This course will give you the practical skills and knowledge for a career as a pastry chef in the catering and hospitality industry.
It will offer you hands on practical skills classes with our highly skilled team and exposure to some of the regions most renowned chefs and business owners through specialist workshops, guest chefs, work placements and enrichment opportunities
You will extend your abilities in key topics required in catering and hospitality such as professional cookery, food hygiene, menu development and costings.
As well as studying essential topics to give you the edge such as nutrition, allergies and culinary terms.
All of these will be covered in a broad repertoire of dishes.
You’ll complete following modules:
The programme leads other short courses to develop additional skills and knowledge to enhance your employability skills.
You can study with our experienced chefs to learn how to set up set up a street food business and develop food recycling and waste management as well as Barista skills.
The course has a different approach to assessment – you may not study a unit at a time – you work on skills technique developments and employer inspired projects.
These projects are run in conjunction with local employers who set challenges for you to work on and give you a taste of what it’s really like to work in the industry.
Most assessments will be carried out in our training Kitchens for evening’s with and at external events and you’ll be marked against the standards of the awarding body and given continuous feedback to help you improve and grow as a pastry chef
Most people aged 19 years and over can qualify for free course fees and there are grants and bursaries you can apply for to help cover the costs of coming to college, depending on your circumstances.
If you don’t qualify for funding help and have to pay for course, you could pay a 25% deposit and four consecutive monthly standing order payments for the balance. The course fee must be over £100 to qualify.
For one to one advice, contact our friendly team who will assess your individual circumstances and give you the right information. You can contact them on 0191 490 2246 [email protected] or via Live Chat.
If this is a Level 3 qualification and you may qualify for free course fees and there may be grants and bursaries you can apply for to help cover the costs of coming to college, depending on your circumstances. If you already have a full level 3 qualification and are aged 19 or over you can pay the fee in full upfront and receive a 10% discount. Or you can apply for an Adult Advanced Learner Loan, a low interest loan with no upfront fees that you pay back in installments once you’re earning. For more information, come along to an Enrolment Event, call 0191 490 4627 or email [email protected]
Those aged under 18 years old are not eligible to study this course as it is a part time programme.
Check out how we are embedding sustainability throughout our catering courses:
Whatever support you need, we’re here for you and will make sure you get the most out of your time at college. We have expert teams in place to look after every single one of our students.
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View or download our course guide for 16-18 year olds.