Introduction to Professional Cookery - Level 1
Start Date: 1st September 2025
- Length 1 year
- Study Full-Time
- Location Rye Hill Campus
More about the course
Would you describe yourself as a foodie? Do you love experimenting in the kitchen? This Professional Cookery course will help you to develop the skills and knowledge you need to begin a career with food.
Explore the hospitality industry and learn the basics of food safety, working in a kitchen and how to plan a menu. Sharpen your skills using techniques like steaming, poaching, stewing and braising, roasting and grilling, deep and shallow frying.
Based in our Lifestyle Academy, you will cook in industry standard kitchens and learn from tutors with over 20 years' experience as chefs in renowned hotels and Michelin starred restaurants.
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Meet our staff and students
Jaiden Shek
Level 2 Professional Cookery"My course has given me so many experiences from working in a Michelin star fine dining restaurant to a bit more of a fast passed kitchen environment. I had no idea I would be given the opportunity to be involved with these brands and such established restaurants."
Daisy Glasper
Level 3 Culinary Arts"Newcastle College has supported me so much over the last few years, especially with all the competitions I’ve been part of! I’ve had so many opportunities that I wouldn’t have had without studying here, whether that be the tutors taking the class to Dublin to experience many different food outlets and history or us going to Malta for a two-week work experience placement. I couldn’t have had a more positive experience."
Hospitality at Newcastle College
What can I do with a qualification in Hospitality
Daily tasks:
- Makes cake decorations, spreads icing, fillings and toppings on products.
- Bakes bread, pastry and cakes.
- Fills and glazes pastry, mixes ingredients for cakes.
- Rolls and cuts pastry, stretches, kneads and moulds dough to form bread, rolls and buns.
- Mixes ingredients using hand or machine to obtain the required consistency.
- Weighs ingredients according to recipe.
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Daily tasks:
- Plans and co-ordinates kitchen work such as fetching, clearing and cleaning of equipment and utensils.
- Ensures relevant hygiene and health and safety standards are maintained within the kitchen.
- Supervises, organises and instructs kitchen staff and manages the whole kitchen or an area of the kitchen.
- Plans menus, prepares, seasons and cooks foodstuffs or oversees their preparation and monitors the quality of finished dishes.
- Requisitions or purchases and examines foodstuffs from suppliers to ensure quality.
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Daily tasks:
- Plans and co-ordinates kitchen work such as fetching, clearing and cleaning of equipment and utensils.
- Cooks and sells a range of meals, such as fish and chips, over the counter.
- Plans meals, prepares, seasons and cooks foodstuffs.
- Requisitions or purchases foodstuffs and checks quality.
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What can I do with a qualification in Hospitality
Bakers and Flour Confectioners
Daily tasks:
- Makes cake decorations, spreads icing, fillings and toppings on products.
- Bakes bread, pastry and cakes.
- Fills and glazes pastry, mixes ingredients for cakes.
- Rolls and cuts pastry, stretches, kneads and moulds dough to form bread, rolls and buns.
- Mixes ingredients using hand or machine to obtain the required consistency.
- Weighs ingredients according to recipe.
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Chefs
Daily tasks:
- Plans and co-ordinates kitchen work such as fetching, clearing and cleaning of equipment and utensils.
- Ensures relevant hygiene and health and safety standards are maintained within the kitchen.
- Supervises, organises and instructs kitchen staff and manages the whole kitchen or an area of the kitchen.
- Plans menus, prepares, seasons and cooks foodstuffs or oversees their preparation and monitors the quality of finished dishes.
- Requisitions or purchases and examines foodstuffs from suppliers to ensure quality.
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Cooks
Daily tasks:
- Plans and co-ordinates kitchen work such as fetching, clearing and cleaning of equipment and utensils.
- Cooks and sells a range of meals, such as fish and chips, over the counter.
- Plans meals, prepares, seasons and cooks foodstuffs.
- Requisitions or purchases foodstuffs and checks quality.
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December Open Event
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Wednesday 4th December 2024
4:45pm - 7:00pm
January Open Event
Rye Hill Campus
Wednesday 8th January 2025
4:45pm - 7:00pm
February Open Event
Rye Hill Campus
Wednesday 5th February 2025
4:45pm - 7:00pm
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