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Professional Cookery - Level 3

Start Date: 1st September 2025

Newcastle College Hospitality 9
  • Length 1 year
  • Study Full-Time
  • Location Rye Hill Campus

Qualification Gained

Level 3 Advanced Professional Cookery CGLI

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More about the course

Do you want to take your passion for cooking to the next level? This Professional Cookery - Level 3 course will help you become a true MasterChef.

From a trip to France or Spain to develop your culinary skills, to working with European partners on live projects, you will develop your practical skills and knowledge, creating a recipe for a successful career in the catering industry.

Learn advanced skills in preparing meat dishes, fish dishes, poultry dishes and more, all whilst spending one day each week on a work placement in a local hotel or restaurant.

This course could help you land your dream role in the kitchen. You will gain an understanding of complex preparation and cooking methods and current techniques used within the industry. Utilising and accessing our state-of-the-art kitchens, you will gain a better understanding of seasonality, sustainability and financial implications. 

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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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Median Salary

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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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£25,000 View more

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

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