligibility Applies), Part-time
Junior Bar and Barista Academy (for 14-16 year olds)
- Level: 1
- Qualification: College Certificate
- Awarding body: City College Plymouth
- Duration: Four weeks
- Course type: Short course
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