Free Level 1 Hospitality and Catering Course in Southampton. Daytime classes run at Totton College. You'll work in a newly built industrial kitchen and hospitality environment, planning, preparing, and delivering a range of menus. The course also covers enterprise skills, including how to make catering profitable. Work experience is part of the programme. The course typically takes one year, studied flexibly. You'll have an initial assessment to make sure this level 1 hospitality and catering qualification is the right fit for you.
Who this course is for
This course is designed for students who have a passion to work in the hospitality or catering industry. Students on this course apply their practical skills to plan, prepare, and deliver a range of menus. The course also includes an element of enterprise skills, in which students look to make their catering profitable to fund future menus. This course is based in a newly built industrial kitchen and hospitality environment, providing catering for a range of customers. Work experience is an important part of this provision, with placements used to develop and apply new skills.
What you will learn
You'll plan, prepare, and deliver a range of menus in a professional kitchen environment.
You'll apply practical cooking and food preparation skills.
You'll develop enterprise skills, including costing and making catering financially viable.
You'll gain experience providing catering for real customers.
You'll learn how hospitality and catering businesses operate.
You'll build work-readiness skills through a work experience placement.
How you will learn
You'll learn through hands-on practical sessions in a professional kitchen and hospitality environment. Assessment is based on practical tasks, coursework, and evidence of the skills you develop throughout the course. Classes are delivered in person at the college during daytime hours on a flexible study pattern.
What you will need to bring
The centre will provide most materials. Totton College will confirm anything else you need before you start.
Where next
Jobs you could do
Hospitality team member: serving customers in hotels, restaurants, or cafés.
Kitchen assistant: supporting chefs with food preparation and service.
Catering assistant: preparing and delivering food in a range of settings.
Front of house staff: taking orders and managing the customer experience.
Café or canteen assistant: working in workplace or education catering.
What you could study next
Level 2 Diploma in Hospitality Services: the next step if you want to develop your skills further and take on more responsibility in a hospitality or catering role.
Level 2 Food and Beverage Service: focuses on front of house skills for restaurants and hotels.
Level 2 Professional Cookery: a more specialist route if you want to focus on kitchen and chef work.
