Our staff have worked in top class national and international restaurants, and you can be assured of quality teaching and learning. We have excellent links with regional businesses and many of our students secure employment through work placements.
Students have the opportunity to work within our 65 seater Bistro and the more formal Chefs' Academy, which offers high class dining. We have five modern training kitchens resourced with the latest hi-tech equipment. Students have also experienced a taste of international cuisine through an exchange programme to France where they worked in Michelin starred restaurants and hotels.
Hospitality takes you out of the kitchen and puts you in front of the customer. You will learn how to serve food and drink correctly, develop first-class customer service skills, and learn all there is to know about front of house administration.
We offer a wide range of full and part time industry standard courses from entry to higher education level, including a wide range of professional courses necessary for the hospitality industry.
Higher Education (university level courses) |
| FdA Culinary and Patisserie Arts (Part Time) |
| FdA Hospitality Management (Full Time) |
| FdA Hospitality Management (Part Time) |
| BA (Hons) Hospitality And Culinary Management (Full Time) |
| BA (Hons) Hospitality and Culinary Management (Part Time) |
| Foundation Degree in Culinary Arts |
Further Education (courses for school leavers and adults at pre-university level) |
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| BIIAB Award for Personal Licence Holders |
| BTEC National Certificate in Hospitality (Full-time) |
| City and Guilds Award in Barista Skills |
| Diploma in Introduction to Professional Cookery |
| Food Manufacture - Bakery (Level 2) |
| Hospitality Multi Skills (Level 1) |
| Hospitality Multi Skills (Level 1) |
| NVQ1 Hospitality Multi Skills (Full Time) |
| NVQ1 Hospitality Multi Skills (Full Time) |
| NVQ3 Professional Cookery (Full-time) |
| Professional Cookery (NVQ Level 2) |
| Professional Cookery (NVQ Level 3) |
| VRQ2 Professional Cookery (Full-time) |
| Advanced Apprenticeship Framework in Hospitality |
| Apprenticeship Framework in Hospitality |
| Apprenticeship Framework in Hospitality |
| BIIAB National Certificate for Door Supervisors (Level 2) |
| BTEC Award in Principles of Customer Service in Hospitality, Leisure , Travel and Tourism level2 |
| CIEH Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering |
| EDI NVQ L2 in Housekeeping |
| Focus on Work |
| International Diploma in Hospitality Management |
| Introduction to Confectionery |
| Introduction to Confectionery |
| Introduction to Italian Cooking |
| Introduction to Italian Cooking |
| Introduction to making Petit Fours and Canapes |
| Introduction to making Petit Fours and Canapés |
| Certificate Food Manufacturing - Bakery |
| National Award in Hospitality Supervision for International Students |
| NSA Master Class in Fish Preparation and Cooking |
| NSA Master Class in Fish Preparation and Cooking |
| NSA Master Class in Game Preparation and Cooking |
| NSA Master Class in Lamb Preparation and Cooking |
| NSA Master Class in Lamb Preparation and Cooking |
| NSA Master Class in Shellfish Preparation and Cooking |
| NVQ 2 in Bar Service |
| NVQ2 in Professional Cookery |
| NVQ 2 Professional Cookery (Full Time) |
| NVQ 2 Professional Cookery (Part-Time) |
| Professional Cookery (NVQ Level 3) |
| NVQ level 2 in Gambling Operations (Betting) |
| NVQ Level 3 Hospitality Supervision |
| VRQ 2 Professional Cookery |
| VRQ Introduction to Professional Cookery (Full Time) |
Other courses |
| Award in Providing a Healthier School Meals Service |
| Basic Food Hygiene |
| Dealing with Emergency Situations CDEV |
| ECON Customer Care CDEV |
| ECON Health and Nutrition |
| Food Hygiene CDEV |
| Food Hygiene Update |
| Introduction to Artisan Bakery |
| Introduction to Cooking for Christmas |
| Introduction to Dessert Cookery |
| NVQ3 Hospitality Supervision |
| ECON Award in Food safety in Catering |
Brand new £16 million Lifestyle Academy
This building, built especially for beauty, sport, tourism and hospitality students has outstanding up-to-date facilities including:
- Chefs' Academy restaurant open to the public for fine dining - gain experience of preparing three-course meals for real customers.
- 65-seat healthy-eating Bistro open to the public and operated by studetns - gain experience of cooking and serving in a busy bistro.
- Hi-tech, state-of-the-art kitchens - benefit from industry standard facilities.
Center of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) for Culinary Excellence
Our hospitality department has official CoVE status - this means that the high quality of our provision has been acknowledged by the Learning and Skills Council.
As a CoVE status facility, the Chefs' Academy is recognised as a Centre of Vocational Excellence for food and hospitality with strong employer relations.