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Free Level 2 Culinary Skills Course in Bury Saint Edmunds

CostFREE
Duration1 year
LevelLevel 2
DeliveryClassroom based
Start1 Sep 2027
Study modeFull-time
AttendanceDaytime
Awarding bodyCity & Guilds awarding body
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About this course

Free Level 2 Culinary Skills Course in Bury Saint Edmunds. Classes run at West Suffolk College, full-time during the day.

The course covers food preparation and cookery, pastry work, and restaurant service skills. You'll build a strong practical foundation for work in the catering and hospitality industry. It runs over one year.

You'll finish with a City and Guilds Certificate in Culinary Skills.

Who this course is for

Whether you're into sauteing, stirring, serving, smiling, or shaking cocktails, this course will provide you with the fundamental foundation training for employment or further education within the hospitality industry and offers a great first step to someone who has strong practical skills with managerial potential.This course is designed to produce the future crafts people in the catering industry, it concentrates on; food preparation and cookery, pastry work, restaurant service skills plus the theory underpinning these areas. It also includes food safety studies (achievement of the basic certificate associated with this must be attained during your first term) and other core skills such as communication, numeracy, organisational and investigative skills.You'll gain practical experience training in our purpose-built kitchens and upmarket restaurant, Edmunds, where you'll learn how to prepare and cook a variety of fresh foods, provide outstanding customer service and friendly reception duties, alongside food and beverage service techniques.

What you will learn

  • You'll practise food preparation and cookery techniques.
  • You'll develop pastry and baking skills.
  • You'll learn restaurant service skills.
  • You'll understand food hygiene and kitchen safety.
  • You'll explore the fundamentals of hospitality and customer service.
  • You'll gain practical experience working in a professional kitchen environment.

How you will learn

You'll learn through hands-on practical sessions in a professional kitchen. Classes are classroom and kitchen based, full-time during the day. Assessment includes practical tasks and assignments that test your cookery and service skills. West Suffolk College will confirm the full assessment details before you start.

What you will need to bring

West Suffolk College will confirm what you need before you start.

Where next

Jobs you could do

  • Chef, prepares and cooks food in a professional kitchen.
  • Kitchen assistant, supports chefs with food preparation and kitchen tasks.
  • Catering assistant, helps deliver food service in schools, hospitals, or events.
  • Pastry assistant, focuses on baking and dessert preparation.
  • Restaurant service assistant, takes orders and serves food front of house.

What you could study next

  • Level 3 Advanced Technical Diploma in Professional Cookery, the next step for those aiming for a senior chef role.
  • Level 2 or Level 3 Hospitality Supervision qualification, useful if you want to move into a team leader or supervisory role.
  • Apprenticeship in Commis Chef, lets you earn while you develop professional kitchen skills on the job.
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